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, Arcade
• The Amazing Maze Game, 1976, Midway, Arcade
• Comotion, 1977, Gremlin Industries, Arcade
• Hustle, 1977, Gremlin Industries, Arcade
• Head On, 1979, Sega, Arcade, Commodore 64, Commodore VIC-20, Apple II, Texas Instruments TI-99/4A
• 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, ZX Spectrum
• Android 2, 1983, Vortex Software, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC
• Bank Heist, 1983, 20th Century Fox, Atari 2600
• Styx, 1983, Bug-Byte, ZX Spectrum
• Gauntlet, 1984, Atari
• Maziacs, 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, 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, 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

See also: List of Pac-Man video games and Pac-Man clones

This genre is exemplified by Namco's Pac-Man (1980), where the goal is collect dots while avoiding enemies that are chasing the player. Pac-Man spawned many sequels and clones. In Japan, they are often called "dot eat games" (ドットイート).

• 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, 1983, PSS, ZX Spectrum
• Maze Chase, 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, 1983, R&R Software, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 16/Plus/4
• Devil World, 1984, Nintendo, NES/Famicom
• I'm Sorry, 1985, Sega, Arcade
• CD-Man, 1993, Creative Dimensions, MS-DOS
• 3D Maze Man: Amazing Adventures, 1998, Webfoot/eGames, Microsoft Windows

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