| Crisis Beat | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Developer(s) | Soft Machine |
| Publisher(s) | Bandai |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation |
| Release | 1998 |
| Genre(s) | Beat-em-up |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Crisis Beat is a 1998 video game for the Sony PlayStation, developed by Japanese studio Soft Machine and published by Bandai. It is a beat-em-up style game. The story is set on a cruise liner where terrorists hijack the ship and the player must pick a pair of characters to fight back.
It is a beat-em-up style game in full 3D. The player can choose between two pairs of characters to play as. Stages consist of the player fighting various waves of enemies primarily in hand to hand combat and moving to the next stage once every enemy has been defeated.
The game was released for July 18, 1998 for the Sony PlayStation. [1]
| Publication | Score |
|---|---|
| Famitsu | 23/40 [2] |
| Play | 45% [3] |
| Super GamePower | 8.0/10 [4] |
| Mega Fun | 78/100 |
| Video Games | 66/100 |
| Playmania | 5/10 [5] |
| Gamers | 3.5/5 [6] |
| PSX Extreme | 6/10 [7] |
| Fun Generation | 6/10 [8] |
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