Ape Escape
A PlayStation game about catching monkeys with a net.
Where Ape Escape comes up1 episode or test
- 1Second stick barely usedFew games used the DualShock's second stick
- 2Ape Escape maps net swingSecond stick swings the net
- 3Developers use it for cameraRealised the stick could control the camera
- 4Fluid shooters followMedal of Honor Underground, Alien Resurrection
- 5Players adapt slowlyGamespot: Alien almost unplayably difficult, 2000
From Ape Escape page note, Gamespot 2000
What was said about Ape Escape
Ape Escape used the DualShock's second stick to swing the net. The second analogue stick on the DualShock was barely used at first, and Ape Escape was one of the few games to use it, mapping it to the net swing.
Developers later realised the stick could control the camera, which led to fluid first-person shooters like Medal of Honor Underground and Alien Resurrection. Players needed time to adapt, and Gamespot called Alien's controls almost unplayably difficult in 2000.
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Was one of the few games to use the second stick of Sony's early two-stick pad, for swinging the net.
Ape Escape used the DualShock's second stick to swing the net. The second analogue stick on the DualShock was barely used at first, and Ape Escape was one of the few games to use it, mapping it to the net swing.
Developers later realised the stick could control the camera, which led to fluid first-person shooters like Medal of Honor Underground and Alien Resurrection. Players needed time to adapt, and Gamespot called Alien's controls almost unplayably difficult in 2000.
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