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Just to make things crystal clear for some people, this FAQ is not to appear anywhere at the following URLs: http://www.cheatcc.com http://www.cheatindex.com This document Copyright 2006,2017 Daniel Engel =============================================================================== Maze Craze FAQ [2600] October 25, 2017 Daniel (DEngel) Engel dan.engel.2017 [AT] gmail [DOT] com ############################################################################### (A) TABLE OF CONTENTS ############################################################################### Table of Contents (A) This Table of Contents (B) Controls (C) How To Play (D) Difficulties (E) Tips (F) Experimental ############################################################################### (B) CONTROLS ############################################################################### The controls for this game are as follows: Up/Down/Left/Right - Move up, down, left and right. Fire - Start the next stage, use markers [when available], use fake walls [when available], reveal the screen. ############################################################################### (C) HOW TO PLAY ############################################################################### Bricklayer J. Gastronomy There really isn't a whole lot to this game. It pretty much involves you racing a second human player through a maze that fills the screen. There is no option to play against a CPU-controlled player, there is no time limit, and there is no score. Each maze is randomly generated and you will always start somewhere at the left side of the screen. The exit to each maze is represented by a huge open column/path at the right end of the screen. Whoever makes it to this edge of the screen first is the winner for the stage. ############################################################################### (D) DIFFICULTIES ############################################################################### If you change the difficulty on the game, then you will find some more variety and challenge. These other options are outlined below. ------------------- Difficulty Group 01 ------------------- 01: Normal maze. 02: Maze with the middle third of the screen hidden from view, it flashes periodically. 03: Maze with the middle half of the screen hidden from view, it flashes periodically. 04: Maze with the entire screen hidden from view, it flashes periodically. ------------------- Difficulty Group 02 ------------------- 01: Maze with 2 cops chasing you, if either one hits you then you can't move until the other player gets caught or finishes the maze. 02: Maze with 2 cops chasing you, and the middle third of the screen is hidden from view until you press "fire". 03: Maze with 2 cops chasing you, and the middle half of the screen is hidden from view until you press "fire". 04: Maze with 2 cops chasing you, and the entire screen is hidden from view until you press "fire". ------------------- Difficulty Group 03 ------------------- 01: Maze with 3 cops chasing you. 02: Maze with 3 cops chasing you, and the middle third of the screen is hidden from view until you press "fire". 03: Maze with 3 cops chasing you, and the middle half of the screen is hidden from view until you press "fire". 04: Maze with 3 cops chasing you, and the entire screen is hidden from view until you press "fire". ------------------- Difficulty Group 04 ------------------- 01: Maze with 3 cops. Only this time you WANT to touch all three of them before dashing to the exit, otherwise you won't reach it. 02: Maze with 3 cops that you need to touch, and the middle third of the screen is periodically hidden from view. 03: Maze with 3 cops that you need to touch, and the middle half of the screen is periodically hidden from view. 04: Maze with 3 cops that you need to touch, and the entire screen is periodically hidden from view. ------------------- Difficulty Group 05 ------------------- 01: Maze with 3 cops chasing you. 02: Maze with 3 cops chasing you, and the middle third of the screen is constantly hidden from view. 03: Maze with 3 cops chasing you, and the middle half of the screen is constantly hidden from view. 04: Maze with 3 cops chasing you, and the entire screen is constantly hidden from view. ------------------- Difficulty Group 06 ------------------- 01: Maze with a 5 cops chasing you. 02: Maze where the middle third of the screen is hidden from view until you press "fire" 03: Maze where the middle half of the screen is hidden from view until you press "fire" 04: Maze where the entire screen is hidden from view until you press "fire" ------------------- Difficulty Group 07 ------------------- 01: Maze with a 5 cops chasing you. 02: Maze where the middle third of the screen is hidden from view, but you can press "fire" to use tracers and work your way through the maze. 03: Maze where the middle half of the screen is hidden from view, but you can press "fire" to use tracers and work your way through the maze. 04: Maze where the entire screen is hidden from view, but you can press "fire" to use tracers and work your way through the maze. ------------------- Difficulty Group 08 ------------------- 01: Maze with 3 cops that you need to touch, and you can drop fake walls by pressing "fire". 