Simple 2000 Series Ultimate Vol. 8: Gekitou! Meiro King

Simple 2000 Series Ultimate Vol. 8: Gekitou! Meiro King

Aka: SIMPLE2000シリーズ Ultimate Vol.8 激闘!迷路キング, Maze Action
Console: Sony Playstation 2
TV Standard: NTSC-J
Country: Japan
Developer(s): D3 Publisher Inc.
Publisher(s): D3 Publisher Inc.
Release Date: 2003-04-24
Players: 2
Co-op: No
ESRB: Not Rated
Type: Shooter

Maze Action is a third person action game in which the player has to do the Hero Academy final exam. In this exam the player has to battle the other participants in a maze containing deadly traps and items to neutralize the opponent.

The four playable characters are: Lee Barak from the USA, Cindy Trent from Britain, Andy Chin from China and Katie Smith from Japan, each with different stats. In the game the player has to gather a total of three keys of the right color in a maze before his or her opponent does, and return them to the spawning point. In the maze are med kits, guns and other items that can help the player to fight the opponent in case they have a key the player needs. After defeating the four playable characters the player faces the final boss; the master guy, who turns out to be a woman and explains the game to you, and who must be fought to beat the game. The game contains a Story mode and a Free mode in which the player can battle another player in multiplayer.