MAZE WAR: 1-4 Players, Joysticks. Players #1 & 3 share port #1, and players #2 & 4 share port #2 (XE/XL). The number of players is chosen with the SELECT button, and the number of Zombies with the OPTION button. The speed of the Zombies is selected by pressing a key from 1 to 9. You start the game somewhere in the maze, Wand in hand. You move about the maze by pushing the joystick in the desired direction. If the stick is held diagonally, the Wizard will alternate moving between the two directions. The Wand fires off a magic chain when you hold down the fire button while moving the joystick. The magic chain fired by the Wand is capable of vaporizing man or wall at 50 paces. Once vaporized, a Wizard or Zombie will automatically coalesce back into the maze at a random point. Moving about in the maze will attune you to its energies, thus making the point value for a hit worth more. In the same fashion, using the Havoc Wand uses up energy, and overuse will bring the point value down. Once a Wizard or Zombie has tapped into 100 points of energy, the spell to return to Earth is cast. Then, the pocket dimension will become unstable and dissolve. MAZE WAR will go into an automatic demo mode with three Zombies going at it after 30 seconds. This can be seen earlier if you press the 'D' key. Once the game has started, it can be paused by pressing any key. Resume play by pressing any key again. The game can be aborted at any time by pressing one of the console keys (START, SELECT, or OPTION).