Ikrananka Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 Maze Maniac Maze Maniac is a homebrew game for the old colecovision system. The objective is pretty simple : get as fast as you can through each maze. But I never said it was easy ! The difficulty increase with each maze. Sometimes, there are multiple exits so you have to decide which one might be faster. There are also flames that can block you a passage and pits that appears to slow you down. In all, there are seven modes of play. There is even an on-line ranking ! When you complete a mode, you are given a code to be classed among the best ! So don't wait and download this game for free ! Game Information Game Name: Maze Maniac Released by: Mathieu Boyer, 2007 Original arcade game by: NA CV HSC High Score: None TwinGalaxies High Score: 22,575, Tom (Feb 2007) Maze Maniac Website High Score: 23,697, Murph Settings: 1 Player - Normal This game was suggested by: Ikrananka Rom File If you do not have the cart to play this game then the rom and game manual are freely available from the Maze Maniac website located here. Contest Ends Saturday, 30 June 2012 at 1:00AM EST Quick-Start-Bonus-Info and HSC Rules Final High Scores 1. jblenkle 21,088 [+10] 2. ChuckH 21,023 [+9] 3. Mangia-Boy 19,118 [+8] 4. BillyHW 18,901 [+6] 5. Ikrananka 18,463 [+4] 6. ed1475 17,871 [+2] 7. roadrunner 17,649 [+1] Leaderboard 1. Mangia-Boy [151] (23) 1 2. skosh [141] (17) 5 3. jblenkle [134] (24) 2 4. ed1475 [114] (24) 4 1 5. patbb [93] (18) 2 6. ChuckH [73] (9) 3 7. Ikrananka [72] (23) 1 8. chuckwalla [50] (11) 2 9. JacobZu7zu7 [42] (17) 10. atariron82 [30] (5) 1 11. Yurkie [20] (5) 1 12. roadrunner [17] (16) 13. Ms. Do [13] (1) 1 14. rmaerz [11] (4) 14. SpiceWare [11] (4) 16. mc#4 [11] (2) 1 17. purenergy [10] (2) 18. retroillucid [10] (1) 1 19. Akito01 [8] (1) 20. ColecoDan [6] (1) 21. AtariBrian [4] (1) 21. RelliK111 [4] (1) 23. 1982VideoGames [2] (2) 23. Darrin9999 [2] (2) 25. SegaShooters [2] (1) 26. cmart604 [1] (1) 26. NIAD [1] (1) 26. centiqueen81 [1] (1) [ ] = Points ( ) = Rounds Played BLUE = Rounds Won GOLD = Seasons Won Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikrananka Posted June 16, 2012 Author Share Posted June 16, 2012 Okay folks - sorry for the long delay - had some family issues to deal with....... I haven't heard back from Eduardo regarding Magical Tree and so I have decided to end this seasons HSC with a different homebrew game with a publicly released rom. The game I have chosen is a favourite of mine: Maze Maniac. This has an on-line high score board located here and so it will be fun to see if we anyone can beat the scores already on there. After this game we'll take a month off. Over this period I will be making some changes to the HSC rules that I hope will improve things and encourage a "just one more go" attitude with more scores being posted. I will also see if I can work with homebrew authors/publishers to allow us to play more homebrew games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 (edited) 17,007 This is a fun game. I tried to play this on ColEM but it had garbage graphics. I had to use BlueMSX The code to enter is very long. Edited June 17, 2012 by roadrunner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyHW Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 (edited) So is our game over after 24 levels? Do we have to input our code online? Unfortunately there's no hi-score table, you've got about 1 second at the end of level 24 to grab your screenshot. I'm using Mugrat.app and luckily I can bind a button on my controller to take a quick screenshot: Edited June 17, 2012 by BillyHW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ed1475 Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 17,871 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 Which one of you guys is Murph? You're filling up the scoreboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 New score for me 17,649 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mangia-Boy Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 18,477 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 (edited) Maze Maniac - 16,690 Had a slightly higher score, but wasn't fast enought to get the screen shot on my first play through and I'm not even sure what it was 17,000+. So I went to the web page to enter the code only to be told it wasn't a valid code. Edited June 17, 2012 by jblenkle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 Maze Maniac - 16,690 Had a slightly higher score, but wasn't fast enought to get the screen shot on my first play through and I'm not even sure what it was 17,000+. So I went to the web page to enter the code only to be told it wasn't a valid code. It has to be spelled just right. The Q and O look alike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikrananka Posted June 18, 2012 Author Share Posted June 18, 2012 Sorry about the short time for screenshots and thus being forced to enter the code online. Hope it doesn't put you off playing a very fun game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikrananka Posted June 18, 2012 Author Share Posted June 18, 2012 Which one of you guys is Murph? You're filling up the scoreboard. I believe Murph on the Maze Maniac scoreboard is "Murph74" here on AtariAge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murph74 Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 Correct, Ikrananka. Those score are a couple years old now. It was an 'obsession' during a contest the author was running a while back. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 Maze Maniac - 18,519 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 You just have to anticipate the game being over after you complete Round 24...then it's fairly easy to get a screenshot even though you only have a few seconds. Sorry about the short time for screenshots and thus being forced to enter the code online. Hope it doesn't put you off playing a very fun game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mangia-Boy Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 19,118 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mangia-Boy Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 (edited) Maze Maniac - 19,197 Whoops! I just noticed I had originally put the score as 19,917...should be 19,197...corrected it... Edited June 23, 2012 by jblenkle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckH Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 18352 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckH Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 Ooh, 19,418 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckH Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 19,661 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 Maze Maniac - 20,501 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckH Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 Hmm. I posted a score yesterday and it disappeared. So I'm posting again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 This game is getting more and more frustrating...I am consistantly in the 19,000-20,000 range, but can't get beyond that. Scoring seems to be based more on luck than skill as things you can use for getting extra points just randomly appear. I've gone several levels in a row with absolutely nothing - no extra lives, 10s or 50s...nothing...then other times virtually everything appears on the same level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Maze Maniac - 20,628 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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