
Jaleco based the game's concept on Namco's Pac-Man (1980) and Alpha Denshi's Crush Roller (1981). The car the player controls throughout the game is a Honda City hatchback, which is believed to be the source for the game's title. City Connection is credited as being one of the first to use new music tracks for each stage as opposed to recycling one song. "I Stepped on the Cat"), while another stage features a remix of the song " Highway Star" by Deep Purple. The song used when Clarice hits one of the flag-waving cats is " Flohwalzer", known in Japan as "Neko Funjatta" (lit. Many of the game's stages feature an arrangement of Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No.

In North America, the game was licensed to Kitkorp and published as Cruisin '. Paris ( Arc de Triomphe and Eiffel Tower)Ĭity Connection was developed by Jaleco and released in Japanese arcades in July 1985. On occasion, a red-colored balloon may appear in the stage, and collecting three of these warps the player to a new area and grants them bonus points. If the player remains on the same stage for an extended period of time, spikes extrude from the ground and instantly kills them. Cats are invulnerable to oil cans, and cannot be killed by any means. Clarice can collect and launch oil cans at police cars and traffic vehicles to temporarily stun them ramming into them while stunned will knock them off the stage. Ĭlarice is constantly being pursued by police cars that follow her around the stage, and must also avoid flag-waving cats that block her from moving past them. The car can jump over large gaps to reach higher sections of the stage. To clear these levels, the player must drive over each of the elevated highways to change their color from white to green. Clarice traverses through twelve side-scrolling stages that take place within famous locations around the world, including New York, London, and Japan. In City Connection, the player controls Clarice, a blue-haired teen driving an orange Honda City hatchback, as she travels around the world in the quest of finding herself the perfect man. The game is credited for having one of the first female protagonists in a console game.Ĭlarice jumping to another road whilst avoiding police cars.

Jaleco produced a sequel named City Connection Rocket for Japanese mobile phones in 2004. Some felt it possessed a cute aesthetic and unique concept, and was entertaining to play. These versions attracted more mixed responses in North America, with critics disliking its simplicity, lack of replay value, and poor controls. It has since been re-released through several Jaleco game collections and services such as the Wii Virtual Console.

In Japan, the game has maintained a loyal following, with the NES version being seen as a classic for the platform. Jaleco was inspired by maze chase action titles like Pac-Man (1980) and Crush Roller (1981) while designing the game.Ĭity Connection was ported to several platforms, including the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). Clarice is constantly under pursuit by police cars, which she can take out by launching oil cans at them, temporarily stunning them, and then ramming into them with her car. The player controls Clarice in her Honda City hatchback and must drive over elevating roads to paint them. It was released in North America by Kitkorp as Cruisin'. I think games are for everyone.City Connection is a 1985 platform arcade game developed and published by Jaleco.

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