They Stole a Million is an adventure developed by Tigress Marketing, released 31 December 1986 on Amstrad CPC, Commodore C64/128/MAX and ZX Spectrum.
What They Stole a Million is
They Stole a Million is an adventure game developed by Tigress Marketing and released in 1986. It was published by 39 steps. It is available on Amstrad CPC, Commodore C64/128/MAX and ZX Spectrum.
The premise, in the publisher's words
They Stole a Million is a strategy computer game released by Ariolasoft in 1986. The objective of the game is to plan robberies and execute the crime. The player first purchases blueprints of the house where the soon-to-be-stolen object is kept. Then several specialists can be hired which disable alarms, open locks or drive the getaway car. The planning stage allows the player to set waypoints, actions and the times at which the actions should take place. For example, the alarm specialist needs two minutes to disable the alarm for a certain display. After two minutes, the lock picking master opens the display and takes the loot.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are stealth. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
They Stole a Million launched on 31 December 1986, within three weeks of World Games, Gauntlet, The Sentinel and Leaderboard.
Released around the same time: World Games, Gauntlet, The Sentinel, Leaderboard.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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