Greetings.  Thanks for trying out this program.  This is a game written in FreeBASIC in which you have to navigate mazes.  This software is free, but it is still copyrighted and does not come with any warranties.  By using this program, you agree that I am not liable for any damages.

There's one important thing you should know.  The game will normally run in full-screen mode (at a resolution of 800 x 600), but if you use the "/w" command-line parameter (without the quotes) when you run the executable file, it will run within a window instead.

The original 1.00 version of this program incorporated an inferior (I admit) system of timing the game so that it would run the same on all machines.  I have addressed that issue as of version 1.01.

Okay, okay!  I admit I didn't include any sound effects!  It just really wasn't a priority here.  This project actually originated from a desire I had to see if I could create an algorithm that could produce random mazes.  To be honest, I thought it was a pretty difficult endeavor.  What I ended up with is, shall we say, "good enough." It then grew into this little game, which I wanted to contribute to the BASIC programming community.

Since I included the source code with this archive, I actually don't care if you hack away at it and modify it for fun.  Just let me know of any changes that you make.  (The file with the extension .fbp is the FreeBASIC project file that you can load in an editor such as FbEdit.)

Thanks, and have fun.

Erich Kohl
ekohl@sbcglobal.net
http://www.erichkohl.blogspot.com/