

1976 · Midway Games · Arcade · Maze
Amazing Maze
The Amazing Maze Game is an arcade game developed by Midway, released in 1976. The object of the game is for the player to find their way out of a challenging maze before their opponent. Users can play as single player and compete against the computer or play against a friend in two player mode.
- Released
- 1976
- Platforms
- ArcadeIntel 8080
- Genres
- ArcadeMazePuzzle
- Developers
- Midway Games
- Publishers
- Midway Games
- Modes
- MultiplayerSingle-player
- Perspective
- Bird view / Isometric
- Themes
- Action
- Country
- United States
- Languages
- English
About
The Amazing Maze Game is an arcade video game developed by Midway and released in 1976. Using a black-and-white CRT screen and running on an Intel 8080 CPU, it is considered one of the earliest maze games produced and also displays an early example of the phrase "game over".
Media
The articlegameplay, story, development, reception
Gameplay
The game is centered around a top-down maze, which is randomly generated each time it is played. In the maze, there are openings on both the left and right sides, where the second and first player will start from respectively. The goal of the game is for each player to find their way through the maze to reach the other player's starting position, before the other player makes it to theirs. The game can be played by two players or solo against the computer, where the player always starts on the right side.
Upon starting the game, a random maze is generated using Prim's algorithm, and each player (or only player when against the computer) is given five seconds of time to look over the maze to find the fastest path through. After this delay, the players are allowed to move by using the two joysticks on the arcade cabinet. Once a player has reached their goal position, the game will display the fastest possible route from one side to the other, which is also the exact route that the computer would take when playing solo. A point is then added to the winning player's score.
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