Mazer (video game)
{{Short description|1995 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
|title = Mazer
|image = Mazer arcade flyer.jpg
|developer = American Laser Games
|publisher = American Laser Games
|programmer = Nathanael Brown
Tommie Daniel
|artist = Darren Thorne
Jeff Baker
Larry Shultz
|composer = Gino Rascon
|platforms = Arcade
3DO Interactive Multiplayer
|released = Arcade{{vgrelease|NA|1995}} 3DO{{vgrelease|NA|31 July 1995}}
|genre = Run and gun
|modes = Single-player, multiplayer (up to two players)
|arcade system = 3DO-related hardware
}}
Mazer is a video game developed and published by American Laser Games in arcades as well as the 3DO.
Gameplay
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Mazer is an isometric shooter with a three-quarter perspective.Mazer manual (3DO Interactive Multiplayer, US)
Plot
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Development and release
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Reception
{{Video game reviews
|GamePro = (3DO) 13 / 20{{cite magazine|last=Outlaw|first=The|url=https://archive.org/stream/GamePro_Issue_077_December_1995#page/n109/mode/1up|title=ProReview: 3DO - Mazer|magazine=GamePro|issue=77|publisher=IDG|date=December 1995|page=108|access-date=2019-10-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190217144415/https://archive.org/stream/GamePro_Issue_077_December_1995#page/n109/mode/1up|archive-date=2019-02-17|url-status=live}}
|NGen = (3DO) {{Rating|1|5}}{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/stream/nextgen-issue-012/Next_Generation_Issue_012_December_1995#page/n187/mode/1up|title=Finals - 3DO - Mazer|magazine=Next Generation|issue=12|publisher=Imagine Media|date=December 1995|page=186|access-date=2019-10-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160411040735/https://archive.org/stream/nextgen-issue-012/Next_Generation_Issue_012_December_1995#page/n187/mode/1up|archive-date=11 April 2016|url-status=live}}
|rev1 = 3DO Magazine
|rev1Score = (3DO) {{Rating|1|5}}{{cite magazine|last=Wynne|first=Stuart|url=https://archive.org/stream/3-do-gold-01#page/90/mode/1up|title=Review: Mazer – Alien invaders have - at last! - invaded Earth. They're called the Semag-Resal and their military bases are secretly working on humang cyborgs to wipe out any resistance such as, uh, you. Can you defeat the aliens and free their human guinea pigs?|magazine=3DO Magazine|issue=1|type=Special Gold|publisher=Paragon Publishing|date=1995–1996|page=90}}
|rev2 = Coming Soon Magazine
|rev3 = The Electric Playground
|rev3Score = (3DO) 7 / 10{{cite web|last=Lucas|first=Victor|url=http://www.elecplay.com/review_432.html|title=Reviews - Mazer|publisher=The Electric Playground|date=August 13, 1995|access-date=2019-10-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010421122800/http://www.elecplay.com/review_432.html|archive-date=2001-04-21|url-status=live}}
|rev4 = Joystick
|rev4Score = (3DO) 40%{{cite magazine|url=http://download.abandonware.org/magazines/Joystick/joystick_numero064/Joystick%20064%20-%20Page%20104%20%28octobre%201995%29.jpg|title=Vidéotest: Mazer (3DO) - Mazer de mazer!|magazine=Joystick|issue=64|publisher=Anuman Interactive|date=October 1995|page=104|lang=fr}}
|rev5 = Super Game Power
|rev5Score = (3DO) 2.5/5.0{{cite magazine|last=Mathias|first=Lord|url=https://archive.org/stream/SuperGamePower_Ano_02_No._021_1995-12_Nova_Cultural_BR_pt#page/n32/mode/1up|title=3DO - Mazer|magazine=Super Game Power|issue=21|publisher=Nova Cultura|date=December 1996|page=33|lang=pt}}
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Next Generation reviewed the 3DO version of the game, rating it one star out of five, and stated that "this title gives you the most frustrating gaming experience you can remember [...] The CD might be suitable for use as a coaster, but that's about it."
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References
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External links
- [https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/3do/584433-mazer Mazer] at GameFAQs
- [https://www.giantbomb.com/mazer/3030-38724/ Mazer] at Giant Bomb
- [https://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=19239 Mazer] at Killer List of Videogames
- [https://www.mobygames.com/game/mazer Mazer] at MobyGames
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