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Escape (computer game)
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Escape is a ZX Spectrum
video game developed and released by New Generation Software
in 1982
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"Can you ESCAPE from the monsters? You must search through the
maze to find the axe which will enable you to break down the door and
ESCAPE. But it is not that easy - the Triceratops hides behind the
hedges and the Pteranodon soars over the maze to swoop down upon you"
- each successful escape increases the number of monsters roaming the maze, until level 6, which introduces a Pterosaur
that will occasionally take off and fly over the hedges, not being restricted to the maze paths.
Upon finding the axe, which is randomly placed for each level, the player speed slows down allowing the monsters to catch up.
Sinclair User
"The game was written by the author of the J K Greye 3D Monster Maze and is one of the best and most original games we have seen for the Spectrum so far"
ZX Computing "This is not, as it may sound a jump on the 'Pacman' bandwagon, but rather an original and absorbing game which can become extremely difficult and frustrating"
ZX Spectrum
The ZX Spectrum is an 8-bit personal home computer released in the United Kingdom in 1982 by Sinclair Research Ltd...
video game developed and released by New Generation Software
New Generation Software
New Generation Software was a firm famous for the computer games with innovative graphics it produced for the Sinclair ZX81 and ZX Spectrum computers. It was conceived in the spring of 1982 shortly after the lead developer, Malcolm Evans created 3D Monster Maze New Generation Software was a firm...
in 1982
1982 in video gaming
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"Can you ESCAPE from the monsters? You must search through the
maze to find the axe which will enable you to break down the door and
ESCAPE. But it is not that easy - the Triceratops hides behind the
hedges and the Pteranodon soars over the maze to swoop down upon you"
The game
The player has to search a maze displayed in primitive 3D for an axe, which will allow him to break the exit, and escape. He is chased by initially a single monsterDinosaur
Dinosaurs are a diverse group of animals of the clade and superorder Dinosauria. They were the dominant terrestrial vertebrates for over 160 million years, from the late Triassic period until the end of the Cretaceous , when the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event led to the extinction of...
- each successful escape increases the number of monsters roaming the maze, until level 6, which introduces a Pterosaur
Pterosaur
Pterosaurs were flying reptiles of the clade or order Pterosauria. They existed from the late Triassic to the end of the Cretaceous Period . Pterosaurs are the earliest vertebrates known to have evolved powered flight...
that will occasionally take off and fly over the hedges, not being restricted to the maze paths.
Upon finding the axe, which is randomly placed for each level, the player speed slows down allowing the monsters to catch up.
Reviews
Reviews can be found in the following magazines....Sinclair User
Sinclair User
Sinclair User, often abbreviated SU, was a magazine dedicated to the Sinclair Research range of home computers, most specifically the ZX Spectrum...
"The game was written by the author of the J K Greye 3D Monster Maze and is one of the best and most original games we have seen for the Spectrum so far"
ZX Computing "This is not, as it may sound a jump on the 'Pacman' bandwagon, but rather an original and absorbing game which can become extremely difficult and frustrating"