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Maze game was a computer game genre description used by computer journalists during the 1980s to describe any game in which the entire playing field was a maze. A personal computer Game (also known as a computer game or simply PC game) is a Video game played on a Personal computer, rather The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989. A maze is a complex Tour puzzle in the form of a complex branching passage through which the solver must find a route Quick player action is required to escape monsters, outrace an opponent, or navigate the maze within a time limit. An action game is a game that challenges a player's speed dexterity and reaction time

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Top-down maze games

First-person maze games

Maze chase games

This genre is exemplified by Pac-Man (1980), which spawned many sequels and clones. Gotcha is a 1973 Arcade game manufactured by Atari Inc. It was Atari's fourth game after Pong, Space Race The Amazing Maze Game is an Arcade game developed by Midway, released in 1976. Berzerk is a multi-directional shooter Video game, released in 1980 by Stern Electronics of Chicago. Wizard of Wor is an Arcade game from 1980 developed by Midway, and later ported to the Commodore 64 as well as the Atari 800, the Android 2 is a Shoot 'em up maze Video game written by Costa Panayi and published by Vortex Software in 1983 Styx was an action maze game published by Bug-Byte Software in 1983. Maziacs is an action adventure maze Video game published by Dk'tronics in 1983 for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 Fat Worm Blows a Sparky is an action / maze Video game written by Julian Todd in the five months before going to University and published The Kroz series is a series of Video games created by Scott Miller. ZZT is an ANSI -based computer game, created in 1991 by Tim Sweeney, of Epic Games (then Epic Megagames who later Flamin' Finger is an arcade Redemption game released by Namco, notable for its Retro design and Electronic soundtrack Maze War (also known as The Maze Game, Maze Wars, Mazewar, or simply Maze) was a historically significant computer game 3D Monster Maze is a Computer game developed by Malcolm Evans in 1981 for the Sinclair ZX81 platform with the 16 KB memory expansion 3-Demon is a wireframe 1983 DOS game based on Pac-Man. The player wandered in a 3-D maze eating pellets and avoiding red ghosts is an Arcade game developed by Namco and licensed for distribution In computer gaming Pac-Man clones are unauthorized ("pirate" versions of Namco 's popular

Pac-Man and clones

See also: List of Pac-Man sequels
See also: Pac-Man clones

References

  1. ^ a b c d e “MAZE GAMES”, CRASH, April, 1984, <http://www.crashonline.org.uk/03/lguide05.htm> 
  2. ^ a b “ARCADE MIND GAMES”, Sinclair User, June, 1984, <http://www.sincuser.f9.co.uk/027/arcade.htm> 
  3. ^ Ghost Hunt at World of Spectrum
  4. ^ a b “GHOST GOBBLING”, CRASH, April, 1984, <http://www.crashonline.org.uk/03/lguide06.htm> 
  5. ^ Gnasher at World of Spectrum

External links

Crash was a magazine dedicated to the ZX Spectrum Home computer. Sinclair User, often abbreviated SU, was a magazine dedicated to the Sinclair Research range of Home computers most specifically World of Spectrum is a Website devoted to cataloging and archiving material for the ZX Spectrum Home computer popular in the 1980s and has been officially Crash was a magazine dedicated to the ZX Spectrum Home computer. World of Spectrum is a Website devoted to cataloging and archiving material for the ZX Spectrum Home computer popular in the 1980s and has been officially
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