# Ape Escape

> Ape Escape is Sony's 1999 3D platformer about catching escaped monkeys, the first game that required the DualShock controller.

Web page: https://emulationking.com/sony/ps1/games/apeescape/
Page updated: 2026-09-30

- Console: PlayStation
- Released: 1999
- Developer: SCE Japan Studio

Ape Escape is a 3D platform game developed by Sony Computer Entertainment's Japan Studio and released in 1999. The monkey Specter uses a helmet to make his fellow monkeys smarter and scatters them through time, and the boy Spike has to catch them all.

It was the first PlayStation game that required the DualShock: the left stick moves Spike and the right stick swings his net and other gadgets. The controls, humour and design made it a hit and started a long series.

Ape Escape has a native PC port made by static recompilation.

## Ape Escape PC Ports

- [Ape Escape Recompiled](https://emulationking.com/sony/ps1/games/apeescape/ports/apeescaperecomp/index.md): Ape Escape Recompiled is a native Windows and Linux port of Ape Escape made by static recompilation with PSXRecomp, with widescreen and dual-stick controls.