<s>
Getaway	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
is	O
a	O
crime-themed	O
,	O
multidirectional-scrolling	O
maze	B-Application
game	I-Application
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
designed	O
by	O
Mark	O
Reid	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
the	O
Atari	B-Application
Program	I-Application
Exchange	I-Application
(	O
APX	O
)	O
in	O
1982	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Atari	B-Application
Program	I-Application
Exchange	I-Application
also	O
sold	O
foot	O
posters	O
of	O
the	O
Getaway	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Getaway	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Also	O
in	O
the	O
maze	B-Application
are	O
dollar	O
signs	O
(	O
which	O
give	O
a	O
little	O
money	O
when	O
collected	O
)	O
,	O
armored	O
vans	O
(	O
which	O
give	O
a	O
lot	O
of	O
money	O
and	O
immediately	O
alert	O
the	O
police	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
three	O
loot	O
items	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
more	O
money	O
being	O
carried	O
—	O
displayed	O
as	O
"	O
CASH	O
"	O
below	O
the	O
scrolling	O
maze	B-Application
—	O
the	O
more	O
aggressive	O
the	O
three	O
different	O
police	O
vehicles	O
are	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mark	O
Reid	O
,	O
a	O
chemical	O
engineer	O
,	O
had	O
two	O
games	O
published	O
by	O
APX	O
prior	O
to	O
Getaway	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
:	O
an	O
implementation	O
of	O
Klondike	B-Language
Solitaire	I-Language
,	O
simply	O
titled	O
Solitaire	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
vertically	O
scrolling	O
skiing	O
game	O
Downhill	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Getaway	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
was	O
inspired	O
the	O
scrolling	O
map	O
of	O
Eastern	B-Application
Front	I-Application
(	O
1941	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
wrote	O
an	O
Atari	B-Language
BASIC	I-Language
program	O
to	O
let	O
him	O
draw	O
the	O
city	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Getaway	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
the	O
Atari	B-Application
Program	I-Application
Exchange	I-Application
sold	O
2	O
×	O
3	O
foot	O
posters	O
of	O
the	O
Getaway	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
When	O
the	O
Atari	B-Application
Program	I-Application
Exchange	I-Application
folded	O
,	O
many	O
games	O
from	O
APX	O
were	O
rereleased	O
by	O
Antic	O
Software	O
,	O
but	O
Reid	O
declined	O
because	O
of	O
the	O
exclusive	O
contract	O
he	O
had	O
signed	O
with	O
Atari	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Getaway	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
It	O
beat	O
three	O
other	O
nominees	O
to	O
win	O
the	O
$	O
25,000	O
Atari	O
Star	O
award	O
in	O
1983	O
,	O
following	O
My	B-Application
First	I-Application
Alphabet	I-Application
(	O
1981	O
)	O
and	O
Typo	B-Application
Attack	I-Application
(	O
1982	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
the	O
final	O
such	O
award	O
given	O
before	O
the	O
Atari	B-Application
Program	I-Application
Exchange	I-Application
shut	O
down	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
magazine	O
,	O
Steven	O
Levy	O
wrote	O
,	O
"	O
The	O
first	O
time	O
I	O
played	O
Getaway	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
He	O
called	O
the	O
game	O
a	O
variation	O
on	O
the	O
maze	B-Application
concept	O
,	O
but	O
added	O
"	O
the	O
difference	O
is	O
that	O
,	O
in	O
Getaway	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
He	O
mentioned	O
the	O
armored	B-Application
car	I-Application
as	O
his	O
favorite	O
feature	O
and	O
noted	O
that	O
as	O
the	O
sun	O
sets	O
,	O
driving	O
becomes	O
more	O
difficult	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
John	O
J	O
.	O
Anderson	O
,	O
writing	O
for	O
Creative	B-General_Concept
Computing	I-General_Concept
,	O
was	O
enamored	O
with	O
the	O
multidirectional	O
scrolling	O
and	O
concluded	O
,	O
"	O
Getaway	O
is	O
lots	O
of	O
fun	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
