| Great Escape | |
| Developer: | Onbase Co. |
| Publisher: | Bomb |
| Platforms: | Atari 2600 |
| Genre: | Multidirectional shooter |
| Modes: | Single-player |
Great Escape is a multidirectional shooter published for the Atari 2600 in 1983.[1] It was produced by Bomb, a line of video games from developer Onbase Co. based out of Asia. It received mixed-to-negative reviews from critics, with reviewers making comparisons with Defender[2] 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.[3] [4]
TV Gamer magazine criticised the graphics, compared it negatively to other games from Bomb such as Assault,[5] and described it as "without a doubt, one to avoid".[6] Videogaming Illustrated compared it to Asteroids.[7] German magazine TeleMatch gave it 3/6 overall, with 2/6 for gameplay but 4/6 for sound (6 being "worst").[3]