Maze of Mikor

[chysn]

Has anybody ever heard of Maze of Mikor for VIC-20? More importantly, does anybody have Maze of Mikor for VIC-20?

This was a H.E.S. tape release, but it's not available at any of the usual tape locations. It's hard to find anybody who's even heard of it. I don't believe I haven't asked about it on Denial yet.

It was sort of a cave exploration game. I liked it a lot when I was a kid.

[Mayhem]

Thought I had it in GB20 but evidently not, one of those I've seen for sale but not been able to buy (stupid high asking prices probably) to transfer.

[Kweepa]

Not many unique references on archive.org:

Compusense ad, Commander v1#2:

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adventure-packed game with stunning graphics

Midnite Software Gazette #9, review:

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MAZE OF MIKOR , by Gunter Koch. $18 cassette from HES. Joystick required. 

REVIEW #1 : MAZE has 3 levels. Good graphics and sound. Instructions are 
good, but quite lengthy and take a long time to view. Hard to tell which 
direction rifle is pointing. Fairly easy to play for any age group.-LW 

REVIEW #2 : It has a lot of instructions which are difficult to understand. 
Otherwise, it has very good graphics and I enjoyed the game.-CW

Skylight Software ad, Commander v1#6:

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Steal Warlocks Gold - Evade Demon

Couldn't find any screenshots

[chysn]

As a kid, I kept an eye out for Günter Koch games by H.E.S., because they were reliably good. Maze of Mikor must not have been a big seller, or maybe it came along too late in the VIC-20's life cycle. I do remember that it was relatively complex, as the reviews say. It's kind of surprising how little info there is about it, given that it's a H.E.S. game.

I've got an ebay alert saved for it, so hopefully I'll find a copy some day.

[Vic20-Ian]

link to buy for $20 sent by pm

[chysn]

link to buy for $20 sent by pm

I very much appreciate you tracking that down. Right now I'm in the "deliberation phase." The shipping is $11 extra, which seems ludicrous, for a cassette. Medium flat-rate box? Sheesh. Some things hold up under the microscope of nostalgia (e.g., Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy), and some things don't (e.g., MacGyver). I don't yet know which category Maze of Mikor falls into, so the price is a bit steep.

I think that Maze of Mikor is what is now called a "roguelike" game. Perhaps I'd be better off just making a roguelike game my next project.

[Kweepa]

There's always room for another Roguelike on the VIC!
I love seeing the varying takes on graphics and gameplay.

[Vic20-Ian]

link to buy for $20 sent by pm

I very much appreciate you tracking that down. Right now I'm in the "deliberation phase." The shipping is $11 extra, which seems ludicrous, for a cassette. Medium flat-rate box? Sheesh. Some things hold up under the microscope of nostalgia (e.g., Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy), and some things don't (e.g., MacGyver). I don't yet know which category Maze of Mikor falls into, so the price is a bit steep.

I think that Maze of Mikor is what is now called a "roguelike" game. Perhaps I'd be better off just making a roguelike game my next project.

Buy it if you remember it being good - sounds like the author at HES was good.

Archive it for this community

Play it & learn from it?

Build a new next version.

Community gets 2 games!

I will put some $ in if the game is that good.

[chysn]

Buy it if you remember it being good - sounds like the author at HES was good.

Thing is, I was 12. I thought a lot of bad things were good.

It's likely that I'll play the long game and wait for another copy. If I ever get my hands on a copy, I'll definitely archive it for the community.

[Vic20-Ian]

Buy it if you remember it being good - sounds like the author at HES was good.

Thing is, I was 12. I thought a lot of bad things were good.

It's likely that I'll play the long game and wait for another copy. If I ever get my hands on a copy, I'll definitely archive it for the community.

Was it anything like this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1wL3gXDsVU

[chysn]

Was it anything like this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1wL3gXDsVU

That's it! Woah! That brings back some memories, thanks!

Huh. I think I can do better than that...

[Vic20-Ian]

Was it anything like this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1wL3gXDsVU

That's it! Woah! That brings back some memories, thanks!

Huh. I think I can do better than that...

Cool - it is archived under Quest

http://zimmers.net/anonftp/pub/cbm/vic2 ... /Quest.prg

Download and then drag and drop here

https://nippur72.github.io/vic20-emu/

and type run to get back to being 12.

Type list for sourcecode LOL

[chysn]

Quest! That's great, thank you!

I wonder whether the name was changed from Quest or to Quest.

[Vic20-Ian]

I don't know if Quest was the European original and Maze of Mikor was the USA name but HES used to change UK game names and release in the US.

Matrix (edit - thanks Mayhem) on tape cassette in UK by author Jeff Minter / Llamasoft
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35KwX1NmKXo

(Gridrunner was released as Gridrunner cart by HES)

aka

Attack of the Mutant Camels Cartridge released in USA by H.E.S
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmvtX__G_60


Confusingly this is not the same game as the C64 classic - Attack of the Mutant Camels
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybzUgiE_vQM



Also Andes Attack (for a short time known also as Defenda) on tape cassette in UK by author Jeff Minter / Llamasoft
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIREIhQQLws

aka

Aggressor - Cartridge released in USA by H.E.S
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwjP0qebWD0

[Kweepa]

Looks like it is all BASIC.
Amazing that they were charging $18 for that in 1983.