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| Prisoner 2 | |
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| Developer(s) | Edu-Ware |
| Publisher(s) | Edu-Ware |
| Designer(s) | David Mullich |
| Programmer(s) | Mike St. Jean |
| Series | The Prisoner |
| Platform(s) | Apple II, Atari 8-bit, MS-DOS |
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| Genre(s) | Adventure |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
The Prisoner 2 is a video game published in 1982 by Edu-Ware. It is a remake of the 1980 game The Prisoner .
In 1982, Edu-Ware released a second version of the game entitled Prisoner 2, with color and improved high-resolution graphics replacing the original's top-down perspective with a first-person view. In addition to the Apple II, this version was also available for the Atari 8-bit computers and MS-DOS. Prisoner 2 was essentially the same as the first Prisoner game, only with updated graphics and a limited number of design changes, several of which referenced other games:
Jeff Rovin for Videogaming Illustrated said that "A great piece of computergaming from both a design point of view and as a challenge, though the lack of originality is disappointing." [1]
C.J. Thorns for ANALOG Computing said that "Prisoner II is a superb package (I dare not call it a "game") that should provide weeks of entertainment. It goes far beyond the traditional "collect the right combination of treasures" adventure, and includes some diabolical arcade-like sequences to frustrate you even more." [2]
Jeff Hurlburt for SoftSide said that "Prisoner 2 is a superbly crafted adventuring experience. Surely among the more complex computer games, it will repay the involved player with hours of enjoyment in a variety of imaginative, challenging, often humorous scenarios." [3]
Softalk said that "You have been forewarned. The time and patient you devote to delving into the mysteries of the Island will be well spent. Be seeing you." [4]
Paula Polley for Atari Connection wrote that "Eduware [ sic ] employees report that the CIA uses Prisoner 2 both to interview applicants and train budding spies in terrorist handling techniques" and also claimed that the game had "been used in the psychiatric field to treat patients suffering from paranoia." [5]
Prisoner 2 was voted the fourth most popular fantasy game in the annual Softalk reader poll in its 1982 poll. [6]
