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M A Z E M A N
by Victor Terrana, Ph.D.
You like mazes? Then how about a
limitless supply of them? Dr. Vic
Terrana has come up with a machine
language algorithm that will generate
a maze in the blink of an eye. Your
task is to guide a sprite from the
top of the maze to the bottom.
If you beat the record time for
solving a maze, your time will take a
seat at the top of the scoreboard.
When you run MAZE MAN, the maze
is drawn and the twinkling sprite
waits for you to move it, using a
joystick in port two. As soon as you
start moving, the clock begins
ticking.
Since all of the lines in the
maze are diagonal, the sprite will
only respond to diagonal commands,
bouncing off any wall it touches.
Once you've reached the exit,
touch the blinking arrow right away
so that the clock stops as soon as
possible. If you beat the time, you
can type in your name and reign
supreme -- until someone comes along
and beats your time.
You can press Q at any time to
quit.
NOTE to SUPER SNAPSHOT and WARP
SPEED users, for some reason this
program isn't compatible with it.
After about the fourth maze, the
system crashes. It's just one of those
crazy ghost bugs.
By the way, Dr. Terrana was my
Computer Science prof back when he
taught at Indiana University. We
thought it'd be a plus if he explained
the concept of mathematically creating
mazes. If you're interested in
the theory, and are not squeamish on
programming theory, you can check out
his article on side 2.
JLJ
[DAVE'S NOTE:] We found a flipping
little bug with this program on VICE
(at least): The first time you plays
the game, you win instantly in a time
of 0:00:000. This then is pretty
much unbeatable. Sorry about the
inconvenience.
DMM