Monster Maze

Monster Maze is a first-person maze game written by Robert Schilling and published in 1982 by Epyx for the Atari 8-bit family[1] and Commodore VIC-20.

Monster Maze
Publisher(s)Epyx
Designer(s)Robert Schilling
Platform(s)Atari 8-bit, VIC-20
Release1982
Genre(s)Maze
For the J. K. Greye Software game, see 3D Monster Maze.

Gameplay
In-game screenshot (Atari 8-bit)

Monster Maze is a game in which the player collects gold bars in a maze while being chased by monsters.[2] The object of the game is to collect as many gold bars as possible before loosing all nine lives, while avoiding monsters that run around the maze. After clearing a maze, the player advances to a new, more difficult level. There are a total of 48 monsters acattered on the 16 levels, and also 48 vitamin pills that player can eat. When vitamin charged, player can chase a monster for a few steps and kill it.

Reception

Allen Doum reviewed the game for Computer Gaming World, and stated that "The speed of play is slow, even at the higher difficulty settings, and the monsters move more quickly while the player is moving than they do while he is standing still."[2]

Reviews

References
  1. "Monster Maze". Atari Mania.
  2. Doum, Allen (Mar–Apr 1983). "The Atari Arena". Computer Gaming World. 1 (9): 20, 22, 40.
  3. https://archive.org/details/Electronic_Fun_with_Computer_Games_Vol_01_No_06_1983-04_Fun_Games_Publishing_US/page/n61/mode/2up


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