Classic Game Room HD - MAZE CRAZE for Atari 2600 review

[lakepalmer]

Simply brilliant. The insane amount of levels and the idea of two players made this the "just one more go" even now

[mrfuzzer1]

I love this games, really addicting.

[Impulse9090]

I liked the ending music.

[RedWolf3487]

Play this while high.

[OmarSuperMario1000]

You were right this a fun game! :0

[jadekris]

This was the best two player game ever. The wound setting was the best.

[Bongwyre2112]

@jadekris Agreed

[uofm97]

One of the very few Atari 2600 that I don't have.......and I've been looking everywhere for it. I remember having a lot of fun with this game when my parents had this system years ago. I bought an Atari 7800 about 2 years ago and have been looking ever since.

[spinamajig]

Keep your hand on the wall, Mark!

[doppleganger4827]

I would think a The Shining version of this game would be interesting. One player runs for their life while the other chases them with a gruesome weapon. Your opponent has found a chainsaw, better find that exit before he gets a chance to try it out. I'd be like The Running Man!

[rydia86]

I fuckin' love me some maze craze. Me and my lil' sister used to play this for hours

[xxxIronLeexxx]

I actually have a picture of myself playing this game when I was 10 years old, on my 2600.

[andoc]

The art for this cartridge is awesome, in my opinion. Nice review.

[HerrGubba]

why should anyone hate classic game room? i dont, i love it!

[JusticePain666]

3 people think that better graphics make for a better game

[angeltosome]

Inception: The Video Game

[IMZEECATMAN]

is it playable alone? cuz non of my friends like old videogames.

[anakin917]

@IMZEECATMAN You kidding? Find an adult or something dude. Kid's are insane these days.

[IMZEECATMAN]

@anakin917 lol true

[wiiDSplayer4life]

I wanna play it...

[brighat]

@wiiDSplayer4life - You can buy it at the Xbox Live Game Room for 240 MP tomorrow. You can at least play it for free for 10 minutes first.

[wiiDSplayer4life]

@brighat Sorry, but I friggen vomit at the sight of an xbox. Sorrry! :|

[jupreindeer]

@brighat I might just have to see about upgrading my 360 to connect wirelessly for that...

[KensanOni]

This was one of my favorite games as a child visiting my grandparents. I played this more times then Pacman, Yar's Revenge, and Astroids put together.I think I only played Adventure more often. It is a lot of fun, and shouldn't be dissed.

[5uds1]

I used to love this game. I remember buying it in 1983 or so, and it cost 25 quid which was a lot back then!

[sonicfreak98]

Classic Game Room HD is full of S*** lolol

[DestinyHeroFlamer]

could you do a Phillips CD-i review, please? Maybe with some games like Link: The Faces of Evil and Hotel Mario? (THESE, my friend, are the heart and soul of YouTube Poop)

[wiiDSplayer4life]

@DestinyHeroFlamer *cough*AVGN*cough*

[Zambaku]

Now this is gaming, not like FPS games that exist nowadays...There's like nothing but FPS on the market nowadays, sure, some mediocre sport and rpg's, but nothing like this <3

[RawStylus909]

WOW, talk about memories, me and my brother grew up on this game! Now to see if you did a review on River Raid and Enduro.

[ScDrPain]

@RawStylus909 Yup, he did both.

[MattTheSushi]

This game looks fun and challenging,maybe I should buy this along with an Atari 2600,since I love classic games and own an NES and 6 games.

[milkbon3]

This game looks insanely addicting

[kamikaze9699]

@milkbon3 It was for me- I lent it out to a classmate who ended up moving without notice back in middle school. It took me ten years to drop that grudge I missed this game so much. Thank god for emulators and eBay

[Firesting64]

milkbon3 it looks boring but its fun as hell!

[Trapper100]

I had one loved it but it was the only system at the time in the mid 1970`s.

[1787dude]

i would have got missile command. that game was the shittttt

[ClassicGamer88]

XBOX360 is shit

[wiiDSplayer4life]

@ClassicGamer88 Finally! Xbox IS FUCKING SHIT!!! High-Five!

[wiiDSplayer4life]

@1787dude You're SHIT!

[1787dude]

@wiiDSplayer4life fuck you shitface!!!

[bbgambini420]

Classic Multiplayer!!

[1787dude]

this game is a peice of shit

[Luigi84289]

I fuckin' LOVE Maze Craze used to sit around with 3 friends and we'd all take turns trying to kill each other, good times, good times.

[Bittergamer1886]

The beginning music... why does it sound like AVGN's first episode of "Board James"?

[urboboy]

I still love this game. 2-player games are the best and sadly have been replaced by shitty FPS.

