| Great Escape | |
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| Developer | Onbase Co. |
| Publisher | Bomb |
| Platform | Atari 2600 |
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| Genre | Multidirectional shooter |
| Mode | 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]
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]
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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