World's Scariest Police Chases (video game)

World's Scariest Police Chases is an action driving video game developed by Swedish[2] company Unique Development Studios (sv) and published by Activision for the PlayStation in 2001. It is a video game adaptation of a television show later called World's Wildest Police Videos.[3]

World's Scariest Police Chases
Developer(s)Unique Development Studios
Publisher(s)Activision
Platform(s)PlayStation
Release
  • NA: June 7, 2001[1]
  • EU: June 29, 2001
Genre(s)Action, driving
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Reception

The game received "mixed" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[4] Daniel Erickson of NextGen, however, said, "Never has a television show been translated so perfectly into a videogame – exciting, over-the-top, and just a little on the silly side."[3]

References
  1. IGN staff (June 7, 2001). "World's Scariest Police Chase Retailers". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on September 9, 2005. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
  2. Baker, Chris (December 20, 2007). "Videogames & Futurama, Part 4: The Lost Episode is on a PS2 Disc". Wired. Condé Nast. Retrieved April 11, 2020. Fox Interactive shrewdly entrusted the Futurama license to Unique Development Studios in Sweden. This was the team that had turned their World's Scariest Police Chases reality series into a PSOne title...
  3. Erickson, Daniel (August 2001). "World's Scariest Police Chases". NextGen. No. 80. Imagine Media. p. 84. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
  4. "World's Scariest Police Chases for PlayStation". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
  5. Edge staff (August 2001). "The World's Scariest Police Chases [sic]". Edge. No. 100. Future Publishing. p. 99. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
  6. EGM staff (August 2001). "World's Scariest Police Chases". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 145. Ziff Davis. p. 112.
  7. "World's Scariest Police Chases". Game Informer. No. 100. FuncoLand. August 2001.
  8. Dr. Moo (June 2001). "World's Scariest Police Chases Review". GameRevolution. CraveOnline. Archived from the original on September 16, 2015. Retrieved January 10, 2021.
  9. Davis, Ryan (June 4, 2001). "World's Scariest Police Chases Review". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
  10. Lafferty, Michael (June 26, 2001). "World's Scariest Police Chases! [sic] Review". GameZone. Archived from the original on October 6, 2008. Retrieved January 10, 2021.
  11. Perry, Douglass C. (June 8, 2001). "World's Scariest Police Chases". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
  12. Romendil (June 25, 2001). "Test: Folles Poursuites". Jeuxvideo.com (in French). Webedia. Retrieved January 10, 2021.
  13. "World's Scariest Police Chases". Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine. No. 47. Ziff Davis. August 2001.
  14. "World's Scariest Police Chases". Maxim. Biglari Holdings. 2001.
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