

Ape Escape is a single-player 3D platformer released in 1999 for the Playstation. Using the analog stick, you must capture apes that have escaped throughout time to stop them from screwing up the fabric of time and space. The doctors trustfull test apes have escaped and it's up to you to get out there and retrieve all of them.
PlatformActionanimedinosaurstime travelcollectingminigamesmultiple endingsamnesiaeaster eggplaystation networkboss fightdigital distributionanthropomorphismPlayStation 3, PlayStation, PlayStation Portable
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Character
Plot-driven, cool, unpretentious and classical in form.
- character-ledplot-driven
- cooloverwhelming
- unpretentiousprestige
- classical in formformally daring
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About the game
- Platforms
- PlayStation 3, PlayStation, PlayStation Portable
- Developer
- SCE Japan Studio
- Publisher
- Sony Computer Entertainment
- Released
- June 22, 1999
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Third person
- Time to beat
- 6 h main story
IGDB rating 7.7/10 from 103 ratings.
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