{{Short description|2003 video game}} {{Infobox video game | title = Chicago 1930 | image = Chicago 1930.jpg | caption = North America box art | developer = Spellbound Entertainment | publisher = Wanadoo Edition (Europe)<br>MC2-Microids (North America) | series = | released = November 2003 | platforms = Windows, Mac OS X<ref>{{cite web |title=Chicago 1930 |url=http://www.rune-soft.com/englisch/Projektseiten/1930/1930.html |website=Rune-soft |accessdate=17 April 2019 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516233246/http://www.rune-soft.com/englisch/Projektseiten/1930/1930.html |archivedate=May 16, 2008}}</ref> | engine = | genre = Action, role-playing | modes = Single-player }}
'''''Chicago 1930''''' (also known as '''''Chicago 1930: The Prohibition'''''<ref>{{cite web |title=Chicago 1930 : The Prohibition on Steam |url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/623920/Chicago_1930__The_Prohibition/ |website=store.steampowered.com |accessdate=17 April 2019 |language=en |archive-date=17 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190417064302/https://store.steampowered.com/app/623920/Chicago_1930__The_Prohibition/ |url-status=live }}</ref>) is a 2003 video game developed by Spellbound Entertainment.
The game is based in the American city of Chicago in the 1930s, an era heavily associated with gangsters. The RPG style game allows players to choose to be the mafia, headed by Don Carmine Falcone, or a special unit of the police, headed by Edward Nash.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Estrada |first1=Marcus |title=Chicago 1930 Blasts onto Steam Years After Initial Release |url=https://www.hardcoregamer.com/2017/09/11/chicago-1930-blasts-onto-steam-years-after-initial-release/271638/ |website=Hardcore Gamer |accessdate=17 April 2019 |date=12 September 2017 |archive-date=17 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190417064301/https://www.hardcoregamer.com/2017/09/11/chicago-1930-blasts-onto-steam-years-after-initial-release/271638/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
== Gameplay == Players can choose their side: either lead a mafia team or a special police unit, each consisting of five specialized characters. The game features RPG elements, including various character skills such as shooting, melee combat, and charisma. During battles, players can use slow-motion mode and realistic AI-driven opponents to achieve their objectives.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Adams |first=Dan |date=2004-07-31 |title=Chicago 1930 |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2004/07/31/chicago-1930 |access-date=2024-12-21 |website=IGN |language=en |archive-date=2019-05-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190524002328/https://www.ign.com/articles/2004/07/31/chicago-1930 |url-status=live }}</ref>
== Plot == The game is set in a conflict between the mafia and a special police task force in Chicago.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Adams |first=Dan |date=2004-07-31 |title=Chicago 1930 |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2004/07/31/chicago-1930 |access-date=2024-12-21 |website=IGN |language=en}}</ref>
== Development == {{empty section|date=January 2020}}
== Reception == {{empty section|date=January 2020}}
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== External links == * [http://www.microids.com/en/catalogue/23/chicago-1930-the-prohibition.html ''Chicago 1930''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100513043400/http://www.microids.com/en/catalogue/23/chicago-1930-the-prohibition.html |date=2010-05-13 }} at Microïds
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