Journey Escape Home Video Game Interview 1983

The Journey Escape Video Game for home entertainment. Released in 1982, this is the Journey Escape Video Game! The TV Commercial and the Interview promo are included in this video all about the Journey Escape Video Game.

The interview is with Jonathan Cain and 

You're on the road with Journey, one of the world's hottest rock groups. A spectacular performance has just ended. Now it's up to you to guide each Journey Band Member past hordes of Love-Crazed Groupies, Sneaky Photographers, and Shifty-Eyed Promoters to the safety of the Journey Escape Vehicle in time to make the next concert. Your mighty manager and loyal roadies are there to help, but the escape is up to you!

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Journey's "Escape" album 35th Anniversary, Don't Stop Believin'!

Journey ESCAPE album was released on July 31, 1981. It features 4 hit singles and went number one on the Billboard Music Chart. A truly amazing album from a rock and roll band...

Album Cover

Escape TV Commercial;

Escape Promotional Stand-up;

The album spawned an incredible four hit singles with 3 unreleased songs;

1- Who's Crying Now / Mother, Father

2- Don't Stop Believing' / Natural Thing (unreleased song)

3- Open Arms / Little Girl (unreleased song in the USA)

4- Still They Ride / La Raza Del Sol (unreleased song)

By September 1981the album was  so popular it hit Number 1 on the Billboard 200 Chart for the week of September 12-18, 1981.

This was also Journey's biggest Tour to date, The Escape Tour was so popular that it was released on DVD and  CD in 2005 and 2006;

   

By 1982, Journey's Escape was so popular they made a Video game out of it;

Journey's Escape Game TV Commercial;

Journey's Escape Game run through;

Don't Stop Believing';

Two Poster Ads for Journey's Escape Home Video Game

These are two ads for the Journey Escape Video Game by Data Age.
The game was released in 1982.

Are you hot enough for a Journey Escape Video Game T-Shirt?

Back in 1982 when the Journey Escape Atari 2600 Game by Data Age came out there was a 50% promotion on the "Journey Escape Video Game T-Shirt" if you bought the game cartridge.

This is the order form for the T-Shirt...

Journey Escape Game 1982 play through

Here's a fun video ride through the Journey Escape Home Video Game from 1982 for the Atari 2600.

Take a five minute journey through all the screen, each band member makes his way through the game...

The Characters from the game.

Journey Arcade Game from Bally Midway 1983

Here's a great video ride through the Journey Arcade Game from 1983.

It begins as your coins are accepted, then come the instructions and makers of the game. Each band member has their own unique game, once each one is completed we are awarded a Journey concert.

Take a five minute journey through all the screens and different games looking through Elmo's head as you would if standing in front of the console at the arcade...

Journey Arcade Game from Bally Midway

In 1983 Journey and Bally Midway released an arcade video game that would be found in arcades. This was not for home gaming systems. It was very advanced for the time.

What I've got to share is the original ad and the 4 page flyer about the game…

The original advertisement

 

The original 4-page flyer

A photo of the start of the game

The arcade game console

The bar game console

Journey Escape Game Instructions

Here are the instructions for the Journey Escape game. The game was originally released in 1982 for the Atari 2600 game system and was later available for other platforms.

Here are scans of the entire 8 page instruction booklet…