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词条 Getaway! (video game)
释义

  1. Gameplay

  2. Development

  3. Reception

  4. Legacy

  5. References

  6. External links

{{Infobox video game
| title = Getaway!
| released = 1982
| designer = Mark Reid [1]
| publisher = Atari Program Exchange
| platforms = Atari 8-bit
| genre = Maze
}}Getaway! is a crime-themed scrolling maze game for the Atari 8-bit family designed by Mark Reid and published by the Atari Program Exchange (APX) in 1982.[1] The game won the 1983 $25,000 Atari Star Award for best APX submission,[3][4] an award previously given to My First Alphabet and Typo Attack. Prior to Getaway!, Reid, a chemical engineer,[4] developed a skiing game for APX: Downhill.[2]

A non-digital illustration of Getaway! was featured on the cover of the Fall 1983 APX catalog.[3]

Gameplay

Getaway! takes place on scrolling map of a town, 35 screens in size, containing bridges, factories, neighborhoods, and an airport.[8] The player leaves the hideout and drives around the city using up gasoline in the process. Pausing at a gas station refills the tank. Also in the maze are dollar signs (which give a little money when collected), armored vans (which give a lot of money and immediately alert the police), and three loot items. Completing a level requires collecting all three loot items, then the armored van, and then returning to the hideout. A level must be completed within one day/night cycle.

The more money being carried, the more aggressive the three different police vehicles are. If the player is caught, any money carried at the time is lost. Money is locked-in by dropping it off at the hideout, where it becomes part of the player's permanent stash. This can be done at any time. As the game progresses, police begin setting up roadblocks.[10] Running a roadblock puts a hole in the gas tank, causing it to drain quickly until stopping at a gas station.

The value of the dollar signs goes up with each level, in addition to there being new loot items to collect. Each level has an associated rating, starting with "Hoodlum," then "Lowlife," with the seventh level being "The Boss."

Development

Reid wrote an Atari BASIC program to let him draw the city map.[3]

Getaway! originally contained music from police-themed TV shows, such as Dragnet, but it was removed before submitting the game to APX because Reid did not have permission to use it.[3]

Reception

According to Reid, Atari was impressed with Getaway! and had "big plans" for the game, but the North American video game crash of 1983 occurred before this could happen.[4]

In a 1983 review for COMPUTE! magazine, Steven Levy wrote, "The first time I played Getaway! I was impressed by the detail of the graphics. In fact, I was so intrigued that I put off actually playing until I'd toured the town." He called the game a variation on the maze concept, but added "the difference is that, in Getaway! there is much more variety and detail to deal with."[10]

Legacy

In January 2017, Reid made available a collection of programming documents from when he was working on the game, as well as correspondence with APX and Antic Software.[5]

References

1. ^{{cite web|title=The Giant List of Classic Game Programmers|url=https://dadgum.com/giantlist/ |last1=Hague |first1=James}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-downhill_1693.html|website=Atari Mania|title=Downhill}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/Atari_Program_Exchange_catalog_Fall_1983|website=archive.org|title=APX Product Catalog|date=Fall 1983}}
4. ^{{cite|title=Reminiscing: Getaway!|url=http://www.qlam.com/atari/s_getaway.html|date=June 1996}}
5. ^{{cite web|title=Mark Reid - Getaway! archives|url=https://archive.org/details/MarkReidGetawayArchives|website=archive.org}}
6. ^{{cite journal|last1=Mace|first1=Scott|title=Electronic Antics: Is your game a winner?|journal=InfoWorld|date=February 20, 1984|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hS4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA66&lpg=PA66#v=onepage&q&f=false}}
7. ^{{cite journal|last1=Levy|first1=Steven|title=Getaway! for the Atari|journal=COMPUTE!|date=September 1983|issue=40|page=180|url=http://www.atarimagazines.com/compute/issue40/review_getaway.php}}
8. ^{{cite journal |last1=Inscore |first1=Jim |title=The Great Escape Game from APX |journal=The Atari Connection |date=June 1983 |volume=3 |issue=2 |pages=8-9 |url=https://archive.org/details/Atari_Connection_Volume_3_Number_2_1983-06_Atari_US/page/n9}}
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}}

External links

  • Getaway! at Atari Mania

6 : 1982 video games|Atari 8-bit family games|Atari 8-bit family-only games|Atari Program Exchange software|Maze games|Video games developed in the United States

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