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( R e d i r e c t e d f r o m M a z e v i d e o g a m e )
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 is a maze . Quick player action is required to escape monsters, outrace an opponent, or navigate the maze within a time limit. After the release of Namco's Pac-Man
Overhead-view maze games [ edit ]
While the character in a maze would have a limited view, the player is able to see much or all of the maze. Maze chase games are a specific subset of the overheard perspective. They’re listed in a separate section.
1973
1976
1977
Comotion , Gremlin, Arcade
Hustle , Gremlin, Arcade
Maze , Fairchild, Channel F
1978
1979
1980
Berzerk
Car Hunt ,[1]
Crazy Balloon
Lupin III ,[2]
Spectar
Tank Battalion [3]
Tranquilizer Gun ,[4]
Wizard of Wor
1981
005
A-Maze-Ing , Texas Instruments, TI-99/4A
The Adventures of Robby Roto!
Armored Car
The Hand ,[5]
K-Razy Shoot-Out
Minotaur , Sirius, Apple II
Pulsar
Route 16 , Tekhan/Sun, Arcade
Thunder Island ,[6]
Treasure Island
1982
Ali Baba and 40 Thieves
Anteater
Bable Terror
Blue Print
Dig Dug
Diggerbonk , Atari Program Exchange , Atari 8-bit
Entombed
Frenzy
Garden Wars , Commodore, VIC-20
K-Razy Antiks ,[7]
Maze Death Race , PSS , ZX81,[8] [9]
Microwave , Cavalier, Apple II
Mines of Minos [10] CommaVid , Atari 2600
Mr. Do!
Nibbler
Night Stalker
Raid on Fort Knox , Commodore, VIC-20
Robot Killer , Emerson, Arcadia 2001
Shamus
Star Maze
Talbot ,[11]
Tax Dodge
Towering Inferno
TRON Maze-A-Tron , Mattel, Intellivision
Tutankham
Zzyzzyxx
1983
Android Two [9] Vortex , ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC
Ardy the Aardvark ,[12]
The Birds and the Bees II: Antics
Abracadabra!
Bewitched ,[13]
Bomberman
Bumpomov's Dogs ,[14]
Castle Keeper ,[15]
Cavelon , Jetsoft, Arcade
Chack'n Pop [16]
Chase the Chuck Wagon
Creepy Corridors , Sierra On-Line, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, others
Dandy
Flappy , DB-SOFT, Sharp X1
Grabber ,[17]
Intrepid , Nova Games, Arcade
Key-Quest ,[18]
Lady Tut ,[19]
Master Miner
Mazer Blazer , Stern, Arcade
Oil's Well
Sewermania ,[20]
Space Maze Attack , HAL, MSX
Splat!
Spy Catcher ,[21]
Styx [9]
Time Bandit
Track Attack [22]
1984
3D Silicon Fish
Cybertron Mission
Diamond Mine
Fred , Investronica, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, C64
Henri ,[23]
Humpty Dumpty Meets the Fuzzy Wuzzies , Artic, C64, ZX Spectrum
Labyrinth
Maziacs [9] [24]
Mr. Dig ,[25]
The Tower of Druaga
1985
Cops 'n' Robbers
Gauntlet
Lord of the Orb ,[26]
King Tut's Tomb ,[27]
Maze War , ANALOG Computing
Project Future ,[28]
Raiders5 ,[29]
Wriggler
Zone X
1986
A-Maze , K'Soft, ZX Spectrum
Aardvark
Gauntlet II
Merlin's Money Maze , Zilec, Arcade
Snail Maze
Thunder Castle
1987
Fast Lane
Phantom ,[30]
Rescue , Mastertronic, ZX Spectrum
Think Quick!
