Joe Gunn
platform adventure game for Commodore 64, 2009
![Joe Gunn Joe Gunn](/images/joe-gunn.png)
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Joseph J. Gunn is a passionate archaeologist, who in the desert of Egypt
stumbles upon an unknown pyramid. Could it be the lost tomb of the Crocodile
King? The only way to find out is to enter and explore the tomb, solve it's
secret and escape alive again.
Joe Gunn is a puzzle based platformer. The gameplay involve guiding Joe from
screen to screen as he explores the tomb. The focus of it lies in solving
puzzles. This is done by examining the environment in search for objects that
can be used to progress deeper into the tomb. Joe can walk and jump left and
right. Jumping is done by holding down a button and moving the stick in the
right direction. Examining the environment is done by holding down the button
and moving the stick downwards, while moving it upwards will allow the player
to use an object. Objects that can be found includes scarabs, books and
amulets and can be used at different places in the levels to trigger events
that allows the player to move on. The player has to avoid the different
inhabitants of the tomb like bats, snakes and mummies as well as
environmental hazards such as rolling boulders and spikes shooting out of the
floor. Part of the goal of the game is to collect golden masks. The download
version has nine masks while the tape version has ten.
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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)
[F10] - toggle performance meter
[F11] - toggle fullscreen mode
[ScrollLock] - quick switch control ports
[PageDown] - make a screenshot (320x200)