<s>
Crime	B-Application
Patrol	I-Application
is	O
a	O
live-action	O
LaserDisc	O
video	O
game	O
released	O
by	O
American	O
Laser	O
Games	O
in	O
1993	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
American	O
Laser	O
Games	O
released	O
a	O
sequel	O
,	O
Crime	B-Application
Patrol	I-Application
2	I-Application
:	I-Application
Drug	I-Application
Wars	I-Application
later	O
that	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
character	O
is	O
employed	O
in	O
the	O
police	O
force	O
and	O
works	O
his	O
way	O
up	O
from	O
Rookie	O
to	O
Delta	B-Application
Force	I-Application
,	O
achieved	O
through	O
systematically	O
neutralizing	O
threats	O
which	O
appear	O
in	O
various	O
environments	O
and	O
scenarios	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Next	O
,	O
in	O
SWAT	B-Application
,	O
the	O
character	O
deals	O
with	O
bank	O
robbers	O
,	O
meth	O
cooks	O
,	O
and	O
outlaw	O
bikers	O
become	O
the	O
enemies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Finally	O
,	O
in	O
Delta	B-Application
Force	I-Application
,	O
the	O
player	O
must	O
stand	O
up	O
to	O
serious	O
threats	O
to	O
national	O
security	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
a	O
hijacked	O
shipment	O
of	O
nuclear	O
material	O
,	O
hijacked	O
planes	O
,	O
and	O
assassination	O
attempts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
CD-i	B-Device
,	O
3DO	B-Device
,	O
Sega	B-Device
CD	I-Device
,	O
and	O
PC	B-Device
versions	O
use	O
a	O
mouse	O
or	O
light	B-Device
gun	I-Device
to	O
aim	O
and	O
shoot	O
the	O
villains	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reloading	O
is	O
done	O
by	O
moving	O
the	O
light	B-Device
gun	I-Device
outside	O
of	O
the	O
screen	O
and	O
pressing	O
the	O
trigger	O
;	O
this	O
is	O
also	O
achieved	O
when	O
using	O
the	O
mouse	O
by	O
directing	O
the	O
cursor	O
to	O
the	O
bottom	O
right-hand	O
corner	O
of	O
the	O
screen	O
and	O
right-clicking	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
four	O
levels	O
,	O
not	O
counting	O
the	O
shooting	B-Device
range	I-Device
,	O
which	O
one	O
can	O
access	O
to	O
improve	O
one	O
's	O
aim	O
and	O
reflexes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
port	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
Jaguar	I-Device
CD	I-Device
was	O
reportedly	O
in	O
development	O
but	O
never	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
port	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
,	O
&	O
.Sega	O
Saturn	O
was	O
also	O
slated	O
for	O
Christmas	O
1996	B-Application
,	O
but	O
was	O
cancelled	O
at	O
the	O
last	O
minute	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Play	O
Meter	O
listed	O
Crime	B-Application
Patrol	I-Application
to	O
be	O
the	O
ninth	O
most-popular	O
arcade	O
game	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GamePro	O
panned	O
the	O
Sega	B-Device
CD	I-Device
version	O
,	O
citing	O
poor	O
acting	O
,	O
corny	O
dialogue	O
,	O
excessively	O
grainy	O
graphics	O
,	O
inaccurate	O
controls	O
when	O
using	O
a	O
standard	O
gamepad	O
instead	O
of	O
a	O
light	B-Device
gun	I-Device
,	O
and	O
generic	O
light	B-Device
gun	I-Device
shooter	O
gameplay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
same	O
GamePro	O
reviewer	O
leveled	O
all	O
the	O
same	O
criticisms	O
at	O
the	O
3DO	B-Device
version	O
except	O
for	O
the	O
graphics	O
,	O
remarking	O
that	O
the	O
3DO	B-Device
version	O
has	O
"	O
clean	O
,	O
sharp	O
,	O
digitized	O
images	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
reviewer	O
for	O
Next	O
Generation	O
gave	O
the	O
3DO	B-Device
version	O
two	O
out	O
of	O
five	O
stars	O
,	O
criticizing	O
the	O
poor	O
acting	O
and	O
overt	O
similarity	O
to	O
previous	O
American	O
Laser	O
Games	O
offerings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
he	O
admitted	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
decently	O
fun	O
with	O
a	O
3DO	B-Device
light	B-Device
gun	I-Device
,	O
and	O
that	O
the	O
video	O
contains	O
several	O
entertaining	O
stunts	O
,	O
he	O
concluded	O
,	O
"	O
Personally	O
,	O
we	O
'd	O
rather	O
rent	O
Commando	O
again.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Maximum	O
dubbed	O
the	O
PC	B-Device
version	O
"	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
best	O
arcade	O
conversions	O
,	O
ever	O
"	O
but	O
derided	O
the	O
shallow	O
and	O
lowbrow	O
nature	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
itself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
described	O
the	O
line	O
of	O
American	O
Laser	O
Games	O
light	B-Device
gun	I-Device
games	O
as	O
"	O
lineal	O
descendants	O
of	O
fairground	O
shooting	O
galleries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Substitute	O
the	O
moving	O
ducks	O
and	O
gats	O
for	O
an	O
episode	O
of	O
Starsky	B-Device
&	I-Device
Hutch	I-Device
and	O
a	O
plastic	O
pistol	O
...	O
and	O
you	O
have	O
grasped	O
the	O
essence	O
of	O
the	O
thing.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
they	O
acknowledged	O
that	O
this	O
style	O
of	O
game	O
has	O
its	O
appeal	O
and	O
concluded	O
,	O
"	O
No	O
intellectual	O
challenges	O
here	O
,	O
folks	O
,	O
but	O
for	O
the	O
right	O
kind	O
of	O
homo-couchpotatus	O
,	O
Crime	B-Application
Patrol	I-Application
is	O
a	O
satisfying	O
piece	O
of	O
idle	O
machismo.	O
"	O
</s>
