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Yogi Bear series

Yogi's Great Escape

Another winter has passed; it's time for Yogi to wake and begin his annual hobby of relieving innocent campers of their picnic baskets. A few days into the season, Ranger Smith receives a disturbing tele-phone…

31 December 1990

Yogi's Great Escape is a platform developed by PAL Developments, released 31 December 1990 on Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST/STE and Commodore C64/128/MAX.

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What Yogi's Great Escape is

Yogi's Great Escape is a platform game developed by PAL Developments and released in 1990. It was published by Hi-Tec Software Ltd (UK). It is available on Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX and ZX Spectrum.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Another winter has passed; it's time for Yogi to wake and begin his annual hobby of relieving innocent campers of their picnic baskets. A few days into the season, Ranger Smith receives a disturbing tele-phone call informing him that Jellystone Park must close and all the animals are to be moved to the zoo. Yogi hears the news and he secretly decides that the only way to avoid being sent to the zoo is to escape from Jellystone Park. When Yogi goes missing, a tracker and his faithful old dog are brought in to help with the search. Playing the part of Yogi Bear, you must progress through various scenarios, avoiding obstacles and hidden dangers. If for any reason Yogi slows down, Ranger Smith…
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Yogi Bear series

Yogi's Great Escape is the first of 5 entries we hold in the Yogi Bear series. The next entry was Adventures of Yogi Bear in 1994.

See all 5 Yogi Bear games in release order →

What it launched against

Yogi's Great Escape launched on 31 December 1990, within three weeks of Sengoku, A-Train and The Amazing Spider-Man.

Released around the same time: Sengoku, A-Train, The Amazing Spider-Man.

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When did Yogi's Great Escape come out?
Yogi's Great Escape was released on 31 December 1990 for Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX and ZX Spectrum.

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