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Great Escape on the Atari 2600 by Onbase Co and Bomb

Great Escape is a multidirectional shooter published for the Atari 2600 in 1983. It was produced by Bomb, a line of video games from developer Onbase Co. based out of Asia.

General Information

Developer - Onbase Co

Publisher - Bomb

Release - 1983

Platform(s) - Atari 2600

Number of Players - Single-player

Genre - Multidirectional shooter

It received mixed-to-negative reviews from critics, with reviewers making comparisons with Defender and Asteroids.

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.

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