Description of APB
APB is a decent conversion of Atari's 1987 arcade classic.
A fun cartoon-style action game where you slip into the role of Bob, a police officer. Officer Bob patrols the big city in his squad car. Every day, you must catch criminals big and small, while avoiding demerits for actions unbecoming an officer. If you get too many demerits, you are fired (rather painfully, too), though you can erase demerits by hard work. Along your career, you will have chances to earn extra rewards, upgrade your patrol gear, and maybe someday make the big catch.
Fans of the arcade version will be pleased with this PC adaptation, as all of the charm and almost all of the original features are translated intact. At the start of each day, you are given a quota of traffic violators, from litterbugs to speeders, to arrest. On certain days, an APB (all-point bulletin) of an especially dangerous criminal is issued; capturing this suspect is worth more points. Failure to either arrest the APB or meet your quota will bring the sergeant's wrath, and earn more demerits.
The actual patrol takes place on a vast overhead city map that scrolls in 360 degrees. Violators submit easily and can be ticketed by pointing your crosshairs and sounding the siren, but the criminals will put up a fight, and require a chase to take down. Between arrests, you must keep your car filled with gas, grab donuts for more time, and look for various bonuses. Hints and tips will periodically scroll across the screen, giving warnings, game advice, or what mistake you just performed.
In all, there is a total of about 30+ levels to play, which keeps this game fresh for a long time. Thumbs up!
Review By HOTUD
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Comments and reviews
Trelard 2019-09-17 4 points Commodore 64 version
This is not related to the atrocious MMO called APB Reloaded. Ignore anything said relating to this by people who know nothing about this by stating it is. The game is average for it's time, but was fun in short bursts as after a while, I got bored. Mileage may vary of course per indviduals though.
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DOS Version
Amiga ROM
- Year: 1989
- Publisher: Domark Limited, Domark Software Ltd.
- Developer: Atari Games Corporation
Amstrad CPC Version
- Year: 1989
- Publisher: Domark Limited
- Developer: Atari Games Corporation
Arcade ROM
- Year: 1987
- Publisher: Atari Games Corporation
- Developer: Atari Games Corporation
Atari ST ROM
- Year: 1989
- Publisher: Domark Limited, Domark Software Ltd.
- Developer: Atari Games Corporation
Commodore 64 Version
- Year: 1989
- Publisher: Domark Limited, Ocean Software Ltd.
- Developer: Atari Games Corporation
Lynx Version
- Year: 1991
- Publisher: Atari Corporation, Tengen Inc.
- Developer: Atari Games Corporation
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