Ape Escape (1999) · Tastebuds

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.

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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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