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Title: Can't recall the name of the maze game
Post by: melomonster on 12:55, 30 November 15
Hello! I'm trying to recall a name of a maze game I had on Amstrad CPC 464. Point of the game was to move a smiley face along the lines to make them change color (not sure if i remember this correctly). It had really simple graphic.
Title: Re: Can't recall the name of the maze game
Post by: CraigsBar on 16:38, 30 November 15
High rise? http://cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=1090
Title: Re: Can't recall the name of the maze game
Post by: melomonster on 17:14, 30 November 15
No, I'm afraid that's not it. The game I'm looking for had simple, purely 2D graphics.
Title: Re: Can't recall the name of the maze game
Post by: MacDeath on 18:08, 30 November 15
try the database there :
CPC-POWER, sauvegarde du patrimoine de l'Amstrad CPC (http://cpc-power.com/index.php?page=database)

you can choose game >> labyrinthe category... then "rechercher" (search).


But basically a fluffy "smiley face" making tiles to change colours... Skweek ?

(http://cpc-power.com/extra_lire_fichier.php?extra=cpcold&fiche=119&slot=1&part=A&type=.png)
(http://cpc-power.com/extra_lire_fichier.php?extra=cpcold&fiche=119&slot=5&part=A&type=.png)

Else Ho Mummy!!!
(http://cpc-power.com/extra_lire_fichier.php?extra=cpcold&fiche=1549&slot=2&part=A&type=.png)
Title: Re: Can't recall the name of the maze game
Post by: melomonster on 18:19, 30 November 15
Thanks for answering, but that's not it either. Anyway, I found the game - it's Line Runner line-runner &copy cpc schneider international (1985) (http://cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=6684) Thanks everyone for help!
Title: Re: Can't recall the name of the maze game
Post by: MacDeath on 18:32, 30 November 15
ok, it was a Basic written game in Listing... sorry for the confusion with squueek...  :picard:

otherwise you shoudl check Bollaware' Labyrinth as well...
I shoudl try it to see if animation is as good as graphixes...

labyrinth &copy bollaware (19??) (http://cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=11646)

(http://cpc-power.com/extra_lire_fichier.php?extra=cpcold&fiche=11646&slot=1&part=A&type=.png)
(http://cpc-power.com/extra_lire_fichier.php?extra=cpcold&fiche=11646&slot=2&part=A&type=.png)
(http://cpc-power.com/extra_lire_fichier.php?extra=cpcold&fiche=11646&slot=5&part=A&type=.png)
:P
Title: Re: Can't recall the name of the maze game
Post by: Puresox on 19:40, 30 November 15
Quote from: CraigsBar on 16:38, 30 November 15
High rise? hirise &copy bubble bus software (1986) (http://cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=1090)
That was the first thing I thought of ! I'm a big fan of the game too, although it could have been a little more refined
Title: Re: Can't recall the name of the maze game
Post by: dcdrac on 20:03, 30 November 15
This was on a CPC???

Quote from: MacDeath on 18:32, 30 November 15
ok, it was a Basic written game in Listing... sorry for the confusion with squueek...  :picard:

otherwise you shoudl check Bollaware' Labyrinth as well...
I shoudl try it to see if animation is as good as graphixes...

labyrinth &copy bollaware (19??) (http://cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=11646)

(http://cpc-power.com/extra_lire_fichier.php?extra=cpcold&fiche=11646&slot=1&part=A&type=.png)
(http://cpc-power.com/extra_lire_fichier.php?extra=cpcold&fiche=11646&slot=2&part=A&type=.png)
(http://cpc-power.com/extra_lire_fichier.php?extra=cpcold&fiche=11646&slot=5&part=A&type=.png)
:P
Title: Re: Can't recall the name of the maze game
Post by: TFM on 20:06, 30 November 15
On Schneider CPC  ;)
Title: Re: Can't recall the name of the maze game
Post by: GOB on 20:13, 30 November 15
labyrinth &copy bollaware (19??) (http://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=11646)
Title: Re: Can't recall the name of the maze game
Post by: CraigsBar on 20:28, 30 November 15
Quote from: Puresox on 19:40, 30 November 15
That was the first thing I thought of ! I'm a big fan of the game too, although it could have been a little more refined
It was one of the first games I bought for my CPC 464 with my own money. It came from makro wholesalers in Charlton, London SE7. Lol, I'd have been 12 or 13 lol.
Title: Re: Can't recall the name of the maze game
Post by: dcdrac on 20:32, 30 November 15
Sultans Maze?

