List of maze video games

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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.

See also: List of puzzle video games

Top-down maze games

• Gotcha, 1973, Atari (Arcade)
• Blockade, 1976, Gremlin Industries
• The Amazing Maze Game, 1976, Arcade
• Comotion, Gremlin Industries (Arcade)
• Maze Craze: A Game of Cops and Robbers, 1980, Atari
• Berzerk, 1980, Stern (Arcade) / Atari (Atari 2600, Atari 5200)
• Wizard of Wor, 1980, Midway (Arcade) / Commodore (Commodore computers) / Roklan (Atari computers) / CBS Games (Atari 2660) / Bally (Astrocade, as Wizard)
• Turtles / Turpins, 1981, Konami/Sega/Stern (Arcade)
• Maze Death Race, 1982, Sinclair ZX81^[1], 1983, Sinclair ZX Spectrum^[2]
• Android 2^[2], 1983, ZX Spectrum
• Styx^[2], 1983, ZX Spectrum
• Maziacs^[2][3], 1983 ZX Spectrum
• Fat Worm Blows a Sparky, 1985, ZX Spectrum
• Project Future, 1985, ZX Spectrum.^[4]
• A-Maze, 1986, ZX Spectrum
• Kroz series, 1987, MS-DOS
• Think Quick!, 1987, Apple II & MS-DOS
• Maze Mania, 1989, ZX Spectrum / Commodore 64 / Amstrad CPC
• ZZT, 1991, MS-DOS
• Flamin' Finger, Arcade / Namco
• The Last Guy, 2008, PlayStation 3
• LIT, WayForward Technologies/Nintendo Wii's WiiWare, 2009

• Robot Rescue, Teyon/Nintendo DSi's DSiWare, 2009

• 1001 Crystal Mazes Collection, Teyon/Nintendo DSi's DSiWare, 2010

• BOH, 2009, EDITEL snc, AmigaOS / AROS / Linux / MacOS / Windows

First-person maze games

• Maze War, 1974, Imlac PDS-1
• 3D Monster Maze^[2], 1981, ZX Spectrum
• Maze, 1982, ZX Spectrum
• Wayout, 1982, Atari 800
• Portopia Renzoku Satsujin Jiken, 1983, MSX
• Alien Maze, 1983, ZX Spectrum
• 3-Demon, 1983, MS-DOS
• Atic Atac, Ultimate (Play the game), 1983, ZX Spectrum
• Capture The Flag, Atari 800
• Skull, 1984, ZX Spectrum / Commodore 64
• Portopia Renzoku Satsujin Jiken, 1985, Famicom
• MIDI Maze, 1987, Atari ST
• Faceball 2000, 1991, 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, Arcade (1979). Developed by Sega.
• Ms. Pac-Man, Bally Midway, Arcade (1981). Licensed by Namco.
• Dung Beetles, Datasoft, Apple II (1982), and Tandy, Color Computer (circa 1981). By Bob Bishop.
• Gobbler, On-Line Systems, Apple II (1981). By Olaf Lubeck.
• Hangly-Man, Nittoh, Arcade (1981)
• Jawbreaker, On-Line Systems, Atari 800 (1981) et al. By John Harris (software developer).
• Lady Bug, Universal, Arcade (1981). Home versions licensed by Taito
• Lock 'n' Chase, Data East, Arcade (1981). Distributed by Taito
• Make Trax/Crush Roller, Alpha Denshi, Arcade (1981). Distributed by Williams Electronics.
• Mouse Trap, Exidy, Arcade (1981). Home ports by Coleco.
• Munchkin/KC Munchkin, Magnavox, Videopac/Odyssey 2 (1981). Designed by Ed Averett.
• Snapper, Acornsoft, BBC Micro (1982), Acorn Electron (1983). Designed by Jonathan Griffiths.
• Thief, Pacific Novelty, Arcade (1981)
• Baby Pac-Man, Bally Midway, Arcade (1982)
• Cosmic Cruncher, Commodore, Vic-20 (1982)
• Hungry Horace, Beam Software, ZX Spectrum (1982), Commodore 64 (1982), Dragon 32 (1982).
• Munch Man, Texas Instruments, TI99-4A (1982)
• Pac-Gal/Pac-Girl, text mode (1982). By Al J. Jimenez.
• PC-Man, Orion Software, IBM PC boot loader (1982). By Greg Kuperberg.
• Pengo, Arcade (1982). By Sega.
• Snack Attack, Datamost, Apple II (1982). By Dan Illowsky.
• Snack Attack II, Funtastic, Apple II (1982). By Dan Illowsky and Michael Abrash.
• Super Pac-Man, Arcade (1982). By Namco.
• 3-Demon, PC Research Inc., DOS (1983). By John D. Price; first-person display.
• Felix and the Fruit Monsters, Micro Power, Acorn Electron, BBC Micro (1983)
• Ghost Hunt, ZX Spectrum (1983)^[5]
• Maze Chase, Hewson Consultants Ltd, ZX Spectrum (1983).^[6][7]
• Jawbreaker II, On-Line Systems, Atari 800 (1983) et al. By Dan Drew.
• Jr. Pac-Man, Bally Midway, Arcade (1983)
• Gnasher (1984), Mikro-Gen Ltd, ZX Spectrum^[5]
• Devil World, Nintendo, Famicom (1984). By Shigeru Miyamoto.
• I'm Sorry, Coreland/Sega, Arcade (1985)
• CD-Man, Creative Dimensions (1993) ^[8]
• 3D Maze Man: Amazing Adventures, Webfoot/eGames, Windows 95/98 (1998). First person display.

References

1. ^ http://zx81stuff.org.uk/zx81/generated/tapeinfo/m/MazeDeathRace.html
2. ^ ^{a b c d e} "MAZE GAMES", CRASH, April, 1984, http://www.crashonline.org.uk/03/lguide05.htm 
3. ^ ^{a b} "ARCADE MIND GAMES", Sinclair User, June, 1984, http://www.sincuser.f9.co.uk/027/arcade.htm 
4. ^ "Project Future Review", CRASH (Newsfield) (14), March 1985. 
5. ^ ^{a b} "GHOST GOBBLING", CRASH, April, 1984, http://www.crashonline.org.uk/03/lguide06.htm 
6. ^ "ZX-81 Software Scene", Sinclair User (ECC) (17), August 1983, http://www.sincuser.f9.co.uk/017/softwre.htm. 
7. ^ 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. 
8. ^ Download page for CD-Man, on Dos Games Archive, with screenshots

• http://www.worldofspectrum.org

External links

• "Maze Games" from CRASH magazine issue 3
• "Arcade Mind Games" from Sinclair User issue 27 discusses this genre