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Inspector Gadget: Gadget's Crazy Maze

Inspector Gadget: Gadget's Crazy Maze isn't the type of game one would expect when taking on the role of the bumbling, multi-functional detective of the 1980's cartoon. Rather than an action title like its…

8 June 2001

Inspector Gadget: Gadget's Crazy Maze is an adventure developed by Vision Media Engineering, released 8 June 2001 on PlayStation.

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What Inspector Gadget: Gadget's Crazy Maze is

Inspector Gadget: Gadget's Crazy Maze is an adventure game developed by Vision Media Engineering and released in 2001. It was published by DIC Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Inspector Gadget: Gadget's Crazy Maze isn't the type of game one would expect when taking on the role of the bumbling, multi-functional detective of the 1980's cartoon. Rather than an action title like its Game Boy Color counterpart, this incarnation of Inspector Gadget is best described as a puzzle game with limited action elements. According to the story of Gadget's Crazy Maze, Inspector Gadget's mysterious arch-nemesis is up to no good once again. This time, the MADD ringleader Dr. Claw has been creating mind-control crystals on his secret moon base, then tossing them down to Earth. If the crystals lay dormant for a short amount of time, they will activate, taking control of the…
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Inspector Gadget series

Inspector Gadget: Gadget's Crazy Maze is the eighth of 12 entries we hold in the Inspector Gadget series. It arrived 6 months after Inspector Gadget: Operation Madkactus. The next entry was Inspector Gadget: Advance Mission in 2001.

See all 12 Inspector Gadget games in release order →

What it launched against

Inspector Gadget: Gadget's Crazy Maze launched on 8 June 2001, within three weeks of Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis, NBA Street, Sonic Adventure 2 and Twisted Metal: Black.

Released around the same time: Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis, NBA Street, Sonic Adventure 2, Twisted Metal: Black.

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When did Inspector Gadget: Gadget's Crazy Maze come out?
Inspector Gadget: Gadget's Crazy Maze was released on 8 June 2001 for PlayStation.

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