Sultan's Maze Amstrad CPC 464 Review VGD07 - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=262OnUN0rPg)
Title: Re: Can't recall the name of the maze game
Post by: dcdrac on 20:43, 30 November 15
Maze Mania?

Download Maze Mania (Amstrad CPC) - My Abandonware (http://www.myabandonware.com/game/maze-mania-63q)
Title: Re: Can't recall the name of the maze game
Post by: dcdrac on 20:44, 30 November 15
This is just a google search it might help

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=amstrad+cpc+maze+games&biw=1920&bih=926&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjs6Y608bjJAhWBORoKHXyEBLIQsAQIJQ#imgrc=_ (https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=amstrad+cpc+maze+games&biw=1920&bih=926&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjs6Y608bjJAhWBORoKHXyEBLIQsAQIJQ#imgrc=_)
Title: Re: Can't recall the name of the maze game
Post by: Bryce on 21:59, 30 November 15
Eh, guys, he already said it's line runner a few posts back. :)

Bryce.
Title: Re: Can't recall the name of the maze game
Post by: TFM on 22:53, 30 November 15
As GOB's link is the same MacDeath posted...  ;D
Title: Re: Can't recall the name of the maze game
Post by: MacDeath on 21:55, 02 December 15
QuoteThis was on a CPC???
I guess it could also be achieved on a CGA IBM PC under MsDos... but then the palette and sounds would suck.
:laugh:

yeay Böllawäre Softwärë was really awesome in its time and still are.
Title: Re: Can't recall the name of the maze game
Post by: Puresox on 19:49, 03 December 15
Quote from: CraigsBar on 20:28, 30 November 15
It was one of the first games I bought for my CPC 464 with my own money. It came from makro wholesalers in Charlton, London SE7. Lol, I'd have been 12 or 13 lol.
I'm just looking at the game again now , I think it has a lot of charm  and had it been given a little more polish would be far more enjoyable , the biggest flaw in the game for me is how on some levels you have to work completely blinded , this could be manageable if there was a way of changing the perspective so you could view from another angle . Other than that your character controls well and features like the run/jump button help getting out of tough situations . I have only just become aware that you could adjust the chasers speed !? I always played it with them full throttle . Another nice feature, especially for a game that has such bastard level design is the 99 level select.
Hi Rise , definitely not a game that many people would like or give a damn about . For some reason I do though. Anyway I won't take this thread off on a tangent to far . Just couldn't help mentioning it .
Title: Re: Can't recall the name of the maze game
Post by: AMSDOS on 22:01, 04 December 15
Quote from: MacDeath on 21:55, 02 December 15
I guess it could also be achieved on a CGA IBM PC under MsDos... but then the palette and sounds would suck.
:laugh:


Not if it were done like MagiDuck (http://www.vintage-computer.com/vcforum/showthread.php?42849-MagiDuck-a-DOS-CGA-text-mode-game-project).  :-[
Title: Re: Can't recall the name of the maze game
Post by: MacDeath on 02:53, 06 December 15
ok if you really use an Amstrad PC1512... in 640x200x16...
Title: Re: Can't recall the name of the maze game
Post by: AMSDOS on 04:40, 06 December 15
Quote from: MacDeath on 02:53, 06 December 15
ok if you really use an Amstrad PC1512... in 640x200x16...


Well in the writers case they were writing it in DOSBOX targeting a 8088 running at 4.77Mhz system with 256Kb. The game was being implemented somehow in low res CGA 40x25 text mode & applying some tricks to make it look like 80x50.
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