The Taking of Beverly Hills

The taking of Beverly Hills is an adaptation of the action movie with the
same name. The main events of the game are set in Beverly Hills famous of its
rich residents. The truck with toxic ingredients crashed on one of the
crossroads with Rodeo Dr., and all citizens were evacuated to the Hotel until
the National Guard arrives. All except two – football player Boomer Hayes and
his girlfriend Laura Sage. Robbers led by the head of L.A. football team,
Robert Masterson, want to steal the priceless Botticelli Fresco and kill
Boomer, but Boomer wants to stop the robbery and bring Masterson to justice,
while evading ex-cops and the hired thug Benitez, who has commandeered a SWAT
tank and is gunning for him.

Switching between Laura and Boomer, the player has to re-create the main
events of the movie, carefully walking through Beverly Hills, collecting
inventory items, and using them with ‘USE’ and ‘HIDE’ commands. Point of view
changes between top-down to side-scrolling or first-person when the player
enters important places. Boomer’s inventory includes a diskette, which allows
to save or load the game. Every death of any character means the end of the
game and exit to the operating system.

In the beginning, Boomer has to visit the police station to acquire the empty
gun, the vest protecting him from bullets of ex-cops and the radio transmitter
to have a window to outer world. As Laura, the player explores a hotel to take
a useful key. The next actions of the main characters include three main goals
of the game:

1. Free the real cops from the fire station.
2. Rescue the Botticelli fresco.
3. Save Laura from Masterson after she is captured.

Action elements of the game include evading enemies with machine-guns, and
moving fast on the streets to avoid getting killed.

The Taking of Beverly Hills