''America's 10 Most Wanted'', released as ''Fugitive Hunter: War on Terror'' in the US, is a

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game for the

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and

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platforms. Developed by Black Ops Entertainment and released in 2004, it was mainly received negatively due to its dated graphics and uninspired boss battles. It contains tracks and cameos by members of

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. The European and US versions differentiate slightly in level music and terrorist names with

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only being present in the European version. The European manual shows

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as one of the terrorists despite being absent in both versions.

Plot

Set in the present, the game places the player into the role of Jake Seaver, a CIFR agent. Travelling to locations such as Utah, Paris, and Miami, the game finishes in Afghanistan, where the player must capture Saddam Hussein and

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. The game contains 11 levels, one for each fugitive respectively, as well as a preceding introductory level.

Development

Preliminary development on the game dated back to the late 1990s. In the United States, Infogrames was originally going to publish the title through their

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label in June 2003, but the company dropped the release and was instead picked up by Encore Software.

Gameplay

The game is a

, featuring arcade-style fights as a means of capturing fugitives.

Reception

The game was generally received poorly, due to dated graphics and sub-standard gameplay. For example, Scott Rhodie of

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Australia stated that "the sound is pathetic, the gameplay terrible, the graphics an embarrassment for a modern game and the premise simply shocking".

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