Maze Chase Games
See also: List of Pac-Man video games and Pac-Man clonesThis genre is exemplified by Namco's Pac-Man (1980), where the goal is collect dots while avoiding enemies that are chasing the player. Pac-Man spawned many sequels and clones. In Japan, they are often called "dot eat games" (ドットイート).
- Heiankyo Alien, 1979, University of Tokyo, PC-8001, Arcade
- Pac-Man, 1980, Namco, Arcade, many home ports
- Ms. Pac-Man, 1981, Bally Midway, Arcade, many home ports
- Gobbler, 1981, On-Line Systems, Apple II
- Hangly-Man, 1981, Nittoh, Arcade
- Amidar, 1981, Stern, Arcade, Atari 2600
- Jawbreaker, 1981, On-Line Systems, Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit, Apple II, Commodore 64, MS-DOS
- Lady Bug, 1981, Universal, Arcade, ColecoVision, Intellivision
- Lock 'n' Chase, 1981, Data East, Arcade, Atari 2600, Intellivision, Apple II
- Make Trax aka Crush Roller, 1981, Alpha Denshi, Arcade
- Mouse Trap, 1981, Exidy, Arcade, Atari 2600, ColecoVision, Intellivision
- Munchkin aka KC Munchkin, 1981, Magnavox, Magnavox Odyssey²
- Dung Beetles, 1982, Datasoft, Apple II, TRS-80 Color Computer, Atari 8-bit
- Thief, 1981, Pacific Novelty, Arcade
- Snapper, 1982, Acornsoft, BBC Micro, Acorn Electron
- Baby Pac-Man, 1982, Bally Midway, Arcade
- Eyes, 1982, Rock-Ola, Arcade
- Cosmic Cruncher, 1982, Commodore, Commodore VIC-20
- Hungry Horace, 1982, Beam Software, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Dragon 32
- Munch Man, 1982, Texas Instruments, Texas Instruments TI99-4A
- PC-Man, 1982, Orion Software, IBM PC boot loader
- Pengo, 1982, Sega, Arcade
- Snack Attack, 1982, Datamost, Apple II
- Snack Attack II, 1982, Funtastic, Apple II
- Super Pac-Man, 1982, Namco, Arcade
- Felix and the Fruit Monsters, 1983, Micro Power, Acorn Electron, BBC Micro
- Ghost Hunt, 1983, PSS, ZX Spectrum
- Maze Chase, 1983, Hewson Consultants, ZX Spectrum
- Jawbreaker II, 1983, On-Line Systems, Atari 8-bit, Apple II, Texas Instruments TI99/4A
- Jr. Pac-Man, 1983, Bally Midway, Arcade
- Gnasher, 1983, R&R Software, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 16/Plus/4
- Devil World, 1984, Nintendo, NES/Famicom
- I'm Sorry, 1985, Sega, Arcade
- CD-Man, 1993, Creative Dimensions, MS-DOS
- 3D Maze Man: Amazing Adventures, 1998, Webfoot/eGames, Microsoft Windows
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