Maze

First-Person Shooters

Maze, also known as Mazewar and Maze War, is a 3D multiplayer first-person shooter maze game developed in 1973 and expanded in 1974. Its first version was made for the Imlac PDS-1 at NASA Ames Research Center. At MIT, it became an eight-player game with scoring, map views and a level editor, and could be played across ARPANET. It is believed to be the first 3D first-person game.

Original development: 1973
Original platform: Imlac PDS-1 minicomputer
MIT version: Eight-player game

Sources and credits

Article: Maze (1973 video game) (English Wikipedia)
Wikidata: Q1387759
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