Variations on a maze
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== Context: Computer Graphics and Games == | == Context: Computer Graphics and Games == | ||
| − | [[Image:Game-Gotcha-arcade-(1973).jpg|thumb|200px]] | + | [[Image:Game-Gotcha-arcade-(1973).jpg|thumb|200px|''Gotcha'' (1973 arcade) a game of tag between two players in a maze-like field of partitions]] |
| − | [[Image:Game-Amazing_Maze-arcade-(1976).png|thumb|200px]] | + | [[Image:Game-Amazing_Maze-arcade-(1976).png|thumb|200px|''The Amazing Maze Game'' (1976 arcade) -- a classic maze]] |
| − | [[Image:Game-Maze_Craze-Atari2600-(1978).png|thumb|200px]] | + | [[Image:Game-Maze_Craze-Atari2600-(1978).png|thumb|200px|''Maze Craze'' (1978 Atari VCS) -- a large set of games -- complete, race-to-complete, tag, etc. -- all played within classic mazes.]] |
| − | [[Image:Game-Pac-Man-arcade-(1980).png|thumb|200px]] | + | [[Image:Game-Pac-Man-arcade-(1980).png|thumb|200px|''Pac-Man'' (1980 arcade) -- a maze-like field of partitions must be run while being chased by ghosts]] |
| − | [[Image:Game-Pac-Man-Atari2600-(1982).gif|thumb|200px]] | + | [[Image:Game-Pac-Man-Atari2600-(1982).gif|thumb|200px|''Pac-Man'' (1982 Atari VCS)]] |
| − | [[Image:Game-Ant_Attack-ZX_Spectrum-(1983).gif|thumb|200px]] | + | [[Image:Game-Ant_Attack-ZX_Spectrum-(1983).gif|thumb|200px|''Ant Attack'' (1983 ZX Spectrum)]] |
The representation of mazes in computer graphics was already a staple during the period that finds the ''10 Print'' BASIC one-liner appearing in C64 manuals and journals -- in fact, the use of computers to represent mazes conceptually was common before computer graphics. | The representation of mazes in computer graphics was already a staple during the period that finds the ''10 Print'' BASIC one-liner appearing in C64 manuals and journals -- in fact, the use of computers to represent mazes conceptually was common before computer graphics. | ||
