Reviews

1983 PSS (UK)
by Chris Cullen

Funny how things look different when you are a kid. I remember playing this game and thinking how fancy and sophisticated this was. Well, time isnt gentle and if Maze Death Race were a lady she sure would have lots of wrinkles now.
The game is very simple, no need for me to explain the mechanics. It plays sort of like Pac-Man but with cars and with a bigger maze.
The arcade version is way better, with smoke bombs and smoother and better controlling movements.
It brings me some nice memories but it doesnt excite me anymore.


6/10

As far as primitive video-games go , Maze Death Race is a well-thought one .

Maybe the implementation of this simple but brilliant idea is not as good as it could have been , but it isn´t bad either .

It is very funny to mislead your pursuers into a puddle of oil or into an icy part of the road and see them lose control of their red cars ... for me , this is the best part of Maze Death Race -and what a suggestive title for a video-game , by the way !!-.

That´s why my valoration of Maze Death Race is rather positive , because I can appreciate good ideas in spite of their poor execution ... besides the roar of the engine is very warm and credible .


4,5 out of 5 .

I am immensely disappointed. The game itself plays fine, it's smooth and it's responsive, but the graphical glitches spoil it badly. It just makes the game so confusing and it looks like a total mess. I have done multiple setups and downloaded the TAP file as well as the TZX file and everything is exactly the same. And then someone has done a video of it on YouTube and it's exactly the same for him as well. There is a remake by Tom Dalby that looks fantastic, but it's not listed here and so we can't review it. Shame.