Starbase , Taurus Computing, Tatung Einstein
1988
1989
Cratermaze
Krazy Mazes ,[31] ANALOG Computing , Atari 8-bit
Tank Action ,[32]
1999
Quest: Fantasy Challenge , Sunsoft, Game Boy Color
2003
2008
2009
2014
First-person maze games [ edit ]
1973
Maze
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
3D Maze , IJK, BBC Micro, Acorn Electron
3D Monster Maze [9]
Captivity ,[34]
Space Maze , Program Power, BBC Micro
1982
3D Labyrinth ,[35]
3D Maze ,[36]
Dungeons of Daggorath
Maze , Acornsoft, BBC Micro, Acorn Electron
Monster Maze
Phantom Slayer
Spectre
Supermaze , Timex, Timex Sinclair 1000, Sinclair ZX81
Theseus and the Minotaur
Wayout
1983
Alien Maze , CRL Group , ZX Spectrum
3-Demon , PC Research, MS-DOS
Capture the Flag
Caves of Ice ,[37] COMPUTE!
Corridors of Genon
Ladder Maze ,[38]
London Blitz ,[39]
Sultan's Maze
Tunnel Runner
Word Maze , Sord, Sord M5
1984
3-D Bomberman
3D Glooper , Supersoft, C64[40]
3-D Monster Chase [41]
Dedal ,[42]
Skull , Games Machine, ZX Spectrum, C64
Star Maze II ,[43]
Zig Zag
1985
Gyron , Firebird, ZX Spectrum
Scarabaeus
1987
1988
1989
1991
Maze chase games [ edit ]
This subgenre is exemplified by Namco 's Pac-Man [24] Pac-Man spawned many sequels and clones which, in Japan, are often called "dot eat games". Some other maze chases don't feature dots, and the goal is to clear the maze of the pursuers themselves (e.g., Pengo Guzzler Jungler
1980
1981
A-maz-ing , Audiogenic, VIC-20
Cave Hunter ,[47]
Chomper ,[48]
Crazy Chicky , VTech , CreatiVision
Crazy Pucker / Crazy Moonie / Crazy Chewy , VTech , CreatiVision
Frisky Tom
Ghost Hunter , Arcade Plus, Atari 8-bit
Gobbler
The Hand / Got-Ya ,[49]
Hangly-Man , Nittoh, Arcade
Jawbreaker
Jelly Monsters , HAL Labs, VIC-20
Jungler
Lady Bug
Lock 'n' Chase
Make Trax Crush Roller , Alpha Denshi, Arcade
Mouse Trap
Ms. Pac-Man
Muncher ,[50] Bally Astrocade
Munchkin KC Munchkin , Magnavox, Odyssey²
Munchyman , Program Power, BBC Micro
New Rally-X
Packri Monster , Bandai, Handheld
Piranha , GL, Arcade
Radar Rat Race
Round-Up
Scarfman [51]
Snoggle , Broderbund, Apple II
Taxman
Thief
Turtles
1982
Alien
Dung Beetles
Baby Pac-Man
Byte-Man , Mindseye, ZX81
CatChum
Cat Trax , Emerson, Arcadia 2001
Changes ,[52]
Clean Sweep , GCE, Vectrex
Cosmic Cruncher , Commodore , VIC-20
Crazy Mazey [53]
Devil Fish , Arctic, Arcade
Doodle Bug ,[54]
Eyes
Gobble a Ghost
Gulpman , Campbell Systems, ZX Spectrum
Hard Hat , Exidy, Arcade
Hot Lips ,[55]
Hungry Horace
Labyrinth ,[56]
Lochjaw aka Shark Attack , Games by Apollo , Atari 2600
Looper , Orca, Arcade
Mazeman ,[57]
Money Munchers
Mouskattack , On-Line Systems, Atari 8-bit, Apple II
Munch Man
Muncher! ,[58]
Pack Maze ,[59]
Pakacuda , Rabbit, C64
PC-Man , Orion, IBM PC
Pengo
Pig Pen ,[60]
Serpentine
Snack Attack
Snack Attack II , Funtastic, IBM PC
Snapper
The Snapper ,[61]
Spec Man , Jega, ZX Spectrum
Streaking ,[62]
