Safecracker is an arcade developed by Imagic, released 31 December 1983 on Intellivision.
What Safecracker is
Safecracker is an arcade game developed by Imagic and released in 1983. It is available on Intellivision only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Safecracker puts you in the role of one of history's greatest spies as you drive around the streets of a foreign city and abscond with secretive cameras, keys, microfilm, flasks of chemicals, and bars of gold bullion. While cruising around the city, you should avoid crashing into curbs or other cars. You can shoot the cars if you like, but this will bring the Secret Police and their bullets. You should make your way to one of the embassies, where you can learn the combination needed to open the treasury vault. This is also where you can find most of the secretive items. After picking the combination locks of four embassies, you will have both secret numbers needed to open the treasury safe…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Safecracker holds a critic score of 60 out of 100. That places it above 17% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 1983 averaged 75, so it scored 15 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Safecracker launched on 31 December 1983, within three weeks of The Witness, Chuckie Egg, Atic Atac and Zoo Keeper. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: The Witness, Chuckie Egg, Atic Atac, Zoo Keeper.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
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Quick answers
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