{"id":844,"date":"2011-02-24T12:37:29","date_gmt":"2011-02-24T12:37:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/?p=844"},"modified":"2011-08-15T13:24:11","modified_gmt":"2011-08-15T12:24:11","slug":"zx81-mazogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/zx81-mazogs\/","title":{"rendered":"ZX81 Mazogs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"e526d1e761560160a119e3b74cb2a974\" data-index=\"4\" style=\"float: left; margin: 0px 0px 0px 0;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- skool-response -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1609637348681190\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3558122710\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"autorelaxed\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Mazogs. Anyone who had a ZX81 probably had Mazogs too.<\/p>\n<p>In the early 80s, well 1981 to be exact, UK kids either had a Vic 20 or a ZX81. The ZX81 had Mazogs, a good reason to go for Clive Sinclair&#8217;s machine. The Vic 20 had a great arcade reproduction of Pacman. Soon kids were hooked on the gameplay rather than graphics of Mazogs. With no choice of anything other than basic graphics a lot was left to the imagination, but Mazogs it was an enthralling game at the time!<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/uNWcN-yGrP4?fs=1&amp;hl=en_GB\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/uNWcN-yGrP4?fs=1&amp;hl=en_GB\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<h2>Object of Mazogs<\/h2>\n<p>The aim of the game was to work your way through the random maze, collecting swords to overpower the Mazog monsters and releasing prisoners while making your way out of the maze and collecting the treasure.<\/p>\n<p>The key to the Maze symbols included:<\/p><div class=\"e526d1e761560160a119e3b74cb2a974\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:5px 0 5px 0; text-align:center;\">\nskool\r\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"autorelaxed\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1609637348681190\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3558122710\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>X is a Mazog,  P is a prisoner, S is for Sword, T is for Treasure<\/p>\n<p>The beauty of the Mazog game was the fact that each game was different. There would be a random maze drawn and thereby providing a different adventure each time<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_845\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/mazogs-zx81.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-845\" class=\"size-full wp-image-845\" title=\"mazogs-zx81\" src=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/mazogs-zx81.jpg\" alt=\"ZX81 Mazogs Advert\" width=\"500\" height=\"397\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/mazogs-zx81.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/mazogs-zx81-160x127.jpg 160w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/mazogs-zx81-300x238.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/mazogs-zx81-377x300.jpg 377w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-845\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Early Eighties - ZX81 Mazogs<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Mazogs Creator<\/h2>\n<p>Don Priestly was the brains behind Mazogs. 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Anyone who had a ZX81 probably had Mazogs too. In the early 80s, well 1981 to be exact, UK kids either had a Vic 20 or a ZX81. The ZX81 had Mazogs, a good reason to go for Clive &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/zx81-mazogs\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":845,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[52],"class_list":["post-844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arcade","tag-52"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>ZX81 Mazogs<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Mazogs. Anyone who had a ZX81 probably had Mazogs too. 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