Tutankham

arcade labyrinth game for Commodore 64, 2022

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In this game, the player controls an explorer who is robbing Tutankhamun's
tomb. The player will search for precious treasures (maps, lamps, chests of
gold & jewels, and, above all, the golden mask of King Tut) and fight off the
various creatures that guard the tomb to ultimately find the way through the
catacombs.

Gameplay

The player must guide the explorer through a series of progressively more
difficult mazes across different stages. The explorer may move in four
directions, but can only fire in two directions, left and right, making the
player helpless in vertical shafts. There are also "warp zones" located in
random parts of each maze that allow the explorer to be teleported from one
area of the maze to another.

There are several different creatures that constantly materialize
from "spawning zones" within the maze and attack, including crows, snakes,
bats, dragons, and other magical beings. Those creatures can be destroyed to
score between 20 and 60 points with either bullets or a "flash bomb". The
explorer has a single "flash bomb" per life that destroys all enemies on the
screen.

On each stage, the explorer must pick up keys in order to unlock the door to
the room where each of the treasures are kept, allowing the passage to the
next stage. Along the way, the explorer may grab optional treasures(rings and
coffers) for bonus points.

If the timer reaches zero, the player's ability to fire is removed.

Bonus points are awarded based on the amount of extra time left over when a
stage is completed.

After the player has recovered the King Tut's treasures in all the stages, the
game starts over again with increased difficulty and more keys to pick up.

At 30000 points, the player earns an extra life.

Options

There are 4 difficulty levels to choose from: Novice, Medium, Hard, Expert.
The Hard level roughly corresponds to the Easy level of the original arcade
game, while the Expert level corresponds to the Normal arcade level.

There are 2 fire modes:

A = When you press fire, the left and right bullets are fired simultaneously.
B = To fire the bullet on the left, press fire and move the joystick lever to
the left (the explorer does not change direction). To shoot right, press fire
and move the lever to the right.

Controls

Joystick in port 2.

Joystick lever = Move the explorer
Fire button = Shoot
Spacebar = Detonate the flash bomb

While playing, press F7 to pause or F1 to stop the game
and go back to the title screen.

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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)