Tutankham
- Genres
- Shooter Platform Puzzle
- Platforms
- Arcade · Atari 2600 · Atari 8-bit · Intellivision · ColecoVision · Commodore VIC-20 · Web browser · Texas Instruments TI-99 · Odyssey 2 / Videopac G7000 · NEC PC-6000 Series
- Release
- Arcade Jan 1982 Exact Arcade Jun 10, 1982 Arcade Jul 1982 Exact NEC PC-6000 Series 1982 Month only Odyssey 2 / Videopac G7000 1982 Month only Intellivision Oct 01, 1983 Atari 2600 1983 Month only ColecoVision 1983 Month only Commodore VIC-20 1983 Month only Intellivision 1983 Month only Atari 8-bit 1983 Month only Texas Instruments TI-99 1983 Month only Web browser Jul 23, 2022
- Credits
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K
Konami
PB
Parker Brothers
SE
Stern Electronics
- Board status
- —
About
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.
