Gotcha

Moby ID: 65888

Released

October 1973 on Arcade

Credits

2 people

Publishers

Atari, Inc.

Developers

Atari, Inc.

Moby Score: n/a
Critics: 43% (1)
Players: (3)
Collected By: 6 players

Genre: Action
Perspective: Top-down
Visual: Fixed / flip-screen
Gameplay: Arcade

Input Devices Supported/Optional: Custom
Multiplayer Options: Same/Split-Screen
Number of Offline Players: 2 Players

See Also

Gotcha (1993 on DOS)

Description

In Gotcha two players travel through a maze. Player 1 is the Pursued, represented by a plus sign, and player 2 is the Pursuer, represented by a square. The Pursuer's goal is to catch the Pursued, while the Pursued's goal is to stay away until time runs out. The closer the Pursuer is to the Pursued, the faster the frequency of the electronic beeping in the background. The maze walls shift, potentially blocking paths and creating new ones.

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Genre: Labyrinth / Maze

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Credits (Arcade version)

Designed by	Allan Alcorn (uncredited)
Engineered by	Allan Alcorn (uncredited)
Cabinet Design	George Faraco (uncredited)

Reviews

Critics

Average score: 43% (based on 1 ratings)

Players

Average score: 2.0 out of 5 (based on 3 ratings with 0 reviews)

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Trivia

Controversy

Gotcha holds the title of the very first controversial video game. While later cabinets featured joystick controls, the first model was controlled by large pink rubber mounds. They were replaced by the joysticks because they reportedly looked like breasts. The game's flyer, which featured a photograph of a man grabbing a woman with visible cleavage around the waist, did not help matters. According to an Atari employee, the resemblance was intentional, saying that they were specifically designed to look like a female body part after someone joked that joysticks were phallic in appearance.

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MobyGames ID: 65888

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Game added by Michael Cassidy.

Additional contributors: LepricahnsGold.

Game added July 11, 2014. Last modified September 21, 2023.