[AgaMbadi]

Maze Craze is one of the most fun old-school 2600 games. Worth its weight in gold. Love this game.

[jupreindeer]

Game has a ton of variations. The blocks can be the cops...or the robbers. When cops, they can stun or "arrest". There's even one stage option where false walls can be placed by players.

What's best about the game is that EVERY game session uses a new maze. More powerful computers of that day could take 5 minutes creating a random block maze. That game...2-5 seconds.

I'd love to see this game modernized. Never happen, though. Modern 3-D ruins the chase feel.

[Xegethra]

@jupreindeer they could still give it modern graphics, but make it top down so the maze is still visable in the old fashion

[Amaranthus616]

@jupreindeer not unless it was over head...maybe

[Elektrototem]

@jupreindeer

and modern games are ruining our fantasy

I want i back :( ....

[jupreindeer]

@Elektrototem I think with the arrival of the downloadable games, along with all the newer tech's, like iPads and such, we are truly ready to have all styles of games return to the modern day.

One reason that games have stepped forth with realism is that as the equipment became more complex, game makers had to justify the price with more visuals/realism, just to fill the storage medium and player's expectations. Now, we have the freedom to go for ultra realistic shooters AND renewed classics

[jupreindeer]

@jupreindeer I can truly see this game, being brought back with little graphic upgrades as a download for a dollar or two. Give it multi-player ability from players around the room or around the world. It can truly be a great game, once more. It could even have multiple floors.

But, yea...keep it over head, 2-D. The 3-D stuff would just change it too much.

[Elektrototem]

@jupreindeer

yeah, but it will never be the same again :(

[nutherefurlong]

A test of a game is how fun and involving it is, not how many polygons it has.

[jensbuhler]

An amazing amount of polygons can make it more involving, believe it or not ;)

[nutherefurlong]

Or distracting :)

[jensbuhler]

I dont highly rendered scenery or characters are distracting, unless I personally want to take time out to appreciate them xD

[nutherefurlong]

I don't think we'll see eye to eye, but some games can involve imagination beyond what you see on the screen, and some games try to spell it out for you, leaving nothing to your imagination and making the experience iterative. Some games can truly wow with visual, but then the designers must spend a lot more time getting that right. I think there's room in gaming for both philosophies, just don't discount the stuff that doesn't have immediate visual impact. You'll be missing out.

[jensbuhler]

Well youve got me wrong there, I love playing classics, it's just when you get below the level of the nes that it starts becoming less enjoyable for me in general. I do appreciate a lot of games down to that level of graphics though :)

[nutherefurlong]

Sometimes that's true for me too, but I think part of that has to do with the evolution of games in general. At the time, arcady action was pretty much what people wanted, a toy to blow things up with. Now I think game design in general is a lot more sophisticated. There was also a period of time after the old Atari days where things got really innovative, but I think the crash and changing consumer mood sort of deadened what could have been a big explosion in weird creativity.

[jensbuhler]

Well I just bought little big planet and have to disagree after reading that. It is amazingly innovative with infinite replayability and cute graphics which really take you into the world, you should try it before smacking the modern industry of games :)

[nutherefurlong]

How am I smacking it? When I say leave room for the other guys, I think the bigger competition can handle it.

[neglectoid]

why didn't you mention the variation where you could place the fake wall ??

thats what made tthis game fun as hell.

[100Goomba]

it is fun

[plurp7]

Knobble-Knob Kobb Gnu!

[Mglosk]

One of the things that he doesn't mention in teh review is how well the maze creator makes mazes.

You'll never see the same maze twice. Something that they could have done with any of the dot eating games, and I never knew why they didn't.

[GeminoSmothers]

its VERY complex and memory consuming and unreliable to randomize a maze.. with an atari 2600

[Mglosk]

True but they did it with Maze Craze, all they would need to do is make the maze smaller, and add dots.

[vicodin75]

I remember playing this game with my friends at the age of like 7 or 8 after we watched gi joe on the days school wasnt in.

[Tryzon]

If I get an Atari and some friends while I'm at it, Maze Craze will indeed be on my list. It looks like simple enjoyment, but diluted by HD graphics and the like.

[Tryzon]

When I said "but" there I meant "not". Because clearly Maze Craze isn't diluted by HD graphics. Far from it.

[Tryzon]

This cartridge's cover is funny, especially the bloke's face on the left. He looks like this :()

[eviljetty]

i use to luv this game

[Markolore]

This was my -favorite- Atari 2600 game growing up, and still is today.

[Mglosk]

I've always wished that someone would come out with a new version of this game with improved grafix and sound, and maybe a 3d version. (although I'd rather play it in 2d myself)

I have been playing this game since 1980 and I still play it today. One of the all time greatest games.

