List of maze video games
Maze game is a video game genre description first used by journalists during the 1980s to describe any game in which the entire playing field was a maze. Quick player action is required to escape monsters, outrace an opponent, or navigate the maze within a time limit.
Top-down maze games
- Gotcha, 1973, Atari, Arcade
- Blockade, 1976, Gremlin Industries, Arcade
- The Amazing Maze Game, 1976, Midway, Arcade
- Comotion, 1977, Gremlin Industries, Arcade
- Maze Craze: A Game of Cops and Robbers, 1980, Atari 2600
- Berzerk, 1980, Stern, Arcade, Vectrex, Atari 2600, Atari 5200
- Wizard of Wor, 1980, Midway, Arcade, Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit, Bally Astrocade (as The Incredible Wizard), Commodore 64
- Turtles aka Turpins, 1981, Konami/Stern (Turtles)/Sega (Turpins), Arcade, Adventure Vision, Arcadia 2001, Magnavox Odyssey²
- Maze Death Race, 1982, PSS, 1982, Sinclair ZX81,[1] ZX Spectrum[2]
- Android 2,[2] 1983, Vortex Software, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC
- Bank Heist, 1983, 20th Century Fox, Atari 2600
- Styx,[2] 1983, Bug-Byte, ZX Spectrum
- Maziacs,[2][3] 1983, dk'tronics, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, MSX
- Labyrinth, 1984, Acornsoft, BBC Micro
- Cybertron Mission, 1984, Micro Power, Acorn Electron, BBC Micro, Commodore 64
- Project Future,[4] 1985, Micromania, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC
- Fat Worm Blows a Sparky, 1986, Durell Software, ZX Spectrum
- A-Maze, 1986, K'Soft, ZX Spectrum
- Kroz series, 1987, Apogee Software, MS-DOS
- Think Quick!, 1987, The Learning Company, Apple II, MS-DOS
- Maze Mania, 1989, Hewson Consultants, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC
- ZZT, 1991, Epic Games, MS-DOS
- Flamin' Finger, 2003, Namco, Arcade
- The Last Guy, 2008, Sony Computer Entertainment, PlayStation 3 (PSN)
- LIT, 2009, WayForward Technologies, Nintendo Wii (WiiWare)
- Robot Rescue, 2009, Teyon, Nintendo DSi (DSiWare)
- BOH, 2009, EDITEL snc, AmigaOS, AROS, Linux, MacOS, Windows
- 1001 Crystal Mazes Collection, 2010, Teyon, Nintendo DSi (DSiWare)
First-person maze games
- Maze War, 1974, Steve Colley, Imlac PDS-1
- 3D Monster Maze,[2] 1981, Sinclair ZX81, ZX Spectrum
- Maze, 1982, Acornsoft, BBC Micro, Acorn Electron
- 3D Maze, 1982, IJK, BBC Micro, Acorn Electron
- Wayout, 1982, Sirius Software, Atari 8-bit, Apple II, Commodore 64
- Portopia Renzoku Satsujin Jiken, 1983, Enix, NEC PC-6001, Sharp X1, Nintendo Famicom, MSX
- Alien Maze, 1983, CRL Group, ZX Spectrum
- 3-Demon, 1983, PC Research Inc, MS-DOS
- Atic Atac, 1983, Ultimate Play The Game, 1983, ZX Spectrum, BBC Micro
- Capture The Flag, 1983, Sirius Software, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, Commodore VIC-20
- Skull, 1984, Games Machine, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64
- MIDI Maze, 1987, Hybrid Arts, Atari ST
- Faceball 2000, 1991, Bulletproof Software, Game Boy, Game Gear
Maze chase games
This genre is exemplified by Namco's Pac-Man (1979),[3] which spawned many sequels and clones. In Japan, they are called "Dot eat games" (ドットイート).
- Head On, 1979, Gremlin Industries, Arcade, Commodore 64, Commodore VIC-20, Apple II, Texas Instruments TI-99/4A
- Pac-Man, 1980, Namco, Arcade, many home ports
- Ms. Pac-Man, 1981, Bally Midway, Arcade, many home ports
- Gobbler, 1981, On-Line Systems, Apple II
- Hangly-Man, 1981, Nittoh, Arcade
- Amidar, 1981, Stern, Arcade, Atari 2600
- Jawbreaker, 1981, On-Line Systems, Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit, Apple II, Commodore 64, MS-DOS
- Lady Bug, 1981, Universal, Arcade, ColecoVision, Intellivision
- Lock 'n' Chase, 1981, Data East, Arcade, Atari 2600, Intellivision, Apple II
- Make Trax aka Crush Roller, 1981, Alpha Denshi, Arcade
- Mouse Trap, 1981, Exidy, Arcade, Atari 2600, ColecoVision, Intellivision
- Munchkin aka KC Munchkin, 1981, Magnavox, Magnavox Odyssey²
- Dung Beetles, 1982, Datasoft, Apple II, TRS-80 Color Computer, Atari 8-bit
- Thief, 1981, Pacific Novelty, Arcade
- Snapper, 1982, Acornsoft, BBC Micro, Acorn Electron
- Baby Pac-Man, 1982, Bally Midway, Arcade
- Eyes, 1982, Rock-Ola, Arcade
- Cosmic Cruncher, 1982, Commodore, Commodore VIC-20
- Hungry Horace, 1982, Beam Software, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Dragon 32
- Munch Man, 1982, Texas Instruments, Texas Instruments TI99-4A
- PC-Man, 1982, Orion Software, IBM PC boot loader
- Pengo, 1982, Sega, Arcade
- Snack Attack, 1982, Datamost, Apple II
- Snack Attack II, 1982, Funtastic, Apple II
- Super Pac-Man, 1982, Namco, Arcade
- Felix and the Fruit Monsters, 1983, Micro Power, Acorn Electron, BBC Micro
- Ghost Hunt,[5] 1983, PSS, ZX Spectrum
- Maze Chase,[6][7] 1983, Hewson Consultants, ZX Spectrum
- Jawbreaker II, 1983, On-Line Systems, Atari 8-bit, Apple II, Texas Instruments TI99/4A
- Jr. Pac-Man, 1983, Bally Midway, Arcade
- Gnasher,[5] 1983, R&R Software, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 16/Plus/4
- Devil World, 1984, Nintendo, NES/Famicom
- I'm Sorry, 1985, Sega, Arcade
- CD-Man,[8] 1993, Creative Dimensions, MS-DOS
- 3D Maze Man: Amazing Adventures, 1998, Webfoot/eGames, Microsoft Windows
References
- ^ http://zx81stuff.org.uk/zx81/generated/tapeinfo/m/MazeDeathRace.html
- ^ a b c d e "MAZE GAMES", CRASH, April, 1984, http://www.crashonline.org.uk/03/lguide05.htm
- ^ a b "ARCADE MIND GAMES", Sinclair User, June, 1984, http://www.sincuser.f9.co.uk/027/arcade.htm
- ^ "Project Future Review", CRASH (Newsfield) (14), March 1985.
- ^ a b "GHOST GOBBLING", CRASH, April, 1984, http://www.crashonline.org.uk/03/lguide06.htm
- ^ "ZX-81 Software Scene", Sinclair User (ECC) (17), August 1983, http://www.sincuser.f9.co.uk/017/softwre.htm.
- ^ Passey, Chris; Uffindell, Matthew (July 1984), "Run It Again - Electro Gobble: Pacman Type Games", CRASH (Newsfield) (6), http://www.crashonline.org.uk/06/runit.htm.
- ^ Download page for CD-Man, on Dos Games Archive, with screenshots
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