# Extase

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{{Short description|1990 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = Extase
| image = 250px|Extase
| caption = Cover art of ''Extase''
| developer = [Cryo](/source/Cryo_Interactive)
| publisher = [Virgin Mastertronic](/source/Virgin_Interactive)
| composer = Philippe Eidel <br> Arnaud Devos
| designer = Patrick Dublanchet
| artist = Michel Rho
| released = {{vgrelease|EU|1990}}
| genre = [Action](/source/Action_game) [strategy](/source/Strategy_video_game)
| modes = [Single-player](/source/Single-player_video_game)
| platforms = [Amiga](/source/Amiga), [Atari ST](/source/Atari_ST), [MS-DOS](/source/MS-DOS)
}}

'''''Extase''''' is a computer game developed by [Cryo](/source/Cryo_Interactive) and published by [Virgin Mastertronic](/source/Virgin_Interactive).

==Summary==
''Extase'' features some puzzles involving a sleeping female android that the player needed to wake up by cleaning its circuit. Each level represented a different level of emotion until the final ''extase'' (ecstasy). The gameplay mechanic is based on the "Brain Bowler" minigame in ''[Purple Saturn Day](/source/Purple_Saturn_Day)'', an 'alien sports' compilation created by the Cryo team under the name ERE and published by [Epyx](/source/Epyx).

The music was designed by [Stéphane Picq](/source/St%C3%A9phane_Picq), and was co-credited to [Philippe Eidel](/source/Philippe_Eidel), and The Bulgarian Voices. It punctuated each action of the player or each event, becoming gradually richer until the level was finally completed.

== Critical reception ==
''[Ace Magazine](/source/ACE_(games_magazine))'' wrote that the game was highly original, though noted it is one players would either love or hate.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/ace-magazine-36/ACE_Issue_36_1990_Sep#page/n45/mode/1up|title=ACE Magazine Issue 36|website=archive.org|date=September 1990 |access-date=2017-03-16}}</ref> ''[Amiga Format](/source/Amiga_Format)'' described the game as a "musical masterpiece" and "graphic extravaganza".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://amr.abime.net/amr_search.php?search=extase&mag_id=0&action=Find|title=Extase|last=Webb|first=Trenton|date=October 1990|access-date=2017-03-16}}</ref>

==Legacy==
The sleeping female android later became the mascot for [Cryo Interactive](/source/Cryo_Interactive), and appeared in their many logos.

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{moby game|id=/extase|name=''Extase''}}

Category:1990 video games
Category:Amiga games
Category:Atari ST games
Category:Cryo Interactive games
Category:Cyberpunk video games
Category:DOS games
Category:Europe-exclusive video games
Category:Single-player video games
Category:Video games developed in France
Category:Video games scored by Stéphane Picq
Category:Virgin Interactive games

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