Maze Craze clone

[GreyWyvern]

Hi, I don't know if this is the right forum for homebrew games not on an Atari-like OS, but I've been building a version of the original Maze Craze (one of my old favourites!), using javascript and updated graphics, as an Opera widget. I just posted a relatively complete version online but I was wondering if I could get some feedback on playability from players who knew the original

 

I don't want to be seen as spamming any forums so if anyone could let me know where at atariage.com the right place to post such things (is there?), I could post the link and details there.

 

Thanks!

[vdub_bobby]

This is the right place. Link?

[GreyWyvern]

Okay, thanks

 

I made the game into an Opera widget, so you need to Opera browser to run it. You can download it from here: http://widgets.opera.com/widget/5654

 

I am especially interested in getting feedback on the random maze generation algorithm which is not quite up to the standards of the original, IMHO. Is there anyplace online where I could possibly find the original algorithm to study?

 

AFAIK, the game includes all the options of the original except for scouts (which I have attempted to replace with a "Torch" option), and fake walls. Oh and this version is unfortunately soundless do to widget limitations If I have forgotten anything else, please let me know!

 

The HTML/javascript code which runs the script can be found in your Opera profile/widgets directory in the zip file, or you can download the javascript from here: http://www.greywyvern.com/code/opera/widge...zymaze/index.js

[Thomas Jentzsch]

Somehow the download doesn't work for me (Error 500).

[GreyWyvern]

Somehow the download doesn't work for me (Error 500).

Ugh! Opera said they were updating their hardware today so maybe it was a temporary glitch. I just went to the site and it downloaded okay for me.