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Game entry

Tutankham

1982 · Metroidvania, Platformer, Shoot 'em up, Puzzle · Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit, Commodore VIC-20, NEC PC-6000 Series, Arcade, Intellivision, ColecoVision, Odyssey 2 / Videopac G7000, Texas Instruments TI-99, Web browser · Stern Electronics

Tutankham is listed in the GameForever catalogue but not in the duel pool: this game is never offered for a vote, its 1,500 points are never at stake and it does not appear in the world ranking. Its entry and its debate stay open.

World rank

ELO score

1,500

Wins

Duels played

0

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About Tutankham

Tutankham is a combination of the maze, action and shoot 'em up genres. Taking on the role of an explorer grave robbing Tutankhamun's tomb, the player is chased by creatures such as asps, vultures, parrots, bats, dragons, and even curses, all that kill the player on contact. The explorer can fight back by firing lasers at the creatures, but he can only cover the left and right directions. The player is also endowed with a single screen-clearing "flash bomb" per level or life. Finally, each level has warp zones that teleport the player around the level, which enemies cannot use.

To progress, the player collects keys open locked doors throughout the levels, searching for the large exit door. Optional treasures can be picked-up for bonus points. Each level has a timer; when it reaches zero the explorer can no longer fire lasers, and once a level is cleared the remaining time is converted to bonus points.

ELO progression

This game does not take part in duels: its score never moves, so there is no history to plot.

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