
It's April and I'm A-Mame-ing - Looking at A-Maze-ing Maze Games in MAME (03 April 2021)
There are a lot of 'Maze' games across arcade and home platforms, but what really makes a 'Maze' game? I'll be playing some games that "catver.ini" declares to be Maze games, with a few of my own choices from home platforms thrown in.
Timestamps from The Ogre
00:00:00 - Prestream Intro
00:03:20 - The New Zealand Story (World, old version, P0-041A PCB, 1988 Taito Corporation)
00:10:42 - Amazing Maze (1976 Midway)
00:14:24 - Merlin's Money Maze (1986 Zilec-Zenitone)
00:17:23 - Snail Maze (Master System I, V1.3, 1986 Sega)
00:21:52 - Pac-Man (bootleg on World Cup '90 hardware, 199? bootleg (Macro))
00:27:31 - Fred (set 1, ZX Spectrum, Sinclair Research, 1984 Investronica S.A.)
00:32:57 - Pac-Man Championship Edition (NES Demake, Nintendo Entertainment System / Famicom, NTSC, 2020 BNEI)
00:40:31 - Targ (1980 Exidy)
00:43:51 - Kamikazi Cabbie (1984 Data East Corporation)
00:52:01 - '96 Flag Rally (1996 Promat?)
00:55:01 - Tunnel Runner (Atari 2600, NTSC, 1983 CBS Inc.)
01:00:57 - Cameltry (US, YM2610, 1989 Taito America Corporation)
01:06:40 - Goofy's Wise-Acre Farm (Disney Friends, JAKKS Pacific TV Game, Game-Key Ready, 17 MAY 2005 A, 2005 JAKKS Pacific Inc / HotGen Ltd)
01:10:38 - Heart Attack (1983 Century Electronics)
01:16:45 - Boulder Dash / Boulder Dash Part 2 (World, 1990 Data East Corporation (licensed from First Star))
01:21:27 - Uncle Poo (1983 Diatec)
01:26:14 - Nibbler (rev 9, set 1, 1982 Rock-Ola)
01:31:27 - Ikki (Japan, 1985 Sun Electronics)
01:37:37 - Steel Force (1994 Electronic Devices Italy / Ecogames S.L. Spain)
01:44:18 - Mega-Bug (Color Computer 3, NTSC, Tandy Radio Shack, 1982 Datasoft Inc.)
01:48:20 - Skweek (PC Engine, NEC / Hudson Soft, 1991 Victor Interactive Software)
01:52:15 - Mustache Boy (Japan, 1987 Seibu Kaihatsu (March license))
01:56:07 - Mr. Packn (PV-2000, Casio, 1982 Namco)
02:02:44 - Tinkle Pit (Japan, 1993 Namco)
02:09:48 - Rompers (Japan, new version, Rev B, 1989 Namco)
02:16:40 - Gonbee no I'm Sorry (315-5110, Japan, 1985 Coreland / Sega)
02:21:35 - Money Money (set 1, 1983 Zaccaria)
02:26:05 - Gauntlet (rev 14, 1985 Atari Games)
02:33:48 - Hyper Pacman (1995 SemiCom)
02:40:38 - Devil World (Jpn, Rev. A, Nintendo Entertainment System / Famicom, NTSC, Nintendo, 1984 Nintendo)
02:44:09 - Squish (Game & Watch, Nintendo, 1986 Nintendo)
02:49:48 - Bomb Sweeper (Game & Watch, Nintendo, 1987 Nintendo)
02:51:43 - Doradon (set 1, 1982 UPL (Falcon license?))
02:58:13 - Mekyuu Hunter G (Japan, set 1, 1987 Data East Corporation)
03:02:19 - The Real Ghostbusters (US 2 Players, revision 2, 1987 Data East USA)
03:04:50 - Shackled (US, 1986 Data East USA) -- Extra Special Super Long Playthrough!
03:06:06 - Breywood (Japan, revision 2, 1986 Data East Corporation)