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Take the Money and Run!

Press 1 on the alpha-numeric keyboard. You are now trapped in the Land of Keynesium. You and your opponent are represented by the animated figures which appear at the lower right and the lower left of the maze…

31 December 1978

Take the Money and Run! is an arcade, released 31 December 1978 on Odyssey 2 / Videopac G7000.

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What Take the Money and Run! is

Take the Money and Run! was released in 1978. It was published by Magnavox. It is available on Odyssey 2 / Videopac G7000 only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Press 1 on the alpha-numeric keyboard. You are now trapped in the Land of Keynesium. You and your opponent are represented by the animated figures which appear at the lower right and the lower left of the maze entrance. The net worth of each figure is directly below it. Each player starts off with $500,000. Two Keynesian robots are in the center of the screen atop the maze entrance. Every maze is a game within a game. You and your opponent are playing against the robots which represent different factors of the economy. But you are also playing against each other. You will be changing strategies throughout the game - sometimes cooperating with the robots to thwart your opponent - sometimes…
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction.

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When did Take the Money and Run! come out?
Take the Money and Run! was released on 31 December 1978 for Odyssey 2 / Videopac G7000.

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