---
title: Amazing Maze
tags:
- maze
years:
- '1976'
params:
  specs:
  - label: year of release
    value: '1976'
  - label: companies
    value: Midway
  - label: type
    value: game
  - label: media
    value: arcade cabinet
  - label: systems
    value: Arcade
  - label: number of players
    value: 1 - 2 players (versus)
  screenshots:
  - title: title screen
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: null
  - title: title screen
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: null
  - title: find the exit first
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: null
  - title: yeah, I won!
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: null
  - title: Arcade cabinet
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: null
  machines:
  - /museum/misc-arcade-video-games
  company: /companies/misc
  oc_id: 144
  source:
    url: https://web.archive.org/web/20221204143157/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/software_detail.asp?id=144
    date: '2022-12-04'
---

After [Gotcha!](/software/gotcha/) from Atari released in 1973, Amazing Maze is the second maze arcade game.

The idea is quite simple. The computer draws a different maze for each game. There are only two exits, left and right. Left player must reach the right exit before the right player reach the left exit. The first one to exit wins the game.

Though the graphics and principle are quite unsophisticated, the gameplay is excellent and very surprising for such an early game. It's really a very good 2-player game (it's also possible to play against the system).

Inevitably, Amazing Maze inspired many other maze games and can be considered the father many many video games.