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Lock 'N' Chase (Amiga) Review | Can Data East's Bank Heist Outrun Pac-Man? Amigos 559 episode artwork

EPISODE · Jul 18, 2026 · 39 MIN

Lock 'N' Chase (Amiga) Review | Can Data East's Bank Heist Outrun Pac-Man? Amigos 559

from Amigos Retro Gaming Network - Amigos: Everything Amiga / ARG Presents / Sprite Castle / Pixel Gaiden · host Amigos Retro Gaming

On this week's Amigos, we stuff our swag bags full of diamonds and slam the vault doors shut to review Lock 'N' Chase, the classic 1981 arcade bank heist that tests your reflexes against a relentless squad of chasing constabulary. 🏆 Support our wacky, weekly Amiga podcast! https://www.patreon.com/amigospodcast More Amiga Game Reviews: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaD3XRYu1lQRUrXT5aRTSNL5wMCkMOVlB Subscribe to the podcast version of the show at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/amigospodcast 0:00 Slamming doors in the face of the po po 0:41 Arcade Background 1:01 The DECCO Cassette System 1:43 List of DECCO Games 2:29 Pac-Man Fever 3:47 What about Donkey Kong? 4:20 Game backstory 5:02 Game Mechanics 5:54 Aaron's arcade memories 7:50 Names of the police dudes 9:19 Super Pac-Man differences 10:49 Entrances and exits 12:00 Sound design 13:50 Game hardware 14:55 Game controls 16:39 DECCO Machine Copy Protection 18:15 Home ports 21:27 Recently sold cabinets 22:08 Amiga port developers 23:32 Port cheats 23:54 How it plays vs arcade 24:37 Amiga vs Arcade side by side 26:09 Gameplay strategies 27:44 How much blitter was used 28:23 Bugs present 30:11 Praise of the gate timing 31:44 Boat's final thoughts 35:21 Aaron's final thoughts 36:14 Listener reviews 38:08 Coming up next week! #Amiga #Retrocomputing

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