Irritating Maze VS Irritating Stick

Retrogamer · Nov 26, 2002

It has been brought to my attention that there is a Playstation version of the Neo Geo MVS game known as Irritating Maze , dubbed as "Irritating Stick" !

And the game even has a US release , my question is :

Is it the same game ?

Any info from anyone who has played both and can be informative as to what differences and similaritys that exist between both versions would be appreciated .

-George

RabbitTroop · Nov 26, 2002

First I have heard of this.... I was just checking it out on IGN.com

<a href="http://psx.ign.com/articles/130/130466p1.html" target="_blank">http://psx.ign.com/articles/130/130466p1.html</a>

Movies and stuff there, and it does look similar, especially the slot machine board. Deffinetly influenced by the Neo game, and hey Sarus made it.

-Nick

ST-V · Nov 26, 2002

A very good game indeed! I never tried Neo Geo Irritating Maze, but Irritating Stick (released over here by Jaelco at the time) is pretty fun, and being able to aquire it for an affordable price is a nice incentive.

Retrogamer · Nov 27, 2002

Originally posted by nruva:
<strong>First I have heard of this.... I was just checking it out on IGN.com

<a href="http://psx.ign.com/articles/130/130466p1.html" target="_blank">http://psx.ign.com/articles/130/130466p1.html</a>

Movies and stuff there, and it does look similar, especially the slot machine board. Deffinetly influenced by the Neo game, and hey Sarus made it.

-Nick</strong><hr></blockquote>

It seems that the Irritating Stick has 3-D views of the maze , and seems to be polygonal .
Irritating Maze is 2-D sprites ....correct ?

chris1 · Nov 27, 2002

I have the PS Irritating Stick game.I bought it from EB for $10.00
I never tried Neo Geo Irritating Maze but I'm looking to get it in MVS.
I thought it would be the same game but your post would clear this up for me.
It's also on a Official Playstation demo disc.
(Irritating Stick)
I bought it for my wife to play,It's too Irritating for me...lol

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Retrogamer · Nov 28, 2002

Seems very few if any have played both .
There has to be someone .

Big Bruno · Nov 29, 2002

I have only played the IM dedicated.

However I hear the IM PS as you stated is more of a 3d version.

The real IM (forget if that is the name it goes by) is a hugh wall unit the people actually walk up to and run a stick through to get to the end.

IM Dedicated on the Neo Geo uses a track ball to run the wand through (which being 2d looks like a puck) across a maze field. See screenshot section here.

Maybe shades a little light but might not help any further for the PS version

Irritating Maze VS Irritating Stick

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