<s>
3D	B-Application
Maze	I-Application
Man	I-Application
:	I-Application
Amazing	I-Application
Adventures	I-Application
is	O
a	O
1998	B-Application
video	O
game	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
unofficially	O
based	O
on	O
Namco	O
's	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
games	O
and	O
character	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2000	O
,	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
licensee	O
Hasbro	O
(	O
via	O
Atari	O
)	O
sued	O
to	O
prevent	O
the	O
production	O
and	O
distribution	O
of	O
this	O
and	O
other	O
eGames	O
 '	O
other	O
offerings	O
,	O
which	O
included	O
a	O
Tetris-inspired	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Conceptually	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
influenced	O
by	O
Namco	O
's	O
popular	O
arcade	O
classic	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
in	O
that	O
the	O
main	O
character	O
(	O
Maze	B-Application
Man	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
yellow	O
sphere	O
with	O
a	O
triangular	O
mouth	O
whose	O
goal	O
is	O
to	O
collect	O
all	O
the	O
pellets	O
in	O
the	O
current	O
level	O
and	O
avoid	O
the	O
enemy	O
ghosts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
in	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
,	O
there	O
are	O
pellets	O
which	O
allow	O
Maze	B-Application
Man	O
to	O
,	O
for	O
a	O
short	O
period	O
of	O
time	O
(	O
"	O
Party	O
Time	O
"	O
)	O
,	O
eat	O
the	O
enemy	O
ghosts	O
,	O
who	O
regenerate	O
from	O
a	O
specified	O
location	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Aesthetically	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
the	O
3D	O
format	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
allows	O
for	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
other	O
features	O
which	O
differentiate	O
it	O
from	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
provides	O
for	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
jump	O
(	O
also	O
seen	O
in	O
Pac-Mania	B-Application
)	O
,	O
enabling	O
3D	O
Maze	B-Application
Man	O
to	O
avoid	O
the	O
ghosts	O
when	O
not	O
in	O
"	O
Party	O
Time	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
some	O
levels	O
include	O
colored	O
keys	O
which	O
unlock	O
certain	O
correspondingly	O
colored	O
bricks	O
,	O
green	O
spaces	O
which	O
prevent	O
Maze	B-Application
Man	O
from	O
jumping	O
,	O
and	O
red	O
spaces	O
which	O
kill	O
Maze	B-Application
Man	O
on	O
impact	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Four	O
other	O
variants	O
of	O
3D	O
Maze	B-Application
Man	O
also	O
exist	O
,	O
all	O
having	O
the	O
same	O
gameplay	O
style	O
and	O
engine	O
,	O
but	O
different	O
maze	B-Application
layouts	O
and	O
scenery	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Among	O
these	O
is	O
3D	O
Maze	B-Application
Man	O
:	O
Adventures	O
in	O
Winter	O
Wonderland	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
an	O
Xmas-themed	O
variant	O
,	O
featuring	O
the	O
same	O
character	O
from	O
the	O
original	O
wearing	O
a	O
Santa	O
hat	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
second	O
is	O
3D	O
Ms.	O
Maze	B-Application
:	O
Tropical	O
Adventures	O
,	O
which	O
features	O
a	O
female	O
Maze	B-Application
Man	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
same	O
style	O
of	O
Ms.	B-Application
Pac-Man	I-Application
,	O
in	O
tropical	O
environments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
versions	O
of	O
3D	O
Maze	B-Application
Man	O
released	O
after	O
1998	B-Application
,	O
when	O
RomTech	O
changed	O
their	O
name	O
to	O
eGames	O
,	O
contain	O
bundled	O
adware	O
from	O
Conducent	O
Affiliate	O
Networks	O
named	O
TimeSink	O
.	O
</s>
