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Stag-Beetle is a maze game developed by Pony Canyon for the Sharp MZ-2000.
The third entry in the Pac-Man franchise, Super Pac-Man was a departure from the gameplay of the first two titles.
Initially released as just "Pac-Man", it was re-released with a new name and cover art to avoid legal troubles.
An arcade game very similar to Pac-Man except the screen is green, the monsters are faster and smarter, the power pellet lasts shorter, but the fruit now acts as a power pellet too.
3D Monster Maze is an adventure game for the Sinclair ZX81, originally released in 1982. In it, you must attempt to escape from a maze without being eaten by a Tyrannosaurus rex. It is one of the very first 3D games developed for the home microcomputer.
A sequel to the arcade classic featuring Pac-Man's feminine counterpart. The game is notable for having a variety of mazes as opposed to the single maze design in the original game, as well as bonus items that wandered through the mazes rather than appearing just in the center.
A copy of Pac-Man, but with various improvements. This game is primarily known for the Atari lawsuit against it which set an important precedent for copyright and lawsuits in videogames.
Frenzy is a sequel to Berzerk. It features many new elements like destructible walls and ricocheting shots.
Pac-Man 2 is a game that was released for the Entex Select-A-Game Machine.
A text adventure published in 1981 for the TRS-80 Color Computer and in 1982 for the Dragon 32.
A maze game for early home computer systems from The Cornsoft Group.
A fantasy RPG for Apple II.
Jelly Monsters was an unauthorized port/adaptation of Pac-Man, which was only available briefly before Atarisoft had its distribution halted.
A Berzerk clone in which the player controls a thief that must make his way through simple mazes full of evil robots. Written by Bob Flanagan and published by Datamost for the Apple II.
This early action-adventure puts the player in the role of Theseus who, armed with a laser sword, must search through the mazes for the Minotaur and destroy it.
A 1981 maze game from Atari
Dot-and-ghost eating simulator for BBC Micro.
Mouse Trap is a game inspired by Pac-Man, where the player attempts to eat all of the cheese without being caught by the cats roaming the board.
In this Konami arcade game, snakes navigate through mazes, shooting at each other in hopes of cutting their opponents down to size enough to be mercilessly devoured. Welcome to the Jungler, baby.
Lady Bug is an arcade game from 1981 that attempted to capitalize on the success of Pac-Man, but differentiated itself by adding revolving doors and a more structured bonus system. Its port for the Colecovision was one of the more popular games for that system.
005 is an arcade stealth game released by Sega in late 1981.
A Pac-Man variant written by Dan Illowsky and published by Datamost for the Apple II.
The first chapter of what would become one of the defining series for PC-based RPGs, this instant classic pit a group of adventurers against the evil wizard, Werdna, in a quest for an amulet that they must retrieve for Trebor, the Mad Overlord.
Lock 'n' Chase was an arcade game developed and published by Data East in 1981. It was seen as Data East's answer to Namco's Pac-Man.
A tactical maze shooter released by Sega in 1981. It has a mixture of vertical scrolling run & gun shooting and maze digging.
New Rally-X is the successor to Namco's Rally X. The game was originally released in 1981.
Star Craft and Brøderbund's maze game.
Maze Craze is a maze game with a few twists for the Atari 2600 for one or two players
This TI994A game gave you control of a mouse in random mazes. You could choose various gameplay variables such as eating cheese to reveal the exit, or evading cats with different AI attributes such as pouncing and intelligence.
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