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{{Infobox game/row/publisher|Ocean Software|Retail}}
 
{{Infobox game/row/publisher|Ocean Software|Retail}}
{{Infobox game/row/publisher|Classics Digital|Digital}}
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{{Infobox game/row/publisher|Ziggurat Interactive|Digital (2020-present)}}
 
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{{Infobox game/row/date|DOS|1987}}
 
{{Infobox game/row/date|DOS|1987}}
 
{{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|March 12, 2018|wrapper=DOSBox}}
 
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|steam appid  = 814570
 
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|strategywiki = The Great Escape
 
|strategywiki = The Great Escape
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|wikipedia    = The Great Escape (1986 video game)
 
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{{disambig|the 1987 game|the 2003 game|[[The Great Escape (2003)]]|the 2016 game|[[The Great Escape (2016)]]|the [[Series:Rayman|Rayman]] game|[[Rayman 2: The Great Escape]]}}
 
{{disambig|the 1987 game|the 2003 game|[[The Great Escape (2003)]]|the 2016 game|[[The Great Escape (2016)]]|the [[Series:Rayman|Rayman]] game|[[Rayman 2: The Great Escape]]}}
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'''General information'''
 
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==Video settings==
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The Great Escape
The Great Escape cover
Developers
Denton Designs
Publishers
Retail Ocean Software
Digital (2018-2020) Classics Digital
Digital (2018-2020) Piko Interactive
Digital (2020-present) Ziggurat Interactive
Release dates
DOS 1987
Windows (DOSBox) March 12, 2018
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Genres Action
The Great Escape on HowLongToBeat
The Great Escape on IGDB
The Great Escape guide on StrategyWiki
The Great Escape on MobyGames
The Great Escape on Wikipedia

This page is for the 1987 game. For the 2003 game, see The Great Escape (2003). For the 2016 game, see The Great Escape (2016). For the Rayman game, see Rayman 2: The Great Escape.

The Great Escape is a action game.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
DOS
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
Humble Store
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Windows
Steam
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Windows

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
DOS
Windows <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1]
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/814570/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
DOS
Windows <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1]
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/814570/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Input

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DOS video modes

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 4
AMD Athlon 64
System memory (RAM) 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 256 MB


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS game data.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References