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{{Short description|1990 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = Extase
| image = [[File:Extase Cover.jpg|250px|Extase]]
| caption = Cover art of ''Extase''
| developer = [[Cryo Interactive|Cryo]]
| publisher = [[Virgin Interactive|Virgin Mastertronic]]
| composer = Philippe Eidel <br> Arnaud Devos
| designer = Patrick Dublanchet
| artist = Michel Rho
| released = {{vgrelease|EU|1990}}
| genre = [[Action game|Action]] [[Strategy video game|strategy]]
| modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]]
| platforms = [[Amiga]], [[Atari ST]], [[MS-DOS]]
}}

'''''Extase''''' is a computer game developed by [[Cryo Interactive|Cryo]] and published by [[Virgin Interactive|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 (games magazine)|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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