They Stole a Million

They Stole a Million
They Stole a Million screen shot
DeveloperTigress Marketing
Publisher39 Steps
ComposerBen Daglish
PlatformsAmstrad CPC
Commodore 64
ZX Spectrum
Release
GenreStrategy
ModeSingle-player

They Stole a Million is a strategy computer game released by Ariolasoft in 1986. The objective of the game is to plan robberies and execute the crime. The player first purchases blueprints of the house where the soon-to-be-stolen object is kept. Then several specialists can be hired which disable alarms, open locks or drive the getaway car.

The planning stage allows the player to set waypoints, actions, and the times at which the actions should take place. For example, the alarm specialist needs two minutes to disable the alarm for a certain display. After two minutes, the lock picking master opens the display and takes the loot.