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SHUHEI YOSHIDA AND KENJI KAIDO SHED LIGHT ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF APE ESCAPE, THE FIRST PLAYSTATION GAME TO MAKE FULL USE OF THE DUALSHOCK’S ANALOGUE CONTROLS. THIS INFLUENTIAL 1999 GAME WOULD SPAWN NUMEROUS SEQUELS, SPIN-OFFS AND CAMEOS, MOST RECENTLY REAPPEARING IN SONY’S 2024 HIT ASTRO BOT