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<blockquote>I made this game in October of '04 for Halloween and sent it to a few of my friends in an email. About 5 months later, someone had sent the same email back to my mother! It had turned into a viral email joke. I was very flattered and figured I should make a website for all the stupid prank games I've made. | <blockquote>I made this game in October of '04 for Halloween and sent it to a few of my friends in an email. About 5 months later, someone had sent the same email back to my mother! It had turned into a viral email joke. I was very flattered and figured I should make a website for all the stupid prank games I've made. | ||
~Jeremy Winterrowd<ref>Winterrowd responding to a question on Yahoo Answers https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080810043147AA2Ssol</ref></blockquote> | |||
~Jeremy Winterrowd<ref>Winterrowd responding to a question on Yahoo Answers https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080810043147AA2Ssol</ref> | |||
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The first two levels are easy to complete. But as the third level is reached, the walls begin to shrink and have sharp turns, making it difficult to avoid touching them. This usually makes the player concentrate on the screen. Then, near the first curve to the left of the maze sharp part, a picture of [[Regan MacNeil]] from the 1973's classic horror movie ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Exorcist_(film) The Exorcist]'' pops up along with two loud screams, scaring the user. | The first two levels are easy to complete. But as the third level is reached, the walls begin to shrink and have sharp turns, making it difficult to avoid touching them. This usually makes the player concentrate on the screen. Then, near the first curve to the left of the maze sharp part, a picture of [[Regan MacNeil]] from the 1973's classic horror movie ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Exorcist_(film) The Exorcist]'' pops up along with two loud screams, scaring the user. | ||
The game was uploaded in 2005 on Jeremy's website, [[Jeremy Winterrowd|Winterrowd.com]]. The original version of the game had some slight differences in color, where orange/yellow with alternative text was used instead of turquoise. | The game was uploaded in 2005 on Jeremy's website, [[Jeremy Winterrowd|Winterrowd.com]]. The original version of the game had some slight differences in color, where orange/yellow with alternative text was used instead of turquoise. There an alternative version of the game used in ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America%27s_Funniest_Home_Videos America's Funniest Home Videos],'' where the face that pops up is replaced with the one from [[What's Wrong?]]<ref>youtu.be/qNW7Zzgapsg?t=30</ref>, due to copyright laws. It includes a scream from [[What's Wrong?]]{{Cite}} | ||
There an alternative version of the game | |||
== '''Reactions''' == | == '''Reactions''' == | ||
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''The Maze'' has been parodied on [http://bitchute.com/video/NaAKKQqq33oy/ Saturday Night Live]. There is also a game called [[Save Justin Bieber]], created by [[Jeremy Winterrowd]] himself, which replaces some parts of the game with a picture of Justin Bieber and the maze color is light purple instead of cyan blue. | ''The Maze'' has been parodied on [http://bitchute.com/video/NaAKKQqq33oy/ Saturday Night Live]. There is also a game called [[Save Justin Bieber]], created by [[Jeremy Winterrowd]] himself, which replaces some parts of the game with a picture of Justin Bieber and the maze color is light purple instead of cyan blue. | ||
In ''The Simpsons'' episode ''"[http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/Flanders'_Ladder Flanders' Ladder]"'', the opening segment has Bart Simpson prank his sister Lisa by having her play a game called "''Genius Maze''", which is a direct spoof of The Maze, however in this spoof, the jumpscare happened very early on in the 2nd level, and has a popup of a zombie, instead of Regan.<ref>https://www.amazon.com/Flanders-Ladder/dp/B074YXG6T2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1545805709&sr=8-1&keywords=flander%27s+ladder</ref>''<nowiki/>'' | In ''The Simpsons'' episode ''"[http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/Flanders'_Ladder Flanders' Ladder]"'', the opening segment has Bart Simpson prank his sister Lisa by having her play a game called "''Genius Maze''", which is a direct spoof of The Maze, however in this spoof, the jumpscare happened very early on in the 2nd level, and has a popup of a zombie, instead of [[Regan]].<ref>https://www.amazon.com/Flanders-Ladder/dp/B074YXG6T2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1545805709&sr=8-1&keywords=flander%27s+ladder</ref>''<nowiki/>'' | ||
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