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A turn-based, first-person 3D dungeon crawl. The only escape from the Pyramid of Ra is to gather the sun god's three relics, but the Scarab carries a curse...
A freak sandstorm in Egypt has uncovered the top of the Great Pyramid of RA the Sun-God. Already dozens of explorers, singly and in teams, have entered the pyramid through the door at the very top. None have ever returned. You, a lowly undergraduate student in Archaeology, have decided to enter the pyramid on your own and learn its secrets, and (if you can) survive to tell the outside world of its wonders.
In the dark of night, you have crept out of camp and into the Great Pyramid. You have stolen a little food, a lantern, and some oil for it, but that's all the equipment you were able to take on short notice. However, you expect to find abandoned food and equipment left behind in the pyramid by the other, earlier expeditions. (The ones that didn't make it out -- remember?)
....More....
Top file is version 1.4, bottom is 1.3.
Compatibility68k coded - Runs fine on PPC Mac too.
Comments
Review from MacFormat 19 (Dec. 1994) added.
A video of this game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nw8BD-HqCCo
There is a mathematical bug in the software which lets you get virtually endless cash while haggling. A friend of mine discovered it, and the game is nigh on impossible to finish without all that gold.
(I never saw the mummy, or finished).
False. The purpose of copyright and patents is
(Article I, Section 8, Clause 8 of the United States Constitution.)
I'm thinking in terms of US copyright here. Some countries do have more reasonable copyright terms, but such countries are few.
@themacmeister:
Nope, copyright lasts WAY longer than that. Between 75 and 120 years!!!
2 more years and it's out of copyright
Cannot be possible that this is still shareware?! There must be an issue with Kagi leaving old accounts active...
EDIT: Nope, they are dead serious
Since the developers are still active, it should be emphasized that this game is still active Shareware. Here is the link to purchase the game: http://store.kagi.com/cgi-bin/store.cgi?storeID=RH&&
Bertyboy,
Could you upload those versions somewhere, if it isn't too much a hassle?
Haha, me too. They freaked me out! It's Perhaps the only sound effect in the whole game.
@watchsmart, I've found v1.2 and v1.3, and I may have some older still. v1.1 is on the BMUG_PDROM_B3 uploaded here.
I still jump every time I get hit by a spear trap. ^_^;;
For what it's worth, if anyone has old versions of the game (uploaded is 1.4, the last), I'd love to get my paws on them.
And also: http://www.semicolon.com/ The developers of this game are still around!
That mummy always scared me at the end. The Monkeys where a pain. Great game!
This is one of the all time great shareware titles for the Mac. Everyone should try it.
Seems to work fine in Mini vMac, too.