Shnax

Shnax is a single screen maze game for the MSX inspired by Pac-Man where the player can collect multiple temporal abilities like shield, jump and transport.

The player controls a blue Pac-Man-like Face who must clear a maze consisting of horizontal, vertical and diagonal corridors by eating dots. Eating a Power-Pill turns the Face turns yellow and previous lethal creatures can be eaten. During this short time period an object can be collected that enables the Face to jump over creatures or transport to the start position or opposite end of the maze.

The added difficulty comes from a fast-moving Saw blade who is immune to Power-Pills and guards the bottom part of the maze. The only way to avoid it is to use a special ability you hopefully collected earlier as an object.

When a maze is cleared, a new one is drawn with the same corridor-layout but with different and faster moving creatures.