▁collabor ated ▁with ▁author ▁Douglas ▁Adams ▁in ▁a ▁week - long ▁series ▁of ▁bra inst orm ing ▁sessions , ▁which ▁inspired ▁much ▁of ▁the ▁final ▁product . ▁Lab yr inth ▁received ▁positive ▁reviews ▁and , ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁was ▁a ▁bigger ▁commercial ▁success ▁than ▁the ▁film ▁upon ▁which ▁it ▁was ▁based . ▁Its ▁design ▁influenced ▁Lucas film ' s ▁subsequent ▁advent ure ▁title , ▁the ▁crit ically ▁acc laimed ▁Man iac ▁M ansion . ▁ ▁Over view ▁ ▁Lab yr inth : ▁The ▁Computer ▁Game ▁is ▁a ▁graph ic ▁advent ure ▁game ▁in ▁which ▁the ▁player ▁man eu vers ▁a ▁character ▁through ▁a ▁ma ze ▁while ▁solving ▁puzz les ▁and ▁ev ading ▁d angers . ▁It ▁is ▁an ▁adaptation ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 6 ▁film ▁Lab yr inth , ▁many ▁of ▁whose ▁events ▁and ▁characters ▁are ▁reprodu ced ▁in ▁the ▁game . ▁However , ▁it ▁does ▁not ▁follow ▁the ▁plot ▁of ▁the ▁film . ▁At ▁the ▁beginning , ▁the ▁player ▁enters ▁their ▁name , ▁sex ▁and ▁favorite ▁color : ▁the ▁last ▁two ▁fields ▁determine ▁the ▁appearance ▁of ▁the ▁player ▁character . ▁After ward , ▁a ▁short ▁text - based ▁advent ure ▁sequence ▁unf olds , ▁where in ▁the ▁player ▁enters ▁a ▁movie ▁the ater ▁to ▁watch ▁the ▁film ▁Lab yr inth . ▁The ▁game ▁then ▁changes ▁to ▁a ▁graph ic ▁advent ure ▁format . ▁J are th , ▁the ▁main ▁ant agon ist , ▁appears ▁on ▁the ▁projection ▁screen ▁and ▁trans ports ▁the ▁protagon ist ▁to ▁a ▁lab yr