CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2003) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

What do a murdered woman, a slain police officer, and a mysterious arson case have in common? Enter the gritty world of CSI and search for the answer with Grissom, Catherine, and the entire Crime Scene…

80 26 March 2003

What CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is an adventure game developed by 369 Interactive and released in 2003. It was published by Aspyr Media. It is available on Xbox, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is a video game based on the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation television series. The game was developed by Radical Entertainment, published by Ubi Soft, and was released for the PC in 2003. It was also ported by EPCConnect, and published by Aspyr on the Macintosh.

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How it plays

It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the CSI series

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is the first of 9 entries we hold in the CSI series. The next entry was CSI: Dark Motives in 2004. Its critic score of 80 is 21 points above the series average of 59. That makes it the highest-rated entry in the series.

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How it was received

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 64% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2003 averaged 69, so it scored 11 points above the year average.

What it launched against

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation launched on 26 March 2003, within three weeks of WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!, Championship Manager 4, Final Fantasy X-2 and Midnight Club 2. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.

Released around the same time: WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!, Championship Manager 4, Final Fantasy X-2, Midnight Club 2.

Cheats and codes

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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — frequently asked questions

When did CSI: Crime Scene Investigation come out?

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation was released on 26 March 2003 for Xbox, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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