Pharaoh's Tomb is a game I used to play as a child. Coming from the early 1990's, both the graphics and sounds are simple. The graphics are two dimensional and the sound consists of sticky little “pft” noises made as you jump and short bleeps as you shoot or are shot at. The blinking sound made when you collect the coins is reminiscent of old Mario games, and is rather satisfying. Despite the low graphic and sound quality, the game is a blast.
Pharaoh's Tomb is a game I used to play as a child. Coming from the early 1990's, both the graphics and sounds are simple. The graphics are two dimensional and the sound consists of sticky little “pft” noises made as you jump and short bleeps as you shoot or are shot at. The blinking sound made when you collect the coins is reminiscent of old Mario games, and is rather satisfying. Despite the low graphic and sound quality, the game is a blast. You will especially love it if you grew up playing the old MS-DOS games and want to take a trip down memory lane.
In the game, you play as Nevada Smith, an archeological student on a hunt through an Egyptian tomb.
You have actually stolen the map (that you found and your Professor took credit for) from your Professor and are searching the tomb in order to earn the fame your teacher tried to steal from you. Each level in the game represents a room in the tomb. Moving through each "room", you have to collect all the coins, all the while dodging or killing (with spears) enemies such as walking skulls and ugly spiders. You have to beware of hidden weapons such as spikes and guns that shoot out as you walk or jump by. Sometimes the only way to find these is to get killed by them once and then remember where they are in order to avoid them later. Many of the levels have hidden blocks that release coins, points, and lives if you jump into them. Be careful, these blocks can only be hit once, and the longer you hit them for, the more you get out of them. If you accidentally jump into them for only a second, you won’t get much out of them and you won’t be able to hit them again. In each level you must collect the key to unlock the door before you can leave. I have never made it through all the levels, so I don’t know how it ends. I can’t wait to find out!
One downside to the game is that the keys chosen for actions such as "jump" and "fire" are awkward, and you cannot change them. You can only change "left" and "right" keys. Nonetheless, the game is addicting.
Since it is an old MS-DOS game, getting it to play in Windows can be tricky. The easiest way is to download an MS-DOS emulator and playing in that.
