Thursday, September 18, 2025

Knight Rider Special for PCE


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Knight Rider Special

Chase H.Q. reskinned


Genre: racing - vehicle combat

Publisher: Pack-In-Video

Year: 1989

System: PCE


Gameplay Score: 1

Gameplay Notes:

This is a licensed version of Chase H.Q., a series that I hate. It's essentially a cheap OutRun knockoff with a machine gun and touchy controls. There's a boss fight at the end of each level which is near impossible since you can't avoid their attacks.


Level Design Score: 1

Level Design Notes:

Every stage is the same. Only new enemies are added to increase the difficulty, plus the occasional new road hazard. Zero replayability.


Theme Score: 4

Theme Notes:

This one hits hard in the nostalgia feels. The horrible translation only adds to the so-bad-it's-good vibe. For the theme anyway.


Art Style Score: 1

Art Style Notes:

Terrible scaling. Other vehicles snap between a tiny dot on the horizon, or a huge sprite right in your face. Everything about this looks like an early 80's arcade game.


Audio Score: 1

Audio Notes:

The opening cutscene has a horribly wonderful rendition of the iconic Knight Rider theme song, but it's all downhill from there. The rest of this game's "music" is a steady stream of single note beats. Mute


Overall Score: 23

Review ID: 8074



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