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The game was released worldwide on November 26, 2001, exclusively for the Microsoft Windows platform. [1] Players control a falsely accused person as he attempts to escape five different types of prisons in order to prove his innocence in the outside world. Players have to sneak past guards in order to make it through every prison level.
According to a review in Amiga Action, "many people will find the gameplay outdated and will soon become bored with it", [1] whereas Amiga Computing was more positive, commenting: "As a whole, Alcatraz is an improvement on Hostages" and adding that "the scrolly shooty bits are absolutely brilliant" and the game's 3D sections "are not as good, but still fun".
The Escapists is the second game by Chris Davis' one man studio. Davis raised £7,131 for the game through Kickstarter in November 2013, this allowed him to commit full-time to game development for the first time in his career. Unlike his first title, Spud's Quest, Davis signed a publishing deal with Team17 to better market the game.
The game's influences include the film Escape from Alcatraz, and video games such as Half-Life and Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell. Escape from Butcher Bay received acclaim by critics, who lauded its graphics and its implementation of stealth, action and adventure elements. Some critics consider the game superior to the film, a rarity among film tie ...
In the game Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3, several hostages must be rescued from Alcatraz Prison. In the video game, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 (2002), the island is featured as a playable level and has many features of the real Alcatraz. The video game Urban Strike features Alcatraz as one of the secret bases of main antagonist H. R. Malone.
Escape from Alcatraz, 1963 non-fiction book by J. Campbell Bruce; Escape from Alcatraz, 1979 film adaptation of the book, directed by Don Siegel and starring Clint Eastwood; Escape from Alcatraz, 2003 album by rapper Rasco; Alcatraz: Prison Escape, a 2001 computer video game
Robert Franklin Stroud (January 28, 1890 – November 21, 1963), known as the "Birdman of Alcatraz", was a convicted murderer, American federal prisoner, and author who has been cited as one of the most notorious criminals in the United States.
United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island, also known simply as Alcatraz (English: / ˈ æ l k ə ˌ t r æ z /, Spanish: [a l k a ˈ t ɾ a θ] "the gannet") or The Rock, was a maximum security federal prison on Alcatraz Island, 1.25 miles (2.01 km) off the coast of San Francisco, California, United States.