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Escape

Find your way through the endless maze - but do it right or you're doomed! You are trapped on the top floor of a building. The only way down is in the elevator. Well, that's easy to find but unless you have…

1 January 1982

Escape is a puzzle developed by Kenneth Kalish, released 1 January 1982 on Dragon 32/64.

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What Escape is

Escape is a puzzle game developed by Kenneth Kalish and released in 1982. It was published by Microdeal. It is available on Dragon 32/64 only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Find your way through the endless maze - but do it right or you're doomed! You are trapped on the top floor of a building. The only way down is in the elevator. Well, that's easy to find but unless you have the right key it plummets to the ground. The rooms hold the clues but they're in endless corridors. Will you get out alive?
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Escape launched on 1 January 1982, within three weeks of Ms. Pac-Man, Zaxxon, Gorf and Robotron: 2084.

Released around the same time: Ms. Pac-Man, Zaxxon, Gorf, Robotron: 2084.

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When did Escape come out?
Escape was released on 1 January 1982 for Dragon 32/64.

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