Theseus and the Minotaur (video game) Theseus and the Minotaur (video game) Theseus and the Minotaur is a 1982 video game published by TSR. "Theseus and the Minotaur" is a hi-res 3D maze game in which the object is to find the princess Ariadne and lead her to the maze entrance. Chris Smith reviewed "Theseus and the Minotaur" in "The Space Gamer" No. 57. Smith commented that "Overall, this is a good game. The maze is different every time, though I can find no real difference between a complexity 1 and a complexity 100 game (they give you a choice at the beginning of each game).
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