Home Computing Weekly


Maze

Author: J.H.D.
Publisher: Acornsoft
Machine: BBC Model B

 
Published in Home Computing Weekly #118

If you think you can use a compass blindfold then this game is for you. The aim is to find your way through a two-dimensional maze and find objects which will enable you to gain entry to a higher level.

Three coloured tags must be found and dropped into an indestructible box. When this has been done the box can be opened to obtain an electronic security key which will give entry to a computer controlled lift to a higher level.

You stan with three lives and three bullets in your gun, which you use to destroy the robots. You can gain extra bullets by running over power points. Although the robots can be heard approaching, it is difficult to ensure you are pointing in the right direction to shoot them and in the meantime they can kill you. The higher the level, the more robots you have to contend with.

Maze is too complex to memorise but a plan view of your journey can be called up at any time. However, this only shows the part of the maze along which you have travelled and the positions of the features you have found up to that point. One useful bit of information given by the plan is the position of the robots but this view cannot be seen while moving.

The game can be controlled by the keyboard or joysticks and freeze game and sound on/off options are provided.

J.H.D.

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