▁" r ather ▁ted ious " ▁for ▁genre ▁veter ans . ▁Roy ▁Wagner ▁of ▁Computer ▁G aming ▁World ▁summar ized ▁Lab yr inth ▁as ▁a ▁" very ▁well ▁done ▁[ game ] ▁with ▁an ▁excellent ▁user ▁interface ". ▁ ▁Writing ▁for ▁Computer ▁& ▁Video ▁Games , ▁Matthew ▁Wood ley ▁pra ised ▁the ▁game ' s ▁variety ▁and ▁interface . ▁While ▁he ▁dis lik ed ▁its ▁long ▁loading ▁times , ▁he ▁believed ▁that ▁they ▁were ▁" a ▁small ▁price ▁to ▁pay ▁for ▁such ▁a ▁brilliant ▁game ". ▁However , ▁Lab yr inth ▁was ▁critic ized ▁by ▁the ▁three ▁review ers ▁of ▁Z z ap ! 6 4 . ▁Although ▁he ▁pra ised ▁its ▁visual s , ▁co - rev iewer ▁Paul ▁Sum ner ▁called ▁the ▁game ▁too ▁slow - p ac ed ▁for ▁an ▁action ▁title ▁and ▁too ▁simpl istic ▁for ▁an ▁advent ure . ▁Co - rev iewer ▁Julian ▁R ign all ▁considered ▁it ▁to ▁be ▁b oring ▁and ▁" a ▁real ▁disappoint ment ", ▁given ▁Lucas film ' s ▁strong ▁track ▁record . ▁ ▁Leg acy ▁Lab yr inth ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁advent ure ▁game ▁produced ▁by ▁Lucas film , ▁which ▁became ▁a ▁crit ically ▁acc laimed ▁and ▁commer cially ▁successful ▁developer ▁in ▁the ▁genre . ▁The ▁game ' s ▁technology ▁and ▁mechan ics ▁influenced ▁the ▁company ' s ▁subsequent ▁title ▁Man iac ▁M ansion , ▁whose ▁" SC UM M " ▁engine ▁was ▁re used ▁in ▁many ▁Lucas film ▁advent ure ▁games . ▁The ▁word ▁whe els ▁were ▁a ▁prede cess