Spookyman , Abbex, ZX Spectrum
Super Pac-Man
Super Taxman 2
VIC-Men ,[63]
Zuckman , DJL Software, ZX81
1983
3D Munchy ,[64]
Alien's Return
Bank Heist
Bootleg , Atari Program Exchange, Atari 8-bit
Botanic , Valadon, Arcade
Caterpiggle , APX, Atari 8-bit
Chomper Man , Victory, C64
Crazy Bugs! ,[65]
Crystals of Zong [66]
Crystal Castles
Cyclops ,[67]
Dot Gobbler ,[68]
Drelbs
Felix and the Fruit Monsters
Getaway! [69]
Ghost Hunt ,[70]
Ghost's Revenge ,[71]
Gnasher ,[70] Commodore 16 /Plus/4
Gobble A Ghost , CDS Microsystems, ZX Spectrum
Guzzler
Hover Bovver
Jawbreaker II
Jr. Pac-Man
Marvin's Maze
Maze Chase ,[72] [73]
Maze Man , Creative Equipment, C64
Miss Gobbler ,[74]
Monster Munch
Mouser ,[75]
Munch Man 64 ,[76]
Pacar ,[77]
Pacmania ,[78]
Pac Rabbit , International Publishing & Software, ZX81
Plaque Man ,[79]
Power Blaster ,[80]
Preppie! II [81]
Rubbish Monster ,[82]
Scooby Doo's Maze Chase ,[83]
Scrambled Egg , Technos, Arcade
Snakman ,[84]
Supercuda ,[85]
Trashman ,[86]
Traxx
Van-Van Car ,[87]
Zappy Zooks ,[88]
1984
Devil World
Ghost Gobbler ,[89]
Ms. Maze ,[90]
Munch Mania ,[91]
Oh Shit!
Pirate Ship Higemaru
Spatter ,[92]
Spriteman 64 ,[93]
Squirm ,[94]
Z-Man ,[95]
Zulu ,[96]
1985
1987
3D Dotty
Classic Muncher , Bubble Bus, Amstrad CPC
Cruncher Factory , Kingsoft, Amiga
Fantasy Zone: The Maze
Gobbler's Revenge ,[100] Commodore Magazine , C64
Mango ,[101]
Pac-Mania
1988
Knicker-Bockers ,[102]
Mad Mix , Topo Soft, Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, Atari ST, others
Snowplow ,[103] ANALOG Computing , Atari 8-bit
Yuu Maze , Taito, Famicom Disk System
1989
Fast Food
Maze Mania , Hewson, ZX Spectrum, C64, Amstrad CPC
Maze of Flott , Taito, Arcade
1990
Hacman II , freeware, Atari ST
Marty's Nightmare ,[104]
Perplexity
Trog
1991
Jungle Jim ,[105]
1992
GobMan ,[106]
1993
CD-Man ,[107]
Mean Arenas , Nite Time, Amiga
Tinkle Pit
1995
Go! Go! Mile Smile ,[108]
1996
1998
2006
Pac the Man X ,[109]
2010
Grid capture games [ edit ]
In grid capture games, also called line coloring games, the maze consists of lines, and the goal is to capture rectangular areas by traversing their perimeters. The gameplay is not fundamentally different from Pac-Man Amidar
1982
Blade Runner ,[110]
Demolition Herby , Telesys , Atari 2600
Jeepers Creepers , Quality , Atari 8-bit
Jolly Jogger , Taito , Arcade
Kid Grid
Macho Mouse , Techstar, Arcade
Radar Zone / Out Line , Century, Arcade
Pepper II Exidy , Arcade
Time Runner
Triple Punch
1983
Colour Clash ,[111]
Cuthbert Goes Walkabout
Gridder ,[112]
Potty Painter in the Jungle , Rabbit, C64
Rollin ,[113]
Spiderdroid
Super Gridder , Terminal, C64
1984
Crazy Tracer , Acornsoft, Acorn Electron, BBC Micro
Hooper ,[114]
Oh Mummy
Pesky Painter ,[115]
Rollo and the Brush Bros.
1986
Gapper , freeware, MS-DOS
Panel Panic ,[116]
1999
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