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Maze is a simple maze game with three sizes, a 3D view, timer, step counter, and optional 2D view. It was developed by a reader of 64'er magazine and sold to them.
Screenshots
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Animated launch with jazz.
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The main menu. How big will be our maze?
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Building level 2. You may preview till one or two jazz loops finish.
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Finished! Reviewing for two jazz loops.
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Help! What is my position in level 3?
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Music
While you play the game, the game seems to play the piano (on sawtooth waves): a jazzy 3-channel piece where every two loops finish but will not be aborted, and an accurate 2-channel arrangement of a famous classical chamber movement. There are no sound effects.
The music driver is custom and interweaved with Ingo Eichenseher's game code, hence the High Voltage SID Collection credits the music to him. However, Ingo Eichenseher still should be asked for confirmation, the jazz title, and which of the below recordings sound closest to the C64s he arranged and tested on.
Contemporary reviews are unlikely, but two YouTubers prefer the music over the game.
Recording
The music was recorded from the game:
- in VICE 3.10 with C64 PAL and a bias of -400, where the treble sounds muffled.
- in VICE 3.10 with C64 PAL and a bias of -200, where the treble sounds most synthesized.
- in VICE 3.10 with C64 PAL and a bias of 100, where the treble sounds like louder piano keys.
Recordings for 8580 and other biases can be made if found common and different enough. Each song was played twice, 10 seconds longer, and faded out.
Credits
- Ripper: High Voltage SID Collection
- Recorder: Professor Chaos
- Game Credits:
(No source. Game lacks audio credits.)
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Source verification is needed.
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Game Rip
Audio Devices
Music plays on the computer's built-in SID chip. The treble sounds different on every machine because it uses SID's unstable low-pass filter.
An official NTSC release is unlikely.
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