The Great Escape

Arcade Game: AdventureEnglishZX-Spectrum 48K
Entry Summary
ID2125
TitleThe Great Escape
MachineZX-Spectrum 48K
LanguageEnglish
GenreArcade Game: Adventure
Max Players1
Available TypeA
Without Load ScreenNo
Without InlayNo
People
Authors
Publishers
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Downloads
TypeLinkSizeMD5FlagsDetailsComments
Tape image/pub/sinclair/games/g/GreatEscapeThe.tzx.zip32,598-
SpeedLock 2Original release (O)
EnglishZX-Spectrum 48K1986rel #0
Tape image/pub/sinclair/games/g/GreatEscapeThe_2.tzx.zip30,742-
NoneOriginal release (O)
EnglishZX-Spectrum 48K1986rel #0
Tape image/pub/sinclair/games/g/GreatEscapeThe.tap.zip31,463-
Undetermined
EnglishZX-Spectrum 48K1986rel #0
Loading screen/pub/sinclair/screens/load/g/scr/GreatEscapeThe.scr6,912-
rel #0
Running screen/pub/sinclair/screens/in-game/g/GreatEscapeThe.gif5,347-
rel #0
Instructions/pub/sinclair/games-info/g/GreatEscapeThe.txt10,685-
Englishrel #0
Scanned instructions/pub/sinclair/games-info/g/GreatEscapeThe.zip4,431,932-
Englishrel #0
Game map/pub/sinclair/games-maps/g/GreatEscapeThe.jpg353,479-
rel #0
Game map/pub/sinclair/games-maps/g/GreatEscapeThe_2.gif25,118-
rel #0
Game map/pub/sinclair/games-maps/g/GreatEscapeThe_3.jpg69,586-
rel #0
Game map/pub/sinclair/games-maps/g/GreatEscapeThe_4.jpg893,928-
rel #0
Game map/pub/sinclair/games-maps/g/GreatEscapeThe_5.jpg360,680-
rel #0
Game map/pub/sinclair/games-maps/g/GreatEscapeThe_6.gif159,187-
rel #0
Game map/pub/sinclair/games-maps/g/GreatEscapeThe_7.png189,395-
rel #0
Game map/pub/sinclair/games-maps/g/GreatEscapeThe_8.jpg947,406-
rel #0
Advertisement/pub/sinclair/games-adverts/g/GreatEscapeThe.jpg234,061-
rel #0
Ripped in-game/theme music in AY format/pub/sinclair/music/ay/games/g/GreatEscapeThe.ay.zip856-
rel #0
POK pokes file/zxdb/sinclair/pokes/g/Great Escape, The (1986)(Ocean Software).pok158611d161459df3e5bf58d4e2ce0b11b2f
rel #0
Inlay - Front/zxdb/sinclair/entries/0002125/GreatEscapeThe.jpg770,892403f5984ed9f7eadae5f590ef7a7e193
NoneDouble jewel case
rel #0
Remote linkhttp://www.davespace.co.uk/the.great.escape/--
None
Englishrel #0
Source code repository - Disassembled
Inlay - Back/zxdb/sinclair/entries/0002125/GreatEscapeThe_Back.jpg756,274370b4080d885ecca786b00b0a1190656
NoneDouble jewel case
rel #0
RZX playback filehttps://archive.org/download/rzxarchive/greatescape.zip--
rel #0
Recorded by Stephen (Mort) Stuttard and mike_myers (with rollback) - Two different recordings, one ending uses the money bag.
