Jacques Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 (edited) Hi Everyone, I'm looking for a title of the game I played as a kid with my cousins. It was a labirynth shooter similiar to Maze War and it offered 2-players option (against each other), too. http://www.atarimania.com/8bit/screens/maze_war_2.gif But contrary to Maze War, I think the playing field was bigger vertically (possibly scrolled vertically, too) and less colourful. Any chance it rings a bell to someone? Edited August 21, 2023 by Jacques Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+CharlieChaplin Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 Hmmm, maybe "Capture the Flag" the type-in listing by Analog ? https://a8.fandal.cz/detail.php?files_id=1546 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacques Posted August 21, 2023 Author Share Posted August 21, 2023 Unfortunately not. There was one common playfield like in Maze War and even bigger, IIRC. Definitely not two smaller ones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miker Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 Well, maybe this one? http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-maze-tag_41035.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devwebcl Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 maybe: http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-schreckenstein_4535.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacques Posted August 21, 2023 Author Share Posted August 21, 2023 Nope, none of those two above, actually Maze War I mentioned is the closest so far It was rather straightforward shooting the enemies or another player in the labirynth and not much more. One thing I'm not certain, but rings a bell is that quite likely you could alter the initial maze going through it, thus eating the cells like Rockford does in Boulder Dash. And shooting was possible only through empty paths. And I think the playfield was vertically oriented rectangular (unlike horizontal in Maze War), most likely scrolled. It was a lot of fun to play, that's certain! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mathy Posted August 22, 2023 Share Posted August 22, 2023 MIDI Maze? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacques Posted August 23, 2023 Author Share Posted August 23, 2023 I know you probably wanted to help, but did your read my description and comments, please? Absolutely not a 3D game, so no, not MIDI Maze. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 (edited) http://www.atarimania.com/list_games_atari-400-800-xl-xe-p_search-total-page-step_109.97.122.101.-81-3-25_8_G.html 81 choices, check each out. There are others that don't have maze as part of the as well like way out etc some of which are excluded as you don't want 3d like views http://www.atarimania.com/pgelstsoft.awp?system=8&type=G&genre=27&step=100 you will probably find it in this second list Edited August 23, 2023 by _The Doctor__ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacques Posted August 23, 2023 Author Share Posted August 23, 2023 No, it's not there unfortunately. You can’t assume there was a 'maze' im the title. Plus most likely there was Boulder Dash similiarity with "eating" the cells of the playfield, so it was changing during play. But definitely 2D and shooting was involved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.atarimania.com Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 The Duelists? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacques Posted August 23, 2023 Author Share Posted August 23, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, www.atarimania.com said: The Duelists? Thank you, I will need to run it to see the gameplay, but I can't recall any elipses like on included picture, so it's unlikely to be the one. I'm curious about this one square brown object though... If that's the left-off from many more which were shot/eaten... Edited August 23, 2023 by Jacques Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.atarimania.com Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 Was it written in BASIC? That would narrow down the possibilities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacques Posted August 23, 2023 Author Share Posted August 23, 2023 I can't tell, since I was around 7 y/o at the time. It was loaded from pirate cassette compilation, but I don't know if it was CLOAD or regular loading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 11 hours ago, Jacques said: No, it's not there unfortunately. You can’t assume there was a 'maze' im the title. Plus most likely there was Boulder Dash similiarity with "eating" the cells of the playfield, so it was changing during play. But definitely 2D and shooting was involved. You didn't check the second list I had it pull for you that does not have maze in every name. Please look at that list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 Atarimania doesn't have The PacMan series on it's maze genre and I can't find a number of players filter either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacques Posted August 24, 2023 Author Share Posted August 24, 2023 Nothing from either of both links. And definitely not a shooting Pac-Man, I'd recall a Pac-Man 😎 I will have to run and check The Duelists, though, so far didn't have time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted August 24, 2023 Share Posted August 24, 2023 it was a comment for atarimania to fix as pacman games are maze games, and there should be a way to sort by single or multi player Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.atarimania.com Posted August 24, 2023 Share Posted August 24, 2023 10 minutes ago, _The Doctor__ said: it was a comment for atarimania to fix as pacman games are maze games Pac-Man games have their own genre: "Arcade - Pac-Man". Unfortunately, we can only have a single category for each program. 13 minutes ago, _The Doctor__ said: and there should be a way to sort by single or multi player Hope we can add that option to the "advanced search" page when the site gets an overhaul in the future. However, you can still click on "1", "1 vs. 2", "2 (alt.)", "2 (sim.)", "2+" or "Demo" on each page to get those results (though some entries are incomplete so won't be listed). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacques Posted August 24, 2023 Author Share Posted August 24, 2023 On 8/23/2023 at 9:29 AM, www.atarimania.com said: The Duelists? Tested it a moment ago and it's not the one. Thank you nevertheless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.atarimania.com Posted August 24, 2023 Share Posted August 24, 2023 Still doesn't match exactly but how about Warrior 3000? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miker Posted August 24, 2023 Share Posted August 24, 2023 Not Wizard of Wor also? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacques Posted August 24, 2023 Author Share Posted August 24, 2023 Nope, nothing from the all-time classics like WoW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kr0tki Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 Bumpomov's Dogs, maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacques Posted August 25, 2023 Author Share Posted August 25, 2023 6 hours ago, Kr0tki said: Bumpomov's Dogs, maybe? Nope, but thanks for trying Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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