Derrick Lynch (デリック・リンチ Derikku Rinchi)[1] is the chief antagonist of Crisis Zone.
Appearance[]
Arcade version[]
Lynch has buzz cut brown hair and brown eyes.
Lynch wears a green dress uniform with red collar and silver epaulettes, and gray combat boots. On the uniform, there are silver striped patches on the collar and upper shoulders, and service ribbons on the upper right side. He also wears a red beret.
PlayStation 2 version[]
Lynch has shoulder-length gray hair and red eyes. He also has gray sideburns, gray full beard and a earring on his left ear.
Lynch wears a dress uniform which is a light brown double-breasted shawl lapel coat, and matching pants folded in military style. On the coat, there are three dark brown buttons on the front, light-brown epaulettes secured by gold buttons, a lapel pin on the left side lapel, service ribbons on the upper right side, a name tag on the upper left side, an emblem on the upper left sleeve, and a brown belt that has an engraved gold buckle on the waist area. There is a black-brown collared shirt and brown tie underneath the coat. He also wears a navy-green beret that has an emblem, brown elbow gloves, a gold bangle on the left glove and black combat boots.
Overview[]
- Main article: Crisis Zone
The infamous leader of the terrorist organization called the U.R.D.A., Derrick Lynch was responsible for masterminding the occupation of Garland Square on 16 October 2000.[1] Lynch invaded the complex with no demands and no hostages, causing a string of confusion within intelligence officials from around the world, including but not limited to the United Nations, the British SAS, and the V.S.S.E.. What is known is that Lynch intended to blockade and occupy the complex with a hidden agenda. He has two bodyguards named Tiger and Edge (spelled as Edgey in the Arcade version).
In the game, Lynch planned to overload an experimental nuclear reactor at the complex's test site, Geyser 1. Special Tactical Force (S.T.F.) operatives were able to shut down the machine, killing Lynch in the process. After Lynch's death, Jared Hunter becomes second-in-command.
In combat, he uses a strange-looking high-gauge semi-automatic shotgun which fires 7 shots per shell (oddly, the Arcade version shows a shot fired from the center despite having no barrel present. This is corrected in the PlayStation 2 version) and RGD-33 stick grenades.
Quotes[]
Note that the Geyser 1 zone is only known by its name. The zone numbering is listed here for placeholder purpose.
Attract Mode[]
| Japanese version | English version | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| フッフッフ... |
So you will understand and fear...your own foolish mistakes! | Derrick Lynch, upon occupying Geyser 1 |
Geyser 1 (Zone 4)[]
| Japanese version | English version | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| I have been waiting for you. My S.T.F. friends. The atomic reactor is on overdrive! Soon London will be nothing more than a memory and then my wrath shall spread. It won't matter for you. You'll instantly die here anyway! | Derrick Lynch, before battling the S.T.F. operatives inside Geyser 1 control room |
Trivia[]
- Even as an indirect spin-off, Lynch is the fourth antagonist to have facial hair. The first is Zeus Bertrand from Time Crisis: Project Titan, the second is Giorgio Zott from Time Crisis 3 (despite Time Crisis 3 being released later than Crisis Zone, Lynch only has facial hair in the PlayStation 2 version of this game) and the third is Tiger.
- Even as an indirect spin-off, Lynch is the fourth character whose first name (in the Arcade version) and last name (in the PlayStation 2 version) are mentioned. The first is Richard Miller whom in Time Crisis: Project Titan has his first name mentioned by Ricardo Blanco in the Japanese subtitles along with his last name vocally, the second and third are Daniel Winston and Jake Hernandez from Time Crisis 3.
- Even as an indirect spin-off, Lynch is the first antagonist to use a shotgun. He is followed by Wild Fang in Time Crisis 5.
- Due to the use of a shotgun, Lynch is also the first antagonist whose each crisis shot can have more than one projectile. Despite this, getting hit by his crisis shot only causes one life loss instead of seven (the number of projectiles per shot) as life loss from a crisis shot is not dependent on the number of projectiles in said shot.
- Lynch is named after an employee of Namco's British arcade marketing department; he was previously given a special thanks in Time Crisis II.[2]
- Lynch is the only character in Crisis Zone that retained the same voice acting between the Arcade and PlayStation 2 versions. This results in him being the only character to refer Geyser 1 as an "atomic reactor" in the PlayStation 2 version, as all other characters referred Geyser 1 as a "nuclear reactor" instead in that version.
Gallery[]
.png "Normal class soldiers with Derrick Lynch (Arcade version).png (1.08 MB)")
.png "Derrick Lynch in the attract mode (Arcade version).png (816 KB)")
.png "Derrick Lynch as seen in a computer file (Arcade version).png (764 KB)")
.png "Derrick Lynch in Geyser 1 control room (Arcade version).png (923 KB)")
.png "Derrick Lynch armed with shotgun (Arcade version).png (660 KB)")
.png "Derrick Lynch firing crisis shot (Arcade version).png (1.14 MB)")
.png "Derrick Lynch being shot by S.T.F operatives (Arcade version).png (754 KB)")
.png "Derrick Lynch death (Arcade version).png (1.51 MB)")
.png "Derrick Lynch falling to his death (Arcade version).png (1,002 KB)")
.png "Normal class soldiers with Derrick Lynch (PS2 version).png (1.1 MB)")
.png "Derrick Lynch in the attract mode (PS2 version).png (1,015 KB)")
.png "Derrick Lynch as seen in a computer file (PS2 version).png (844 KB)")
.png "Derrick Lynch in Geyser 1 control room (PS2 version).png (992 KB)")
.png "Derrick Lynch armed with shotgun (PS2 version).png (725 KB)")
.png "Derrick Lynch ready to attack the S.T.F. operatives (PS2 version).png (1.07 MB)")
.png "Derrick Lynch firing crisis shot (PS2 version).png (841 KB)")
.png "Derrick Lynch being shot by S.T.F operatives (PS2 version).png (2.23 MB)")
.png "Derrick Lynch death (PS2 version).png (1.31 MB)")
.png "Derrick Lynch falling to his death (PS2 version).png (1.39 MB)")
Music Theme[]
