Police cars not only have a terrifying effect on criminals, but also let many toddlers dream of a career as a policeman while playing with their Matchbox equivalent. In the early 90s, as the first Cisco Heat arcade cabinets appeared in public, every school child was able to get right behind the wheel of those machines and spend a few coins for a quick manhunt on the American West Coast under the impressive landmark of the Golden Gate Bridge. To top the feeling of steering so fabulously fast through the street canyons by using a real (physical) steering wheel was kind of illusionary for the rather underpowered home computers of that time. But at least the charm of the original should have approximated as closely as possible.
From science fiction to horror – still within dime novel territory. On the journey from one major city to another, your coach gets lost and you find yourself in a remote village in the middle of nowhere – where (to the player at least) it is quite apparent that a vampiric plague is afoot. Can you survive the night and put an end to this curse? For sure. Can this game really live up to its bold claim to carry on the tradition of Level 9, one of the most prolific producers of text adventures in history? Not really, though that would have been asking too much anyway.