Software:Great Escape (Atari 2600)

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Great Escape
Front cover of Great Escape game.jpg
Developer(s)Onbase Co.
Publisher(s)Bomb
Platform(s)Atari 2600
Release
Genre(s)Multidirectional shooter
Mode(s)Single-player

Great Escape is a multidirectional shooter published for the Atari 2600 in 1983.[1] It was produced by Bomb, a line of video games from developer Onbase Co. based out of Asia.[2] It received mixed-to-negative reviews from critics, with reviewers making comparisons with Defender[3] and Asteroids.[2]

Gameplay

The player controls a spaceship that can move in the four cardinal directions and destroy enemy ships and asteroids. A radar screen shows where adversaries may be located, and a "super-alien" will destroy the player if it appears on the same screen as the player's ship. The game is single-player only.[4][5]

Reception

TV Gamer magazine criticised the graphics, compared it negatively to other games from Bomb such as Assault,[6] and described it as "without a doubt, one to avoid".[7] Videogaming Illustrated compared it to Asteroids.[2] German magazine TeleMatch gave it 3/6 overall, with 2/6 for gameplay but 4/6 for sound (6 being "worst").[4]

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