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The Great Escape

Denton Designs

The Great Escape

The Great Escape is an isometric action-adventure game. Controlling a prisoner of war in a German camp, your goal is to break out undetected. There are numerous ways to freedom - back doors, cracked fences, even underground tunnels. However, you have to plan your escape while obeying the strict rules of the camp.

Released
31 December 1986
Developer
Denton Designs
Publisher
Ocean Software
Perspective
Side view · Third person
Metacritic
54/100
Platforms
Commodore C64/128/MAX · ZX Spectrum · PC (Microsoft Windows) · DOS · Amstrad CPC
Genres
Simulator · Strategy · Adventure
70
Player rating
9
Ratings counted
50%
Steam reviews

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The story

Captured, but not defeated, you are being held in the notorious Heldentod camp. This small, converted castle in the middle of nowhere will be your home for the rest of the war; unless you can escape to rejoin the Allied Armies. Planning, patience, skill, and courage will be necessary as you gather your resources, make your plans, and finally, make your great escape.

The Great Escape

How long to beat

Completionist
1.1 h

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Reviews and languages

50% of 32 Steam reviews are positive. Valve labels that “Mixed”.

1 languages in the interface, 1 of them with full voice acting. English is supported, with full voice acting.

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Platform releases

Amstrad CPC
31 December 1986
Commodore C64/128/MAX
31 December 1986
ZX Spectrum
31 December 1986
DOS
31 December 1987
PC (Microsoft Windows)
13 April 2018

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