Orig.Developer : Starpath Corporation : Genre : First-person maze game Release Info : Unreleased Hardware : TMS9918 Port of Escape from the Mindmaster (1982 A2600) Syltefar ID : 4158
not completed.
This is a first-person maze game where you collect keys to escape a level that is haunted by a mysterious deadly alien. You have no defense except running away. The game only has 6 levels. It seems like the game was unreleased for the ColecoVision.
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Analysis
Directionally Colored Walls First person maze games for 1970-1980s hardware were always very difficult to navigate due to all the walls and hallways looking exactly the same. It can even be confusing if you rotate 90 degrees and see the same type of wall ahead of you - did you actually rotate or not? This game has an incredibly simple idea that helps with navigation: North walls are green, East walls are red, South walls are yellow, and West walls are blue. It even looks a bit like a pseudo-directional light effect.
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