Yeah, before, the mazes were kind of random and out there without too much basis. A few times in the more earlier versions, they showed up as a means to activate a dark relic or something like that. I think there were also a few to simulate hacking.

It's funny how many video games depict hacking puzzles in so many different kinds of ways. I've never hacked a real computer myself, but I've heard the process is actually pretty boring. xD