Gordian Tomb
adventure platform game for Commodore 64, 1990
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The main protagonist is a relic hunter that must explore a pyramid to find a
secret treasure room. He must pick up and use various tools on his way to
overcome obstacles and access unreachable areas. Objects are collected by
colliding with them. In order to be able to collect an object, the player
must first find the screen where it has to be used. Otherwise, the object
can't be taken and the game gives a warning in the hint area: "Later dude!".
The protagonist has to avoid death by wild animals, dangerous environments and
supernatural phenomena. On the top of the screen there is the ever-decreasing
timer. Below that is displayed a hint (if available) about the screen,
usually describing what object can be used. At the bottom there are several
slots for the paraphernalia collected, and below that images of the
protagonist as the number of lives. The game starts with a 32 minutes time
limit and 8 lives, and has no form of saving progress.
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Some useful keyboard shortcuts
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[PAUSE] - stop/continue game
[F9] - quick load game state
[F12] - quick save game state (still stored after leaving the site)
[F11] - toggle fullscreen mode
[ScrollLock] - quick switch control ports
[PageDown] - make a screenshot (320x200)