Media scan/zxdb/sinclair/entries/0002125/GreatEscapeThe_Media.jpg119,969aa39a2bbd778a81c815cc656c7fff850
None
rel #0
Media scan/zxdb/sinclair/entries/0002125/GreatEscapeThe_Media_2.jpg110,219d17507f3c17e1f7d6a3c32cabd62e817
None
rel #0
Tape image/pub/sinclair/games/g/GreatEscapeThe(ErbeSoftwareS.A.).tzx.zip32,272-
SpeedLock 2Re-release (R)
EnglishZX-Spectrum 48K1986rel #2
Tape image/pub/sinclair/games/g/GreatEscapeThe(SmallCase)(ErbeSoftwareS.A.).tzx.zip32,285-
NoneRe-release (R)
EnglishZX-Spectrum 48K1986rel #2
(Small Case)
Instructions/pub/sinclair/games-info/g/GreatEscapeThe(ErbeSoftwareS.A.).pdf17,842-
Spanishrel #2
Inlay - Front/pub/sinclair/games-inlays/Rereleases/g/GreatEscapeThe(ErbeSoftwareS.A.).jpg131,025-
rel #2
Inlay - Front/pub/sinclair/games-inlays/Rereleases/g/GreatEscapeThe(ErbeSoftwareS.A.)_2.jpg77,711-
rel #2
Advertisement/pub/sinclair/games-adverts/g/GreatEscapeThe(ErbeSoftwareS.A.).jpg337,600-
rel #2
Tape image/pub/sinclair/games/g/GreatEscapeThe(TheHitSquad).tzx.zip32,630-
SpeedLock 2Re-release (R)
EnglishZX-Spectrum 48K1989rel #3
Inlay - Front/zxdb/sinclair/entries/0002125/GreatEscapeThe(HitSquad).jpg448,161e97ada1645267fbb1dce586b9a08e665
NoneSingle jewel case
rel #3
Inlay - Back/zxdb/sinclair/entries/0002125/GreatEscapeThe(HitSquad)_Back.jpg358,414a25fff5dfb67fc852f56bff53681da3b
NoneSingle jewel case
rel #3
Media scan/zxdb/sinclair/entries/0002125/GreatEscapeThe(HitSquad)_Media.jpg102,702a48d8811ba3b1497dc6fb7627200cc7c
None
rel #3
Releases
Release #YearDownloads
#0198624
#1-0
#219866
#319904
Origins
TypeTitlePublicationIssueDate
standaloneGreat Escape, TheOcean Software Ltd-1986
Relations
No relations recorded
Tags / Members
TagTypeCategoryMember SeqLinks
Crash Readers Awards 1986Annual AwardsBest Advertisement1
Link
Crash Readers Awards 1986Annual AwardsBest Arcade Adventure1
Link
Crash Readers Awards 1986Annual AwardsBest Game Overall2
Link
Crash Readers Awards 1986Annual AwardsBest Graphics4
Link
Crash Readers Awards 1986Annual AwardsState Of The Art Award4
Link
CursorControl Option-
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Interface 2 (right)Control Option-
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Isometric 3D GraphicsGraphical View-
Link
Kempston JoystickControl Option-
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Multi-directional ScrollingScreen Movement-
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Redefineable keysControl Option-
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Ports
TitlePlatformOfficialLink
-Amstrad CPCYesLink
-Atari 8-bitNoLink
-Commodore 64YesLink
-PC/DOSYesLink
Remakes
No remakes recorded
Scores
WebsiteScoreVotes
WorldOfSpectrum8.54504
Notes
No notes recorded
Aliases
Release #LanguageTitle
#3enMOVIE COLLECTION 06: The Great Escape
Licenses
NameTypeOfficialLinks
The Great EscapeMovieNo
Site
Web links
WebsiteLanguageURL
Speccy Screenshot Mapsenhttp://maps.speccy.cz/map.php?id=Escape
Wikipediaenhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Escape_%28video_game%29
GitHubenhttps://github.com/dpt/The-Great-Escape
StrategyWikienhttps://strategywiki.org/wiki/The_Great_Escape
Centre for Computing Historyenhttps://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/51366/The%20Great%20Escape%20(48k/128k)/
MobyGamesenhttps://www.mobygames.com/game/great-escape
RZX Archiveenhttps://www.rzxarchive.co.uk/g.php#greatescape
The Tipshopenhttps://www.the-tipshop.co.uk/cgi-bin/info.pl?name=Great%20Escape%2c%20The
UVLenhttps://www.uvlist.net/game-13199-The+Great+Escape
Modern ZX-Retro Gamingenhttps://youtu.be/FKwl9O1GW_Y
RZX Archive - YouTubeenhttps://youtu.be/YKNzSiiyN8g
Modern ZX-Retro Gamingenhttps://youtu.be/qIyYRyl53d4
Files
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