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= November 12 =

Name of an arcade maze video game of mid 80's
Hi all, I'm trying to find the name of an arcade maze video game (circa 1985) similar to Pac-Man with horizontal scrolling and a fantasy, dungeon-like style. I remember the second stage was much larger than the first. Thanks in advance.--Carnby (talk) 21:26, 12 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Not much to go on, so some guesses: Berzerk, Castle Wolfenstein, or its successor, Wolfenstein. Akld guy (talk) 23:06, 12 November 2018 (UTC)
 * It was not Wolfenstein since it was in an arcade cabinet and was not made for home computers. Berzerk is a better guess, but graphics were maybe a little better.--Carnby (talk) 08:57, 13 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Have you looked through the list at Category:Maze games?--Shantavira|feed me 10:15, 13 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes but I didn't find the game I was looking for; besides, the category does not separate arcade coin-op games from home computer games.--Carnby (talk) 13:15, 13 November 2018 (UTC)


 * I'm fairly certain this is Gauntlet, as it features a top-down maze like Pac-Man and a fantasy setting, and came out in 1985. If not, these types of games are generally called dungeon crawls, and they exist in many perspectives: top-down, side-scroll, isometric, and first-person perspectives.  You could search for other top-down dungeon crawl video games of that era.  -- Jayron 32 19:02, 13 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Hmm, I don't think it is Gauntlet. I remember there were one or two characters, not four, and the dungeon was a bit different, with less space between the walls.--Carnby (talk) 08:42, 16 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Maybe Venture (video game) or Fantasy (video game). There was also a game called, in some markets "Opa opa" and in some "Fantasy Zone: The Maze" that was part of the Fantasy Zone series that had Pac-Man-like elements in it; we don't have an article on it, but there are some screenshots here -- Jayron 32 13:34, 16 November 2018 (UTC)

How about The Tower of Druaga? -- McDoob AU93  13:37, 16 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Venture and Fantasy have too simple graphics; Fantasy zone is too coloured... The Tower of Druaga is indeed VERY similar to the one I was looking for. The only problem is that the dungeons are all, more or less, the same: I remember the second stage was much larger that the first one and had slightly different colours; besides I remember walls, not pipes to delimitate the dungeon path; I could be wrong anyway... update: I think it could be Tutankham or a very similar game.--Carnby (talk) 17:01, 16 November 2018 (UTC)