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->''"The hellish landscape seems vast and unending... but you are driven to rescue your girlfriend by love, guilt, and the fact you paid big bucks for this game and you want to get your money's worth. So your adventure begins..."''
''Escape from Hell'' is a 1990 CRPG developed and published by Creator/ElectronicArts about [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin escaping from Hell]]. And along the way, you find allies who will join your party like rogue demons, Theatre/{{Hamlet}}, Music/WolfgangAmadeusMozart, UsefulNotes/GenghisKhan, and UsefulNotes/JosefStalin. It's a bizarre game.
Richard goes to see his friend Alan, but instead finds a mysterious note. When his girlfriend Alison asks about it, he tells her what the note said…and she disappears. Richard gets a call from the "Divine Phone Company" saying that he cast a powerful incantation, and Richard accidentally says it again, sending himself to Hell as well.
Now he needs to find Alison and Alan and [[EscapedFromHell escape from Hell]]!
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!!This game provides examples of:
* ActionGirlfriend: After rescuing Alison, her stats reveal she has a surprisingly high Rocket Launcher skill level.
* AlasPoorYorick: You can find Yorick's skull and give it to Hamlet, which leads him to say the classic monologue and regain his memory and offer to join your party.
* ArbitraryHeadcountLimit: Only two party members can accompany Richard.
* CelebritiesHangOutInHeaven: In Hell, but otherwise you'll find a surprising number of historical and fictional characters.
* CelestialBureaucracy: The first layer of Hell is a bureaucratic nightmare of waiting your turn to be processed.
* CirclesOfHell: You travel through three of them.
* CityOfTheDamned: Several, especially the City on the Edge of Eternity where souls wait to be processed.
* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: The copy protection in the manual mentions "favorite punishments" including bubble baths, eating custard, and shelling peanuts.
* DamselInDistress: Alison. Rescuing her is the point of the game.
* DigitalPiracyIsEvil: The manual begins with a story about Dick who put several small companies out of business by copying the game and sharing it with friends.
* DirtyCommunists: Played with for UsefulNotes/JosefStalin, who will join your party after giving you a "Capitalists for a free Hell" button.
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Instead of defeating Satan with a holy cross, you can just have everyone shoot him with anti-tank rifles.
%%* EscapedFromHell: The goal of the game!
%%* FireAndBrimstoneHell: The first layer especially.
%%* {{Hell}}: The setting of the game.
* {{Hellgate}}: The destination at the end of the game, which says "Come again soon".
* HellHasNewManagement: Hitler's goal to overthrow Satan.
* HolyBurnsEvil: Your Holy Cross can instantly destroy any enemy, including Satan himself.
%%* NailEm: Josef Stalin's starting weapon.%%Is?
* NoFourthWall: Within the first minute of being in Hell, you'll find a copyright notice, a dedication to the real-life Alison (now the creator's wife), and the page quote about being motivated by the fact that you paid big bucks for this game.
* OnlySixFaces: Lots of character portraits are reused as a result of the game needing to fit on 5¼” floppies. Even Satan himself uses a generic monster portrait.
%%* RandomEncounters: All over Hell.
* RegeneratingHealth: You heal over time. The manual even suggests finding a safe place and putting a weight on your spacebar to get back to full health.
* SelfInsertFic: You play Richard trying to rescue Alison with the help of his friend Alan. The game was designed by Richard Seaborne, whose wife is Alison, and the art was by Alan Murphy.
* ThisIsntHeaven: Played with for a Holy Man who followed his faith's doctrines blindly and is still convinced that he's in Heaven.
-->"This must be heaven. Boy, the brochure sure was misleading!"
* ThoseWackyNazis: Yep, Hitler is in Hell, and his goal is to overthrow Satan and take it over.
* WhatTheHellHero: Trying to leave Hell without Alison results in the game asking if you missed the whole point of the game.
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->''"The hellish landscape seems vast and unending... but you are driven to rescue your girlfriend by love, guilt, and the fact you paid big bucks for this game and you want to get your money's worth. So your adventure begins..."''
''Escape from Hell'' is a 1990 CRPG developed and published by Creator/ElectronicArts about [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin escaping from Hell]]. And along the way, you find allies who will join your party like rogue demons, Theatre/{{Hamlet}}, Music/WolfgangAmadeusMozart, UsefulNotes/GenghisKhan, and UsefulNotes/JosefStalin. It's a bizarre game.
Richard goes to see his friend Alan, but instead finds a mysterious note. When his girlfriend Alison asks about it, he tells her what the note said…and she disappears. Richard gets a call from the "Divine Phone Company" saying that he cast a powerful incantation, and Richard accidentally says it again, sending himself to Hell as well.
Now he needs to find Alison and Alan and [[EscapedFromHell escape from Hell]]!
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!!This game provides examples of:
* ActionGirlfriend: After rescuing Alison, her stats reveal she has a surprisingly high Rocket Launcher skill level.
* AlasPoorYorick: You can find Yorick's skull and give it to Hamlet, which leads him to say the classic monologue and regain his memory and offer to join your party.
* ArbitraryHeadcountLimit: Only two party members can accompany Richard.
* CelebritiesHangOutInHeaven: In Hell, but otherwise you'll find a surprising number of historical and fictional characters.
* CelestialBureaucracy: The first layer of Hell is a bureaucratic nightmare of waiting your turn to be processed.
* CirclesOfHell: You travel through three of them.
* CityOfTheDamned: Several, especially the City on the Edge of Eternity where souls wait to be processed.
* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: The copy protection in the manual mentions "favorite punishments" including bubble baths, eating custard, and shelling peanuts.
* DamselInDistress: Alison. Rescuing her is the point of the game.
* DigitalPiracyIsEvil: The manual begins with a story about Dick who put several small companies out of business by copying the game and sharing it with friends.
* DirtyCommunists: Played with for UsefulNotes/JosefStalin, who will join your party after giving you a "Capitalists for a free Hell" button.
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Instead of defeating Satan with a holy cross, you can just have everyone shoot him with anti-tank rifles.
%%* EscapedFromHell: The goal of the game!
%%* FireAndBrimstoneHell: The first layer especially.
%%* {{Hell}}: The setting of the game.
* {{Hellgate}}: The destination at the end of the game, which says "Come again soon".
* HellHasNewManagement: Hitler's goal to overthrow Satan.
* HolyBurnsEvil: Your Holy Cross can instantly destroy any enemy, including Satan himself.
%%* NailEm: Josef Stalin's starting weapon.%%Is?
* NoFourthWall: Within the first minute of being in Hell, you'll find a copyright notice, a dedication to the real-life Alison (now the creator's wife), and the page quote about being motivated by the fact that you paid big bucks for this game.
* OnlySixFaces: Lots of character portraits are reused as a result of the game needing to fit on 5¼” floppies. Even Satan himself uses a generic monster portrait.
%%* RandomEncounters: All over Hell.
* RegeneratingHealth: You heal over time. The manual even suggests finding a safe place and putting a weight on your spacebar to get back to full health.
* SelfInsertFic: You play Richard trying to rescue Alison with the help of his friend Alan. The game was designed by Richard Seaborne, whose wife is Alison, and the art was by Alan Murphy.
* ThisIsntHeaven: Played with for a Holy Man who followed his faith's doctrines blindly and is still convinced that he's in Heaven.
-->"This must be heaven. Boy, the brochure sure was misleading!"
* ThoseWackyNazis: Yep, Hitler is in Hell, and his goal is to overthrow Satan and take it over.
* WhatTheHellHero: Trying to leave Hell without Alison results in the game asking if you missed the whole point of the game.
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