| Journey Escape | |
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| Developer(s) | Data Age |
| Publisher(s) | Data Age |
| Designer(s) | J. Ray Dettling [1] |
| Platform(s) | Atari 2600 |
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| Genre(s) | Action |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Journey Escape is a video game developed and manufactured by Data Age in San Jose, California for the Atari 2600 console, and released in 1982. [2] It stars the rock band Journey, one of the world's most popular acts at the time, and is based on their album Escape. [3]
From the game's manual: [4]
The player must lead the band members to their "Scarab Escape Vehicle" (as featured on the cover) and protect the concert cash from "love-crazed" groupies, sneaky photographers, stage barriers and "shifty-eyed" promoters. [5] [6] Assisting the player are roadies, which provide short periods of immunity to obstacles, and The Manager, depicted as the Kool-Aid Man, which allows the player to move to the Scarab completely unhindered. [7] The screen scrolls vertically non-stop, although the speed can be controlled; the player moves side to side to dodge the aforementioned obstacles. [8]
The intro tune is an excerpt from "Don't Stop Believin'," which is on the Escape album. The in-game music, however, appears to be an original tune, rather than based on a Journey song. [9]
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