02: Maze with 3 cops that you need to touch, and the middle third of the screen is hidden from view until you press "fire". 03: Maze with 3 cops that you need to touch, and the middle half of the screen is hidden from view until you press "fire". 04: Maze with 3 cops that you need to touch, and the entire screen is hidden from view until you press "fire". ------------------- Difficulty Group 09 ------------------- 01: Maze with 2 cops chasing you. 02: Maze with 2 cops chasing you, and the middle third of the screen is constantly hidden from view. 03: Maze with 2 cops chasing you, and the middle half of the screen is constantly hidden from view. 04: Maze with 2 cops chasing you, and the entire screen is constantly hidden from view. ------------------- Difficulty Group 10 ------------------- 01: Maze with 2 cops chasing you. 02: Maze with 2 cops chasing you, and the middle third of the screen is constantly hidden from view. 03: Maze with 2 cops chasing you, and the middle half of the screen is constantly hidden from view. 04: Maze with 2 cops chasing you, and the entire screen is constantly hidden from view. ------------------- Difficulty Group 11 ------------------- 01: Maze with 3 cops chasing you. 02: Maze with 3 cops chasing you, and the middle third of the screen is constantly hidden from view. 03: Maze with 3 cops chasing you, and the middle half of the screen is constantly hidden from view. 04: Maze with 3 cops chasing you, and the entire screen is constantly hidden from view. ------------------- Difficulty Group 12 ------------------- 01: Maze with 3 cops that you need to touch. 02: Maze with 3 cops that you need to touch, and the middle third of the screen is periodically hidden from view. 03: Maze with 3 cops that you need to touch, and the middle half of the screen is periodically hidden from view. 04: Maze with 3 cops that you need to touch, and the entire screen is periodically hidden from view. ------------------- Difficulty Group 13 ------------------- 01: Maze with 2 cops chasing you, but you are only stunned briefly if caught by one of them. 02: Maze with 2 cops chasing you, and the middle third of the screen is hidden from view until you press "fire". 03: Maze with 2 cops chasing you, and the middle half of the screen is hidden from view until you press "fire". 04: Maze with 2 cops chasing you, and the entire screen is hidden from view until you press "fire". ------------------- Difficulty Group 14 ------------------- 01: Maze with 3 cops that you need to touch. 02: Maze with 3 cops that you need to touch, and the middle third of the screen is hidden from view until you press "fire". 03: Maze with 3 cops that you need to touch, and the middle half of the screen is hidden from view until you press "fire". 04: Maze with 3 cops that you need to touch, and the entire screen is hidden from view until you press "fire". ------------------- Difficulty Group 15 ------------------- 01: Maze with 3 cops chasing you. 02: Maze with 3 cops chasing you, and the middle third of the screen is periodically hidden from view. 03: Maze with 3 cops chasing you, and the middle half of the screen is periodically hidden from view. 04: Maze with 3 cops chasing you, and the entire screen is periodically hidden from view. ------------------- Difficulty Group 16 ------------------- 01: Normal maze. 02: Maze with the middle third of the screen constantly hidden from view. 03: Maze with the middle half of the screen constantly hidden from view. 04: Maze with the entire screen constantly hidden from view. ############################################################################### (E) TIPS ############################################################################### I find that it works best to start from the right edge of the screen and trace the path quickly until you find the major turns that you need to take at crucial forks. Once you have these in your mind, you can start running through the maze and take them! The cops ALWAYS stick to the same wall. Which means that either they always turn right when they come to a fork in their path, or they always turn left. ############################################################################### (F) EXPERIMENTAL ############################################################################### For a little while now I've had a paypal link in all my FAQs at the very bottom here. Mainly as a small experiment since a few other FAQ authors have also had the same idea. I had a few people email me before I put this link in because they wanted to send money, so it's here for those people. For the record I've received about $87 (which works out to a bit more in Canadian lol) last I checked, so I've been getting cases of pop and making some excellent progress on a few FAQs. If you don't want to send money or can't then send me an email, it's nice to hear what people thought about my work and there's always room for improvement. My email address and paypal address for those that want to contribute are both dan.engel.2017 (AT) gmail (DOT) com Many thanks, and I hope you continue to use my work! ~Dan