Games that include a maze you would describe as 'hey, actually fun' - an IFDB Poll

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Everybody always dissing mazes in IF. What are the games that prove them wrong?

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Photopia, by Adam Cadre
11 votes
"Short, sweet, sad and very clever" [+]... "A-mazing" [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... "The maze puzzle..." [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]...

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Byzantine Perspective, by Lea Albaugh
6 votes
"A novel take on mazes." [+]... "That *click*-moment." [+]... "A single-gimmick..." [+]... "Despite being all..." [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]...

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Hunter, in Darkness, by Andrew Plotkin
5 votes
"Putting the "cave" in "cave-crawl."" [+]... "You are in a maze, ok. But you can feel the creepy wet air of it, ok?" [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... "A maze where you..." [+]...

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Blue Lacuna, by Aaron A. Reed
3 votes
"It isn't really a maze, but Aaron Reed commented that the Rainforest rooms are "more or less a maze homage"." [+]... "Involving bees" [+]... (No comment) [+]...

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Leather Goddesses of Phobos, by Steve Meretzky
2 votes
"No trouble, plus kweepa." [+]... (No comment) [+]...

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Zork I, by Marc Blank and Dave Lebling
1 vote
"The thief adds an extra challenge" [+]...

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Mortlake Manor, by Ben Chenoweth
1 vote
"Not one but two mazes appropriate to the context" [+]...

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Augmented Fourth, by Brian Uri!
1 vote
"The way you..." [+]...

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Ekphrasis, by FibreTigre
1 vote
"I actually liked..." [+]...

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Adventure, by William Crowther and Donald Woods
1 vote
"The Fog Maze in..." [+]...

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A Flustered Duck, by Jim Aikin
1 vote
"The Maze of Crystal." [+]...

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The Jewel of Knowledge, by Francesco Bova
1 vote
"The Gypsum Flower Gardens maze" [+]...

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A Fable, by Stan Heller
1 vote
"The room descriptions mask the fact it's all just a maze" [+]...

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vale of singing metals, by foresthexes
1 vote
"The entire game..." [+]...

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Sorcerer, by Steve Meretzky
1 vote
(No comment) [+]...

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The Tiny House, by Dan Doyle III
1 vote
"There is a..." [+]...

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Anchorhead, by Michael Gentry
1 vote
"A simply outstanding game." [+]...

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Savoir-Faire, by Emily Short
1 vote
"A technically fascinating twist on old-school IF." [+]...

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Curses, by Graham Nelson
1 vote
"There's a hedge..." [+]...

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T-Zero, by Dennis Cunningham
1 vote
"A maze with a twist" [+]...

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Zork III, by Dave Lebling, Marc Blank
1 vote
"the royal puzzle" [+]...

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Hoist Sail for the Heliopause and Home, by Andrew Plotkin
1 vote
(No comment) [+]...

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