G-Police
1997 · Action / Simulation · PlayStation
Overview
G-Police (1997) is Psygnosis's combat flight game set in the domed cities of Jupiter's moon Callisto, where a pilot joins the police to investigate his sister's death.
Deep Dive
In 2097, on the colonised moon Callisto, Slater joins the G-Police to investigate the apparent suicide of his sister Elaine, which he believes was murder. The story grows from gang warfare into a conflict between the corporations Krakov and Nanosoft. The player flies a VTOL gunship — "a helicopter without the rotors" — through 35 missions, mostly inside urban domes, often scanning vehicles to tell criminals from civilians.
Developer Story
A Psygnosis studio in Stroud developed the game, and it was released for the PlayStation in October 1997 and Windows in November. G-Police: Weapons of Justice followed in 1999.
Did You Know?
- Peter Chung, creator of Æon Flux, animated its television advertisement.
- The clothing company Diesel designed the police uniforms and appears in the game as an evil corporation.
- GamePro called its short draw distance "one of the worst cases of draw-in since 32-bit gaming began".
Sources & further reading
- G-Police — Wikipedia
