<s>
MIDI	B-Application
Maze	I-Application
is	O
a	O
networked	O
first-person	O
shooter	O
maze	B-Application
game	I-Application
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
developed	O
by	O
Xanth	O
Software	O
F/X	O
and	O
released	O
in	O
1987	O
by	O
Hybrid	O
Arts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
takes	O
place	O
in	O
a	O
maze	B-Application
of	O
untextured	O
walls	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
world	O
animates	O
smoothly	O
as	O
the	O
player	O
turns	O
,	O
much	O
like	O
the	O
earlier	O
Wayout	B-Application
,	O
instead	O
of	O
only	O
permitting	O
90	O
degree	O
changes	O
of	O
direction	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Using	O
the	O
MIDI	O
ports	O
on	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
,	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
said	O
to	O
have	O
introduced	O
deathmatch	O
combat	O
to	O
gaming	O
in	O
1987	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
found	O
a	O
wider	O
audience	O
when	O
it	O
was	O
converted	O
to	O
Faceball	O
2000	O
on	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Up	O
to	O
16	O
computers	O
can	O
be	O
networked	O
in	O
a	O
"	O
MIDI	O
Ring	O
"	O
by	O
daisy	O
chaining	O
MIDI	O
ports	O
that	O
are	O
built	O
into	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
area	O
occupies	O
only	O
roughly	O
a	O
quarter	O
of	O
the	O
screen	O
and	O
consists	O
of	O
a	O
first-person	O
view	O
of	O
a	O
flat-shaded	O
maze	B-Application
with	O
a	O
crosshair	O
in	O
the	O
middle	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
players	O
are	O
shown	O
as	O
Pac-Man-like	O
smiley	O
avatars	B-Application
in	O
various	O
colors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
started	O
by	O
a	O
designated	O
master	O
machine	O
,	O
which	O
sets	O
rules	O
,	O
divides	O
players	O
into	O
teams	O
,	O
and	O
selects	O
a	O
maze	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
number	O
of	O
mazes	B-Application
come	O
with	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
and	O
additional	O
mazes	B-Application
can	O
be	O
constructed	O
using	O
a	O
text-editor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
MIDI	B-Application
Maze	I-Application
team	O
at	O
Xanth	O
Software	O
F/X	O
consisted	O
of	O
James	O
Yee	O
as	O
the	O
business	O
manager	O
,	O
Michael	O
Park	O
as	O
the	O
graphic	O
and	O
networking	O
programmer	O
,	O
and	O
George	O
Miller	O
writing	O
the	O
AI	O
and	O
drone	O
logic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
version	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Xanth	O
,	O
and	O
published	O
in	O
1991	O
by	O
Bullet-Proof	O
Software	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
title	O
Faceball	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
James	O
Yee	O
,	O
owner	O
of	O
Xanth	O
,	O
had	O
the	O
idea	O
of	O
porting	O
the	O
520ST	O
application	O
to	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
allows	O
two	O
players	O
with	O
a	O
Game	B-Device
Link	I-Device
Cable	I-Device
,	O
or	O
up	O
to	O
four	O
players	O
with	O
the	O
Four	O
Player	O
Adapter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
often	O
rumored	O
that	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
version	O
would	O
allow	O
up	O
to	O
16	O
players	O
by	O
daisy-chaining	O
Four	O
Player	O
Adapters	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
not	O
the	O
case	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
programmer	O
Robert	O
Champagne	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
does	O
contain	O
a	O
16-player	O
mode	O
;	O
however	O
,	O
it	O
requires	O
a	O
special	O
connector	O
that	O
would	O
be	O
bundled	O
with	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
"	O
chain	O
"	O
of	O
Game	B-Device
Link	I-Device
Cables	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
Nintendo	O
did	O
not	O
allow	O
them	O
to	O
do	O
so	O
,	O
that	O
connector	O
was	O
never	O
released	O
,	O
so	O
the	O
16-player	O
mode	O
cannot	O
be	O
enabled	O
using	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
players	O
can	O
daisy	O
chain	O
16	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	O
link	O
cables	O
into	O
a	O
huge	O
loop	O
,	O
each	O
purple	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
link	O
cable	O
connecting	O
into	O
the	O
box	O
of	O
another	O
cable	O
,	O
and	O
plug	O
the	O
gray	O
ends	O
into	O
each	O
GBA	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Super	B-Application
Nintendo	I-Application
version	O
,	O
also	O
titled	O
Faceball	O
2000	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1992	O
,	O
supporting	O
two	O
players	O
in	O
split-screen	O
mode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
features	O
completely	O
different	O
graphics	O
and	O
levels	O
from	O
the	O
earlier	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
colorized	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
monochrome	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
version	O
,	O
supporting	O
two	O
players	O
with	O
two	O
handheld	O
consoles	O
connected	O
by	O
the	O
Gear-to-Gear	O
Cable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
port	O
of	O
MIDI	B-Application
Maze	I-Application
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Xanth	O
,	O
but	O
cancelled	O
around	O
1989	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
port	O
for	O
Nintendo	O
's	O
Virtual	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
console	O
,	O
to	O
be	O
titled	O
NikoChan	O
Battle	O
( ニコちゃんバトル	O
)	O
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
was	O
almost	O
completed	O
,	O
but	O
canceled	O
as	O
the	O
system	O
was	O
discontinued	O
in	O
late	O
1995	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Super	O
Gamer	O
magazine	O
gave	O
an	O
overall	O
review	O
score	O
of	O
82%	O
writing	O
:	O
"	O
Ultra	O
successful	O
on	O
the	O
little	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
,	O
this	O
3-D	O
maze	B-Application
shoot-	O
'	O
em-up	O
has	O
been	O
totally	O
uprated	O
for	O
the	O
SNES.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Entertainment	O
Weekly	O
picked	O
Faceball	O
2000	O
as	O
the	O
#5	O
greatest	O
game	O
available	O
in	O
1991	O
,	O
saying	O
:	O
"	O
The	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
meets	O
virtual	O
reality	O
(	O
i.e.	O
,	O
artificial	O
,	O
computer-enhanced	O
,	O
first-person	O
perspective	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CNET	O
Gamecenter	O
called	O
MIDI	B-Application
Maze	I-Application
one	O
of	O
the	O
10	O
most	O
innovative	O
computer	O
games	O
of	O
all	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2018	O
,	O
Den	O
of	O
Geek	O
ranked	O
the	O
game	O
25th	O
on	O
their	O
"	O
25	O
Underrated	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Games.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Personal	O
Computer	O
World	O
said	O
that	O
in	O
1987	O
,	O
MIDI	B-Application
Maze	I-Application
introduced	O
the	O
concept	O
of	O
deathmatch	O
combat	O
,	O
using	O
the	O
built-in	O
MIDI	O
ports	O
of	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
for	O
networking	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MIDI-Maze	O
II	O
was	O
later	O
developed	O
by	O
Markus	O
Fritze	O
for	O
Sigma-Soft	O
and	O
released	O
as	O
shareware	B-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
iMaze	O
is	O
an	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
clone	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
Unix-like	B-Operating_System
systems	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
