RetroMaze Lite

It’s been a while now since portable devices such as smartphones, tablets, hand-held gaming consoles etc. have been offering a rather tough competition to the PC-gaming industry- thanks to the enormous growth these devices underwent towards the end of the last decade. Smartphones, in particular, have been leading this trend off late, and eventually resulting in these devices being increasingly used for entertainment purposes rather than just for making or receiving calls. Looking at this rapid expansion of the gaming industry- once restricted mainly to PCs, to new and more sophisticated portable devices, a lot of new as well as remake versions of a wide range of games from various genres have been developed for these platforms - RetroMaze Lite for Android being one of the more popular ones amongst them.

RetroMaze Lite v.1.06 by NetPlay Software is a shareware shooting game for Android based devices with a simple interface but an addictive gameplay. All the objects in the game are made up of alpha numeric characters and the game is played in a maze against the sharp AI or other players. The main target of the player is to take down the opponents by hitting them with your bullets and shots. When you start the game, you can play the multiplayer mode over a Wi-Fi or a Bluetooth connection. The game supports up to eight players in one session and all the players can spontaneously join the game. The game offers loads of power ups, teleports and bullets where the power-ups can either make you invisible, make you temporarily immune to attacks, give you the ability to pass through the maze walls and the likes. You can also use the power-up to blend into the background which gives you a chance to use your stealth tactics against your opponents.

RetroMaze Lite v.1.06 is, overall, a nice and addictive game and ensures long hours of fun and entertainment on the multiplayer mode. Hence, it receives a score of four and a half rating points on the scale of five.

RetroMaze Lite is an Android multiplayer shoot-em-up. Play against the cunning AI in single player mode, and then take on family and friends in the multiplayer mode. Drop mines, place walls and collect power ups to outsmart the opponent. RetroMaze will automatically find other players over a local WiFi or Bluetooth network.
When RetroMaze first starts it will shout on the network 'I want to join a game'. If another RetroMaze game is within earshot, then it will respond with 'come join my game'. Local multiplayer games offer a level of player interaction that is not possible over a distant Internet connection. Fast reflexes and the physical presence of other players add a new level of excitement. Up to 8 players can spontaneously join a match.
In true retro style maze objects such as players, teleports, power-ups and bullets are all rendered in glorious text. Power-ups give added abilities including invisibility, temporary immunity to explosions and bullets, and 'walk-thru' maze walls. The 'disguise as wall' power-up offers stealth tactics. The player can blend into the maze background and take any unsuspecting opponent by surprise.
RetroMaze also offers random elements of surprise. The 'big bomb' can change the tactical situation in an instant. To survive the bomb, players must occupy a teleport. When there are less teleports than players or more than one player heads for the same teleport, the game becomes a musical chairs scramble for survival.
The Lite version of RetroMaze is limited to 2 mazes and 10 minute matches. The full version offers unlimited play and over 30 different mazes, each with a unique strategy and game play.