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Escape

Inside a distant valley was a maze cut off from civilisation where many explorer as entered but never returned to say what was inside or on the other side. You are an explorer and have decided to navigate the…

31 December 1982

Escape is an adventure developed by Malcolm Evans, released 31 December 1982 on Commodore C64/128/MAX and ZX Spectrum.

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What Escape is

Escape is an adventure game developed by Malcolm Evans and released in 1982. It was published by New Generation Software. It is available on Commodore C64/128/MAX and ZX Spectrum.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Inside a distant valley was a maze cut off from civilisation where many explorer as entered but never returned to say what was inside or on the other side. You are an explorer and have decided to navigate the maze and find the answers on the other side. Escape is a single screen top view maze game where the screen has many paths to walk along as you try to find an axe that is hidden to break a blue door at the other side. As you explore the maze you are being chased by a dinosaur and if he catches you then it is game over. When you walk over the axe then the border turns black and you pick it up but this slows you down and if a dinosaur is close then you can drop it to speed up. Once you…
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, horror and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Escape launched on 31 December 1982, within three weeks of Trashman, King Kong, Evolution and Xevious.

Released around the same time: Trashman, King Kong, Evolution, Xevious.

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When did Escape come out?
Escape was released on 31 December 1982 for Commodore C64/128/MAX and ZX Spectrum.

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