MAZE CHASE (1K ZX81)
by C L Naylar, BFPO Ships, London
from Your Computer (February 1983), Pages 128-129

In this game a randomly-constructed maze is drawn on the screen: you  a
plus sign  are placed in the bottom right-hand corner and the bug 
represented by an asterisk  the bottom left. An H in the top line
represents home and the initial object of the game is to get home before
the bug does. After the maze is produced you have time to assess the
situation and plan your route. When you are ready, press SHIFT, and the bug
will start off and begin to find its own way home.

By using the keyboard  top line for up, bottom line for down and the left
and right sides of the centre lines for left and right respectively  you
must get home before the bug. If he catches you, the game ends with your
score displayed at the bottom left of the maze. If you manage to get home
first then your score is held, you are both reverted to your start
positions and on pressing SHIFT you are off again  this time at a slightly
higher speed. After some practice you can get through the maze about five
times before the speed becomes too much and the bug eventually traps you.

An additional feature is that if you get stuck in an impossible situation
then it is worth driving straight at the bug. Being aggressive like this
earns you a random chance of one of two things happening  either the game
stops, or if you are lucky you are reverted back to start again with your
score so far intact.

[Note: The game must be run on a ZX81 with a collapsed display file, so if
a 16K RAM pack is connected then RAMTOP must first be lowered. There was a
bug in the magazine listing, which was fixed by poking 16564 with 0. PF]
