When did Chase H.Q. release?

Chase H.Q. was first released on November 1, 1988.

Chase H.Q.

Nov 1, 1988RacingArcadeArcadeSharp X68000Commodore C64/128/MAXZX SpectrumAtari ST/STE

Chase H.Q. — frequently asked questions

What platforms is Chase H.Q. on?: Chase H.Q. was released on Arcade, Sharp X68000, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum, Atari ST/STE, FM Towns, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Sega Master System/Mark III, Famicom, PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16, MSX, Game Boy, Sega Game Gear, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Saturn.
When did Chase H.Q. release?: Chase H.Q. was first released on November 1, 1988.

About Chase H.Q.

At the start of each level the player is informed who they are pursuing, a great distance away: They must apprehend the criminal before their time limit expires. The criminal's car is constantly moving away, so if the player repeatedly crashes or drives too slowly, the criminal will escape. At some points during the game the road splits, and the correct turn must be taken, otherwise it will take longer to catch the criminal. When their vehicle is reached, the time limit is extended; the vehicle must be rammed a number of times until the criminal is forced to stop, then is arrested. The game includes five levels. As both the initial time limit to reach the criminal and the time extension to ram the criminal are just 60 seconds, the game is very short - a player who is able to finish the game on one credit will enjoy at most ten minutes of game-play. Interestingly enough when Nancy at Chase HQ (at the start of every level) calls on the radio the frequency is always 144.X (various)Mhz. This is actually the 2-meter band of amateur or ham radio frequencies. Although superficially similar in technology to Sega's Outrun, Chase HQ features significant technical advancements over that title in the presentation of perspective, hills and track splits.

Summary via IGDB.

Chase H.Q. on Wikipedia

Chase H.Q. is a 1988 vehicular combat video game developed and published by Taito for arcades. The player assumes the role of a police officer named Tony Gibson, member of the "Chase Special Investigation Department". Along with his partner, Raymond Broady, he must stop fleeing criminals in high-speed pursuits in a black Porsche 928.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA 4.0).

Game details

Platforms: Arcade, Sharp X68000, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum, Atari ST/STE, FM Towns, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Sega Master System/Mark III, Famicom, PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16, MSX, Game Boy, Sega Game Gear, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Saturn
Developer: Taito
Publisher: Takeru
Game modes: Single player
Themes: Action

Details via IGDB.

Reception

IGDB rating

60/100

from 20 ratings

Every version compared

Prices, contemporary reception and the studio credited for each release

Platform	Year	Loose	Complete	Sealed	Period reviews	Built by	Fake risk
Sega Master System	1990	$11	$33	$52	7 reviews	Taito	Low (look-alike)

Also released on: Arcade · Sharp X68000 · Commodore C64/128/MAX · ZX Spectrum · Atari ST/STE · FM Towns · Amiga · Amstrad CPC · Sega Master System/Mark III · Famicom · PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16 · MSX · Game Boy · Sega Game Gear · Sega Mega Drive/Genesis · Super Nintendo Entertainment System · Sega Saturn. We haven’t priced or authenticated those versions yet.

Collector value & authenticity

Sega Master System · PriceCharting sold data · Verified 2026-10-28

Loose

$11

Complete

$33

Sealed

$52

few sales

How often it sells

Loose: about once a month
Complete: about 2 times a month
Sealed: about once a year

Prices marked “few sales” rest on about one recorded sale a year, so treat them as a rough guide: the next copy could sell well above or below. Expect to wait for one to come up.

Sales frequency from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, as of 2026-10-28.

Price over time

Loose
Complete

A loose copy sold for about $6.55 in Oct 2010, $9.99 five years ago, and $11.07 as of Oct 2026.

Show as table

Month	Loose	Complete
Jan 2011	$6.55	—
Jan 2012	$10.95	—
Jan 2013	$15.00	—
Jan 2014	$15.50	$10.99
Jan 2015	$8.98	$10.99
Jan 2016	$8.98	$10.99
Jan 2017	$8.98	$10.99
Jan 2018	$8.47	$10.81
Jan 2019	$7.24	$15.45
Jan 2020	$8.50	$14.02
Jan 2021	$10.80	$16.22
Jan 2022	$11.01	$18.56
Jan 2023	$12.43	$16.96
Jan 2024	$9.25	$32
Jan 2025	$10.13	$27
Jan 2026	$10.61	$25
Oct 2026	$11.07	$32

Monthly price estimates from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, sampled quarterly, through Oct 2026.

Release record

Territory	Date	Product number
Europe / PAL	1990	7038

Source: Product numbers: MAME's Master System software list and the No-Intro serial records in the libretro database, published only where both agree on the same cartridge dump; Japanese numbers also checked against Sega Japan's software list. Board and ROM numbers: MAME's software list

Region: EU
Released: 1990
Authenticity: Low

Modern re-releases, such as Sega Ages and Virtual Console, are not tracked hereLow look-alike risk

Sega Master System prices, all games & how to spot a fake

Taito's own Master System conversion of its arcade chase game, well received at the time and priced just below the middle among European carts.

Chase H.Q. is Taito's arcade game in which you play a police officer chasing fleeing criminals in a black Porsche 928. Taito itself made the Master System conversion, published by Sega, and it came out in Europe in 1990.

Critics received this conversion well

How it was made

Converted by Taito, who also made the arcade original, and published by Sega.

What the press said at the time

Mean Machines Games Guide	May 1992	OVERALL 86%
Mean Machines Sega Issue 3	December 1992	OVERALL 86%
Sega Pro Issue 24	October 1993	72%
Sega Master Force Issue 5	November 1993	69%
Sega Pro Issue 27	December 1993	72%
Sega Pro Issue 26	December 1993	72%
Sega Pro Issue 28	February 1994	72%

“This Master System conversion obviously can't reproduce the top graphics of the original. However, the gameplay is captured pretty well and the game packs quite a challenge. Well worth taking for a spin.”
— Mean Machines Sega, October 1992

“This race 'n' chase n' crash 'n' burn game is as exciting as it was in the arcades”
— Mean Machines, May 1992

“This race 'n' chase V crash V burn game is as exciting as it was in the arcades, and even if you've never played the coin-op, the high-speed thrills of this conversion make it well worth a look.”
— Mean Machines Sega, December 1992

“What Battle Out Run was trying to be, but this isn’t much better. It takés ages to reach the druggies' car and if you mess up it takés ages to relocate them again.”
— Sega Pro, October 1993

Also on other platforms

Arcade · Amiga · Amstrad CPC · Atari ST · Commodore 64 · ZX Spectrum · Famicom · PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16 · MSX · Game Boy · Game Gear · Genesis · X68000 · Super NES · FM Towns · Sega Saturn

Sega Master System	Taito
Game Boy	Taito
Game Gear	Taito
Commodore 64	Ocean Software (publisher)

Arcade. The arcade game was Japan's highest-grossing dedicated arcade game of 1989.
MSX. The MSX version came out in February 1990 only in Spain.

Before you buy

It came out only in Europe, so the European cart is the one to buy. Loose, it sits just below the middle for a European-only game. The look-alike risk is low. If you want a complete copy, check for the manual.