Collection essentials #24: Tunnel Runner (2600)

 

This is a first-person maze game where you’re trying to escape a series of labyrinths before the monsters get you. When you first pop it in it may not seem too interesting, but upon reading about how the game works and/or actually trying it out, you’ll see that it’s actually quite well done. As you keep getting through more and more mazes, the game will get harder, such as for example no longer allowing you to see everything on your map. You escape through a door in each level (after finding the key), but the doors you find eventually do different things such as transport you to a different part of a maze or send you back to the previous one (and yes, you can tell before going in). There are a few different types of enemies, too, and I love the way they use the primitive Atari sound effects to indicate when monsters are coming. You can play a set of pre-made mazes, or go with randomly-generated ones for a new experience every time, which is a sort of thing I really like in my games!

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