{{Short description|1990 video game}} {{Infobox video game | title = Extase | image = 250px|Extase | caption = Cover art of ''Extase'' | developer = Cryo | publisher = Virgin Mastertronic | composer = Philippe Eidel <br> Arnaud Devos | designer = Patrick Dublanchet | artist = Michel Rho | released = {{vgrelease|EU|1990}} | genre = Action strategy | modes = Single-player | platforms = Amiga, Atari ST, MS-DOS }}
'''''Extase''''' is a computer game developed by Cryo and published by Virgin Mastertronic.
==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'', an 'alien sports' compilation created by the Cryo team under the name ERE and published by Epyx.
The music was designed by Stéphane Picq, and was co-credited to 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'' 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'' 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, 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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