1 of the first controversial games. Originally you were burglars trying to get away from cops, then they changed it when they thought people would get upset you were playing a bad guy.  Now the story makes no sense

[elitedarklord315]

real fun

[kidharris55]

looks fun

[notyoursavior78]

I've been trying to get my friend to rock this game with me, but he hasn't seem interested yet....

Oh well...I played it a little on my own and it's fun plus my friend O and I still rock Indy 500 and Hangman quite often.

[daro2096]

And this game used to say on the box 256 game variations(they later changed it to 16).

[luckyguerin13]

I LOVED THIS GAME! I want to play it. :(

[skaquake]

It's great fun to play with a friend... but you can get it for $.02 because it's really old and nobody wants to play it anymore? A little contradictory, in my opinion.

I personally wouldn't put this in my "top 10" list, as the playability seems like it would wear off after about 5 mins. But to each his own...

[ElwoodHi]

I had this as a kid! My mom was addicted to it. It was alot of fun back then.

[CDplayer0]

Yes, This... Vgames are the reason I'm not in Juvy right now...

[morgangamer22]

COOL

[bastatulant]

It's the greatest video game in the world. I wish I could play it again and again and again. My memory and reaction skills are totally linked to this game!!!!

[hualni]

me and my sister used to play this for hours if it was raining outside. i still have it. it was an awesome game. maybe i'll dust off my 2600 and play it.

[norriszappa25]

i meant the back of the box for my 2600

[norriszappa25]

i've use to see this game on the back of my atari 2600 and never got it.

[KralTube2]

Used to play this with my cousin all the time as a kid. Game was awesome.

[rafamax12345]

all hail ATARI

[freespeech4u2]

I own this game and am loving it!

[plurp7]

i own this game cartridge and still play it on my 7800. GREAT GAME. simple, yet SO much fun!

thanks for posting - another fine review.

[someonesane]

This game ruled! I used to play this with my friends all the time.

[jayMaze5]

this game hands down is still a blast today

[Awkuhtay]

That's one of my favourite atari games.

[notyoursavior78]

Well to re-iterate on my last comment, I now have a 7800 and I had forgotten that one of my friends was down with the Atari (he has the PS2 Activision collection) anyhow since we play Hangman so much, I need to get this game off of eBay. I know it would also be like a every time play kinda how Indy 500 is among some others.

[StupidEarthlings]

your intro is too long though.

[StupidEarthlings]

this was a great game.

I used to play it back in the 80-81 ish with my friend Mark, who has since moved away.

ahhh..good times.

[alfredunhill]

this game was the shiznit indeed..we also used to turn the machine on and off real fast and you'd get this real funky maze....asteroids, space invaders, and eventually pitfall and others made growing up in the 80's like something you'd see on the wonder years..i loved it!!!

[Anastaniel]

Hello,

i like your verry good gamereviews. I saw so much. thank you for this. But alway the long intro is to long.

Greetings and thanks for all!!!

[ttwarrior1]

where can u play this online

[msjaldo]

Maze Craze!! It was the one game we had on the Atari that you didn't get bored of in about 1/2 an hour. I remember playing this in 1980. It was my favourite game along with Space Invaders, which died when me and my 2 brothers and sister literally played it to death!

[aper422]

maze craze was the shit. timothy's gang

[notyoursavior78]

I never played this game, but I always wanted to and I love the cover art, it always made me chuckle. I'd pay two cents for it, but I would need to find someone who would be down with playing this game (and also get a Atari 7800).

[styvnaki]

miss this game of mine when i was a kid.... where can i buy this??????

[Tenbotsu]

Maze Craze was indeed fun. Not only did it have modes for normal mazes, and hidden, they also had a mode where if you touch the blocks, you are frozen for a few seconds, and you slowly get back to your normal speed.

And of course cops and robbers [seen at the end of the review] where you have to touch all the blocks before exiting the maze.

The sound effects were rather funny too. You sounded like bugs scittering [is that a word?] around and little beeps for when you touch walls.

[popculturehero]

game room hd rules hands down. Thanks for all the great classic gaming insight. I will pick up maze craze. As the gamplay seems to be there.

[ScarranHalfBreed]

Godammit, that looks like fun.

[Panpizza15]

I love how super old games always have something to cause a seizure.

[ScrewAttackEurope]

The mazes look quite similar to the ones in Snail Maze, that hidden built in game on the Sega Master System.

[loner121777]

i remember this game. i couldn't put it down.

[boomstick545]

game room rulez, please make more dreamcast reviews ;)

[daniel13293]

i'll second that!