Escape 2042: The Truth Defenders
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| System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Sega Dreamcast | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Publisher: OrionSoft | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Developer: Cédric Bourse[1] (as Orion_[2]) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genre: Puzzle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number of players: 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Escape 2042: The Truth Defenders is an puzzle-platform game, similar to Impossible Mission or Zillion in style and gameplay, interspersed with mini-games of different genres (such as a shoot-'em-up) in between levels.
The game was published physically despite an unsuccessful Kickstarter campaign[7]. The cartridge version is sold out as of July 2019[8], but a digital version is available from Itch.io.
Story
In the year 2042, a socialist government is in power, but nobody had foreseen progressive dictatorship that settled in. The elites of the government hid behind a sham democracy, disconnected from the life the people were leading, and acted solely in their own interests.
The regime considered the dissidents as conspiracy theorists, treated them like terrorists and locked them away in highly-secured prisons, to prevent them from telling the people the truth about the manipulating medias accomplice of the government power.
You are Eris, a computer engineer and member of the Truth Defenders coalition.
After a clandestine operation to inform the people, you are locked away in the highly-secured prison Bulor 24.
But your knowledge on security systems will enable you to escape.
Your turn now to escape as fast as you can from this place![9]
Gameplay
The game takes place in three different environments (prison, desert, forest) and is interspersed with 2 mini-games, including a reversed Shoot ’em Up and an original rappelling game!
Avoid the security cameras, collect grenades to get rid of your enemies, exercise your working memory by hacking the computers of the prison to unlock the doors or to disactivate the safety systems.
Promotional Material
Dreamcast version
Physical scans
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 Manual |
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External links
- Escape 2042: The Truth Defenders on Kickstarter (archive)
- Escape 2042: The Truth Defenders on Itch.io
References
- ↑ https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,667748/
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 http://mag.mo5.com/actu/116226/test-escape-2042-the-truth-defenders/ (Wayback Machine: 2017-12-31 11:55)
- ↑ http://onorisoft.free.fr/retroshop/md.htm (Wayback Machine: 2017-05-01 02:08)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 https://orionsoft.itch.io/escape2042/devlog/45316/sega-megadrive-genesis-gameboy-rom-added- (Wayback Machine: 2020-08-16 20:57)
- ↑ https://orionsoft.itch.io/escape2042 (Wayback Machine: 2018-09-26 19:51)
- ↑ http://onorisoft.free.fr/retroshop/dc.htm (Wayback Machine: 2017-05-07 21:37)
- ↑ https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/orionsoft/escape-2042-the-truth-defenders/ (Wayback Machine: 2017-06-27 16:39)
- ↑ http://onorisoft.free.fr/retroshop/md.htm (Wayback Machine: 2019-07-18 21:05)
- ↑ https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/orionsoft/escape-2042-the-truth-defenders/ (Wayback Machine: 2017-06-27 16:39)