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		+	'''The Getaway''' is a [[Computer_Games|Computer Game]] developed in the [[United Kingdom]] by [[Sony Computer Entertainment Europe]]'s [[Team Soho]] and released in [[2001]]. The Getaway is an experimental title that has gone on to have huge commercial success. The aim of the game is to plan and take the perfect Easter break for yourself and your family.
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-	'''The Getaway''' is a [[Computer_Games|Computer Game]] developed in the [[United Kingdom]] by [[Sony Computer Entertainment Europe]]'s [[Team Soho]] and released in [[2001]]. The Getaway is an experimental title that has gone on to have huge commercial success. The aim of the game is to plan and take the perfect Easter break for yourself and your family.	+	----
	== Backstory ==		== Backstory ==

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The Getaway is a Computer Game developed in the United Kingdom by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe's Team Soho and released in 2001. The Getaway is an experimental title that has gone on to have huge commercial success. The aim of the game is to plan and take the perfect Easter break for yourself and your family.

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Contents 1 Backstory 2 Travel Agents 3 The Getaway: Black Monday 4 The Getaway 3 5 Gangs Of London

Backstory

You play the role of a violent underworld criminal, Mark Hammond, who has successfully rescued his kidnapped son, Alex, from the clutches of the "Bethnal Green Mob". Tired and stressed from your ordeal you decide a relaxing holiday is in order. This is where play begins.

At first you only have access to a small side street travel agent offering coach tours to Weston Super Mare and Nuneaton. You can customise your trip to fit your preferences and then set off. On your trip you must make use of the local amenities (such as coconut shys, wool shops and ice cream vans) in order to reduce your stress meter level if you haven't reduced your stress meter to zero before the timer has run out you lose a life. If you succeed you unlock the next travel agent offering more exotic trips.

Travel Agents

• Level 1
  • Tedious Dave's Coach Trips
    • Weston Super Mare
    • Nuneaton

• Level 2
  • National Travel
    • Torquay
    • Stirling

• Level 3
  • Irish Getaways
    • Dublin
    • Guinness

• Level 4
  • European Jaunts
    • Paris
    • Rome
    • Brighton

• Level 5
  • World Travel
    • Tokyo
    • New York
    • Chipping Norton

The Getaway: Black Monday

After the huge success of The Getaway a follow was inevitable. The Getaway: Black Monday was released in October 2004. In this game, Hammond has been replaced by three new playable characters: Groucho, Cheapo and Harpo.

This game is actually set in the past, Monday 19 October 1987 to be precise. This is the date of the infamous Black Monday stock exchange crash. You play the roles of three stock brokers on the verge of suicide and must plan the perfect vaction in order to combat their depression.

The game was heavily criticised for its continual use of Smiths songs.

The Getaway 3

A third installment in the Getaway saga is under development for the Playstation 3. Little is known about this game but runours suggest that, in an ingenious twist, you will play the role of an up and coming travel agent in this version.

Gangs Of London

This is a Getaway spin off title developed exclusively for PSP due for release very soon. It is thought that this new version departs greatly from the tried and tested formula and is actually a third person driving/shooting game based on gang warfare. This new approach has left most indifferent to the release as this new genre holds little appeal to the gaming community.