''Maze Craze: A Game of Cops and Robbers'' is a 4K cartridge for the Atari Video Computer System (later renamed the
Atari 2600) developed by Rick Maurer and published by
Atari, Inc.
Atari, Inc. was an American video game developer and home computer company founded in 1972 by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney. Atari was a key player in the formation of the video arcade and video game industry.
Based primarily around the Sunny ...
in 1980.
In ''Maze Craze'', two players compete to be the first to escape a randomly generated, top-down maze. A range of game variations make play more interesting. Though primarily a two player game, any of the variations that don't involve interaction with the second player can be played solo.
[ Sears re-titled ''Maze Craze'' as ''Maze Mania'' for its Tele-Games system.
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Gameplay
Development
Maurer had been working on a clone of '' Space Invaders'' for the VCS, but because no one at Atari seemed interested in it, he looked for a new project. He took inspiration from the Fairchild Channel F ''Maze'' cartridge by Mike Glass, resulting in ''Maze Craze''.Taito
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and became the killer app for the console.
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External links
''Maze Craze''
at Atari Mania
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1980 video games
Atari 2600 games
Atari 2600-only games
Maze games
Multiplayer video games
Video games about police officers
Video games developed in the United States