''No Escape'' is a video game developed by

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and published by

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for the

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and by

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for the

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, based on the film of the same name.

Gameplay

''No Escape'' is a game in which the player is the inmate Robbins trying to escape the Absolom penal colony island.

Development and release

''No Escape'' was developed by the British

. Versions were made for the

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and

. The game was programmed by Steve Howard, who also worked for the company on its SNES film tie-in games ''

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'' and '' Mary Shelley's Frankenstein''. The three games share Howard's

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. ''Frankenstein'' and the SNES edition of ''No Escape'', which were produced simultaneously, were released by

. ''No Escape'' for the Genesis was published by

. A

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port was announced and advertised for release by Sony Imagesoft but was cancelled. Former producer Mike Arkin stated that it did not ship due to the Sony's realization the console was a failure. He claimed to have been gifted quite possibly the only physical copy of the Sega CD version of the game, but that he had misplaced it.

Reception

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'' reviewed the Genesis version of the game, rating it one star out of five, and stated that "the only way to escape the annoying gameplay, repetitive soundtrack, and frustrating control is to not get caught buying this game!"

References

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External links

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