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| Publisher(s) | Parker Brothers |
|---|---|
| Players | 2–4 |
| Setup time | 3-7 minutes |
| Playing time | 15 minutes |
| Random chance | High (die rolling) |
| Age range | 5+ |
The Grape Escape is a board game released in 1992 by Parker Brothers (now Hasbro) and licensed by Rehtmeyer Inc..[1] The game was intended to entertain younger audiences of 5+ years old.[2] The game was short-lived having only been available for one year. In 2010 Hasbro released a game called Smashed Potatoes with the same game play but with potatoes instead of grapes (probably because of Parker Brothers being part of Hasbro who owns the rights to Mr. Potato Head).[3] However, Smashed Potatoes was eventually discontinued.
The game consisted of playing pieces constructed of various colored Grape Goop (Play-Doh[4]) that were fashioned after grape-like action figures. Game play consisted of maneuvering clay playing pieces through several plastic obstacles on a board that were aimed to physically disfigure or decapitate the playing piece; destroying the Grape Goop figure often resulted in losing the game, but sometimes had the affected player re-mold their Grape Goop figure using one of the included grape mold templates and returning to the start space. The obstacles included: crank/rubber band operated scissors, a steam roller, a large saw blade, and a grape stomping boot activated by lever and rubber band. (In Smashed Potatoes, the grape stomping boot was replaced with a french fryer.)
Game play[edit]
Each player rolls the die in turn. (In Smashed Potatoes, the die was replaced with a spinner.) They then move their grape the number of spaces indicated on a factory conveyor belt style board. The hazard stations are counted as a place as well. The Grape Leap roll allows the player to jump ahead one space of the grape in the lead. If a player rolls Turn Crank they can operate the apparatus and take out any grape on one of the four stations (in which case, the affected player must re-mold his or her grape piece and start over). Should a player land on the same place as an opponent's grape, that grape is pushed to the next hazard station. The first grape to reach the finish wins.
Advertising[edit]
The Grape Escape was advertised primarily through television commercials aired during children's television programs. The commercials consisted of animated claymation figures being crushed or sliced while children played the game. The theme song was set to the tune of the famous Italian song Funiculì, Funiculà.[5]
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References[edit]
- ^Rehtmeyer, Inc. // Licensing // Toy Experts Game Experts Board Game Manufacturing Prototyping Toy Manufacturing
- ^The Grape Escape at BoardGameGeek
- ^http://www.hasbro.com/common/documents/dad261421c4311ddbd0b0800200c9a66/2B7CDEDE5056900B10455DA39581374B.pdf
- ^Grape Escape instructions from Hasbro
- ^YouTube - Grape Escape
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GAME BREAKING ISSUE:
In one of the last levels - the one with a sign that reads 'Balcony' - I cannot achieve vertical jump height to jump over 2.25 saw gears straight after conveyor platform no matter how long and hard do hold space bar with either of my two keyboards. I can complete game up to that point in 12 deaths, but I cannot get past that point with more then 400 attempts over multiple game sessions. It annoys me I cannot complete this game. I test my jump height at start of this level and it is random. When jumping while standing an entrance doors straight up I can sometimes touch ceiling and sometimes I cannot. Space bar is pressed to max always. The conveyor can be utilized to increase horizontal distance, but vertical height required is seemingly impossible.
I was really angry and wanted to give this no stars, but I decided to give two just in case if it is something wrong with my system. Never had such problem in any other game trough. I would give this game a 7/10 if not for this game breaking issue.
EDIT: The issue is was that the last level is unsolvable on cetain browsers, because the jump height to clear the saws after the elevator is unreachable in them for some reason. For me - it was impossible to finish the game in Firefox. I managed to complete the game in IE.
The Ending was not worth it.