3D Maze
3D Maze is the name given to a screensaver, created in OpenGL, that was present in Microsoft Windows from Windows 95 until it was discontinued in Windows 2000.[1]
Legacy
Cornell University's Maze in a Box, a project to create 3D graphics using the Atmel Mega32 microcontroller, used the 3D Maze screensaver as inspiration.[2] In 2017, independent video game developer Cahoots Malone made Screensaver Subterfuge a video game based on the screensaver created using assets from the original ssmaze.scr file.[3]
Reception
Writing for Bustle, Jessica Blankenship was unable to recall anything that was as "mesmerizing, alluring, frustrating, and exquisite" as getting lost in the 3D Maze screensaver.[4] Slate's Jacob Brogan called the screensaver a "harried, first-person rush through a brick-walled labyrinth" likening it to an "intelligence at work" and went on to compare watching it to watching one's grandparents play Wolfenstein 3D "while sitting in silence as they haplessly mashed the keypad".[5]
References
- ^ Fick, Wesley (7 December 2012). "Oldie But Goodie: Losing your mind in a maze". Retrieved 9 February 2016.
- ^ Kauffman, Jeffery. "Maze in a Box". Retrieved 9 February 2016.
- ^ Axon, Samuel. "The dream of the '90s is alive in this Windows 95 screensaver indie game". Ars Technica. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
- ^ Blankenship, Jessica. "The Windows 95 Maze Screen Saver Is Still The Most Sublime Way To Go Into A Computer Coma – VIDEO". Bustle.com. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
- ^ Brogan, Jacob. "What Were Screen Savers?". Slate.com. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
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