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Maze Death Race

Maze Death Race is a Rally-X variant. The player controls a car and has to drive around a maze and collect a certain number of flags to complete a level. At the same time other cars chase the player's car and…

31 December 1982

Maze Death Race is an arcade developed by Personal Software Services, released 31 December 1982 on Sinclair ZX81 and ZX Spectrum.

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What Maze Death Race is

Maze Death Race is an arcade game developed by Personal Software Services and released in 1982. It is available on Sinclair ZX81 and ZX Spectrum.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Maze Death Race is a Rally-X variant. The player controls a car and has to drive around a maze and collect a certain number of flags to complete a level. At the same time other cars chase the player's car and attempt to hit it. The number of cars are user defined in the ZX81 version and pre-defined in the ZX Spectrum version. In addition to chaser cars there are various traps on the roads that the player has to avoid hitting such as rocks, oil and ice. Unlike the original arcade game, in this version the player cannot use a smokescreen to confuse the chasers. Both versions allow the player to choose the speed of the AI cars. In the ZX81 version, it is also possible to choose if the car…
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How it plays

It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Maze Death Race launched on 31 December 1982, within three weeks of Trashman, King Kong, Evolution and Xevious.

Released around the same time: Trashman, King Kong, Evolution, Xevious.

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When did Maze Death Race come out?
Maze Death Race was released on 31 December 1982 for Sinclair ZX81 and ZX Spectrum.

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