Achieved at : 2023-04-01
Rank : 2
(29% worse)
Lups : 264
Approved :
Yes
Voting completed : 2023-04-17
| General Rules: |
Game must be played on the actual hardware. Play with default settings unless otherwise specified. No code modifications that give the player an advantage over other players. 1 credit. No continues. 1 player mode only. No use of trainers, cheats, auto-fire (when not default present in-game) , game saves, or cheat codes. Can be overruled by the Specific Rules. It is discouraged and may lead to voters not accepting your score to - excessively point farm - use glitches or other game exploits |
| Specific Rules: | Play the game in 1 player mode with default settings |
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Maze Invaders is an unreleased 1981 game from Atari. It was written by Ed Logg (Asteroids, Centipede and Gauntlet amongst other). I don't know why it was not released, but the most likely reason was poor reception in field tests. This was a common fate back in the late 70s and early 80s when machines were so expensive. If the test machines failed to pick up enough coins from punters, a production run would often not go ahead.
Fortunately the code has survived and the game is available to play via emulation, as here in Atari Vault.
This run was played using the Steam version of Atari Vault on PC. The date of play was the 1st April 2023.
Time stamps:
00:20 Showing default options selected in Atari Vault.
00:31 Machine loaded.
00:36 Game start, selecting start level.
00:45 Gameplay begins.
02:06 First life lost.
02:40 Second life.
02:45 Extra life awarded for reaching 20,000 points.
03:09 Third life lost.
04:10 Fourth life lost. Game Over. Final score 38,553 points.
04:14 High score table and initials entry.
Fortunately the code has survived and the game is available to play via emulation, as here in Atari Vault.
This run was played using the Steam version of Atari Vault on PC. The date of play was the 1st April 2023.
Time stamps:
00:20 Showing default options selected in Atari Vault.
00:31 Machine loaded.
00:36 Game start, selecting start level.
00:45 Gameplay begins.
02:06 First life lost.
02:40 Second life.
02:45 Extra life awarded for reaching 20,000 points.
03:09 Third life lost.
04:10 Fourth life lost. Game Over. Final score 38,553 points.
04:14 High score table and initials entry.