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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".

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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.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
Arcade1 October 1976North America

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