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.

Top-down maze games

• Gotcha, 1973, Arcade / Atari
• The Amazing Maze Game, 1976, Arcade
• Maze Craze: A Game of Cops and Robbers, 1978, Atari
• Berzerk, 1980, Arcade / Atari
• Wizard of Wor, 1980, Atari / Commodore
• Maze Death Race^[1], 1983, ZX Spectrum
• Android 2^[1], 1983, ZX Spectrum
• Styx^[1], 1983, ZX Spectrum
• Maziacs^[1][2], 1983 ZX Spectrum
• Fat Worm Blows a Sparky, 1985, ZX Spectrum
• 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

First-person maze games

• Maze War, 1972, Imlac PDS-1
• 3D Monster Maze^[1], 1981, ZX Spectrum
• Maze, 1982, ZX Spectrum
• Alien Maze, 1983, ZX Spectrum
• 3-Demon, 1983, MS-DOS
• Skull, 1984, ZX Spectrum / Commodore 64

Maze chase games

This genre is exemplified by Pac-Man (1980), which spawned many sequels and clones. In Japan they are called "Dot eat games" (ドットイート).

• 3-Demon, PC Research Inc. (1983)
• 3D Maze Man: Amazing Adventures, eGames (1998)
• Dung Beetles, Apple II (by Bob Bishop, circa 1981)
• CD-Man, Creative Dimensions (1993)
• Cosmic Cruncher, Commodore (~1980-1989)
• Devil World, Nintendo (1984)
• Ghost Hunt, ZX Spectrum (1983)^[3][4]
• Gnasher (1984), Mikro-Gen Ltd, ZX Spectrum^[5][4]
• Gobbler (1981), On-Line Systems, Apple II
• Hase und Wolf, see Poly Play, VEB Polytechnik (1985-1986)
• Hangly-Man, Nittoh (1981)
• Hungry Horace, Beam Software (1982)
• I'm Sorry, Coreland/Sega (1985)
• KC Munchkin, Magnavox (1983)
• Lady Bug, Universal (1981)
• Lock 'n' Chase, Taito (1981)
• Make Trax, Williams Electronics (1981)
• Mouse Trap, Exidy (1981)
• Munch Man, Texas Instruments (1982)
• PC-Man, Orion Software (1982)
• Snack Attack, Datamost (1982)
• Snack Attack II, Funtastic (1982)
• Snapper, Acornsoft (1981)
• Taxman, H.A.L. Labs (1981-1986)
• Super Taxman, H.A.L. Labs (1984-1986)
• The Glutton, unknown (1981)
• Thief, Pacific Novelty (1981)
• Turtles, Stern (1981)
• Clyde's Adventure and Clyde's Revenge, Moonlight Software (1992)
• Choobrie, Anomalous Studio, iPhone (2009)

Pac-Man and clones

• Pac-Man^[2], 1979, Arcade
• Ms. Pac-Man, 1981, Arcade
• Mouse Trap, 1981, Arcade
• Thief, 1981, Arcade
• Lady Bug, 1981, Arcade
• Munchkin, 1981, Videopac
• Snapper, 1982, BBC Micro, 1983, Acorn Electron
• Snack Attack, 1982, Apple II
• Hungry Horace, 1982, ZX Spectrum
• Jawbreaker, Atari 800
• Jr. Pac-Man, 1983, Arcade
• Maze Chase, 1983, ZX Spectrum
• Devil World, 1984, NES
• Cosmic Cruncher, ?, Vic 20
• Pac-Girl, Al J. Jimenez (1982)

References

• http://www.worldofspectrum.org

External links

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