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Maze originated or disseminated a number of concepts used in thousands of games to follow, and is considered one of the earliest examples of, or progenitor of, a first-person shooter. Uncertainty exists over its exact release date, with some accounts placing it before Spasim, the earliest first-person shooter with a known time of publication. Gameplay is simple by later standards. Players wander around a maze, being capable of moving backward or forwards, turning right or left in 90-degree increments, and peeking through doorways. The game also uses simple tile-based movement, where the pla…
- Released
- 1973
- Genres
- Shooter
- Platforms
- PDP-10, Imlac PDS-1
- Game modes
- Single player, Multiplayer
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- video game
- Genre
- maze video game
- Country of origin
- United States
- Platform
- mainframe computer
- Game mode
- single-player video game
- Image
- Maze war.jpg
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- publication date
- 1974-00-00
- input device
- computer keyboard
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