#MOUSE IN THE MAZE SCREENSAVER WINDOWS#

We lived in the country, the nearest friend was a half-hour bus ride away, there was no internet. I read a lot of books, but I was endlessly drawn to the PC. I watched and watched, forever feeling as though something magnificent was around the next automatically-navigated corner. Mostly it was just more low-resolution brick walls. Were its creators conscious that they had made something people would gawp at for hours, locked in a state of unmet anticipation? Or did they just think they were making some pretty walls? I wonder about the thinking behind 3D Maze. Last year (it passed me by at the time, alas), someone even realised my fond dream of the time - to create a version of 3D Maze I could play myself.Long Ago. A program is being added to the TX-0 Computer. Mouse in the Maze is an early computer game, now lost (re-created ports exist), involving mostly what the title says: A light pen was used to draw a maze and a computer mouse found the cheese or other foodstuffs. It was created by Doug Ross and John Ward.

#MOUSE IN THE MAZE SCREENSAVER WINDOWS#

The game seems to have not gotten as much publicity as other early games, but it is early nonetheless! The MAZE has been a common structural motif of the video game such as Mouse in the Maze, Pac-Man, Bomberman, Wizardry, 3D Monster Maze, Megami Tensei, MIDI Maze, Maze War, 3D Maze Windows Screensaver, Radar Rat Race, the list goes on and on. In honor of 60 years of such a game's creation, I would like to host a small jam, the rules are simple:ġ: The player character should preferably be a MOUSE, though other rodents would be acceptable, keep in mind there are more kinds of mice than house mice and pet mice!Ģ: The game takes place in a MAZE, a labyrinth, a world of routes and turns and too many dead ends. However it does not need be a literal maze- perhaps it is a maze of secrets, or a maze of inner conflict. It could be more than one floor, why it could even be a dreadful teleporter maze! It could be seen from top down or from first person- a rat's eye view. X1: The game should have foodstuff to collect, CHEESE perhaps. However extensive research reveals mice don't seem to prioritize this food. If you are to feature such a drink in a game, please do so cautiously! get creative! I am aware an alternative version of Mouse in the Maze featured MARTINI glasses, but I would strongly recommend against giving rodents such beverages in real life. X2: Ultra Hard Mode! The game could be controlled by PEN or TOUCH input as Mouse in the Maze was controlled by light pen input.

Mouse in the maze screensaver