<s>
Maziacs	B-Application
is	O
an	O
action	O
adventure	O
maze	B-Application
game	I-Application
published	O
by	O
DK'Tronics	B-Application
in	O
1983	B-Application
for	O
the	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
,	O
Commodore	O
64	O
,	O
and	O
MSX	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Maziacs	B-Application
,	O
written	O
by	O
Don	O
Priestley	O
,	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
his	O
earlier	O
ZX81	O
game	O
Mazogs	B-Application
which	O
was	O
published	O
by	O
Bug	O
Byte	O
in	O
1982	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mazogs	B-Application
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
successful	O
ZX81	O
games	O
so	O
Don	O
Priestley	O
adapted	O
it	O
for	O
the	O
higher-resolution	O
,	O
colour-screen	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
and	O
MSX	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Maziacs	B-Application
takes	O
place	O
in	O
a	O
randomly	O
generated	O
,	O
scrolling	O
,	O
overhead-view	O
maze	B-Application
,	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
player-controlled	O
protagonist	O
must	O
find	O
gold	O
and	O
exit	O
the	O
level	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
gold	O
is	O
placed	O
at	O
least	O
200	O
moves	O
from	O
the	O
start	O
position	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
maze	B-Application
is	O
patrolled	O
by	O
monsters	O
called	O
maziacs	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prisoners	O
are	O
sometimes	O
found	O
in	O
the	O
walls	O
of	O
the	O
maze	B-Application
,	O
who	O
can	O
highlight	O
the	O
path	O
to	O
the	O
gold	O
for	O
a	O
short	O
period	O
of	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Moving	O
through	O
the	O
maze	B-Application
and	O
fighting	O
maziacs	B-Application
decreases	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
energy	O
,	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
replenished	O
by	O
finding	O
food	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
game	O
screen	O
shows	O
one	O
fiftieth	O
of	O
the	O
maze	B-Application
,	O
but	O
a	O
"	O
view	O
mode	O
"	O
expands	O
the	O
view	O
to	O
show	O
one	O
twelfth	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Maziacs	B-Application
can	O
only	O
be	O
killed	O
effectively	O
with	O
swords	O
,	O
several	O
of	O
which	O
are	O
found	O
in	O
the	O
maze	B-Application
but	O
can	O
only	O
be	O
used	O
once	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
last	O
two	O
factors	O
lead	O
to	O
the	O
tactic	O
of	O
avoiding	O
groups	O
of	O
maziacs	B-Application
,	O
but	O
killing	O
as	O
many	O
as	O
possible	O
before	O
collecting	O
the	O
gold	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Maziacs	B-Application
supported	O
the	O
Currah	B-Application
MicroSpeech	I-Application
peripheral	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
Maziacs	B-Application
was	O
published	O
,	O
critical	O
reception	O
was	O
good	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Maziacs	B-Application
was	O
ranked	O
at	O
number	O
99	O
in	O
the	O
Your	O
Sinclair	O
official	O
top	O
100	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
games	O
of	O
all	O
time	O
,	O
because	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
claustrophobic	O
atmosphere	O
,	O
choreographed	O
animation	O
,	O
and	O
general	O
character	O
.	O
</s>
