This very early 1983 ZX Spectrum game by Don Priestley is still a joy to play to this day.

The premise is simple: you have to find the missing gold and return it to its rightful place.

Only trouble is: the gold is hidden in a maze filled with creepy-looking (and sounding) monsters, called Maziacs. You can ask a chained prisoner for directions, but make sure you have a sword in your hand when you encounter a monster!

Maziacs is a great little action/maze game with tense combat and atmospheric sound. Well worth looking up and playing now!

See also: Mazogs (the ZX81 prototype of Maziacs).

More: Maziacs on Wikipedia

Maziacs ZX Spectrum Loading Screen

Start or Instructions.

Keys and Level Select.

Put the gold there.

Victorious in battle!

The yellow path points to the gold.

Forward – sword in hand!

Follow the yellow brick road.

In the midst of battle.

Three Maziacs behind that chest.

Got the chest of gold and am now legging it.

Running with the chest of gold. Can he make it?!

Yes he can! Fantastic! Victory!

Yay – a score of 101. It was almost worth it.