Police 911, called in Japan and Police 24/7 in Europe, is a series of light gun shooter arcade games. Konami released the first game in 2000.
Unlike earlier light gun games, the game was unique for its motion sensing technology, sensing body movement rather than requiring the player to move individual controls; the player's "real world" actions are reflected by the player character within the game. It also featured a unique cover system, where the player takes cover by physically ducking for cover rather than pressing a button. The 2001 Konami arcade game MoCap Boxing used similar motion-sensing technology.
Although the game was a separate canon from the Lethal Enforcers series, Konami acknowledged Lethal Enforcers 3 as the successor to the Police 911 series, thus making it a canon in the Lethal Enforcers series.
Gameplay
The gameplay in Police 911 can be considered more interactive than most light gun games; instead of merely standing in one place and shooting enemies before the player is shot, the game uses infrared sensors to determine a player's location; through this, the player is able to dodge around (with the knees, while standing on the pad), duck to avoid bullets (and reload), and lean out to maximize cover and get a better shot. This is not foolproof as the enemies will continue to shoot while the player is hiding, so it is possible to be hit upon rising from cover.
Like Time Crisis, the timer is continually running down, so one cannot hide for very long.
Promotions
As the player successfully completes each sub-part of a level, they gain a point towards a new rank. The higher a player's rank, the greater bonuses they can receive; growing time increments to start, followed by additional "lives", with the highest rank rewarding the player with 100 additional lives. However, considering that the timer continues to decrease whenever a player goes through their death animation, and that no additional time bonuses will be given after they reach that rank, this may be more of an oversight by the design team, or that the design team knows that there was no way for the player to use all those lives in one game because of the time. In addition, the player's rank reverts to the bottom whenever they get shot, so a potential strategy for a skilled player would be to ascend to the point where they gain a life, then immediately die so the time bonuses may be re-earned.
If a player shoots civilians or fellow officers, it will deduct the rank; if it is lowered below a "reward rank", the reward will not be re-earned.
The ranks are as follows: Officer Sergeant Lieutenant Captain Deputy Inspector Inspector Deputy Chief Bureau Chief Deputy Commissioner Commissioner
Versions
Police 911
The first game of the series, called in Japan, was released in 2000. It casts the player as either a "one man SWAT team" working for the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, or an American police officer of the LAPD, working to take down members of the , an internationally based yakuza group.
At test locations, before the game had an official title, the cabinet marquee read "Hide From and Shoot the Chinese Mafia".
The game was ported to the PlayStation 2 video game console in Japan on November 15, 2001. and in PAL territories on April 19, 2002. The game was shown to the public in E3 2001. For using the game on the PS2, players can use a USB-based motion sensor camera. This port includes minigames such as shooting balloons before they land on the ground.
Japanese version
In The Keisatsukan: Shinjuku Ni Juu Yo Ji, the players begin on the streets of Kabuki-cho of Shinjuku, taking part in a raid on a nightclub owned by the Gokudo-kai; the officers, accompanied by shielded riot squad members and surrounded by civilians, can take different routes through the club as their shooting skill dictates. Once the players exit the club, they will be alerted that the suspects have scattered all over Japan to escape arrest, and arrest warrants have been issued for the 6 most wanted criminals in Shinjuku: , international weapon smuggler Richard Hansen, , , , and .
Throughout the Mass Arrest Plan in Tokyo, it is determined that a number of fleeing suspects have fled to America, specifically, the Little Tokyo area in Los Angeles. The LAPD and FBI are notified, and an undercover detective is immediately dispatched to arrest remaining 3 fugitives to wrap up the mass arrest campaign.
In The Keisatsukan: Shinjuku Ni Juu Yo Ji, a newspaper headline flashes on the screen whenever a civilian is shot, because he or she can actually be killed.