Hey, I've also never played the original or similar games before, but this was a great discovery! Everything seems very well-polished, it does really look and feel like a "professionnal" retro game. I really like the aesthetic, animations and how the distance is perceived.
if I had to find smth negative I'd say the text during shopping phase and the score detail after a round are a bit hard to read because of the "rotation" (for lack of better word) and kinda small police size, but that is very, very minor.
really great work