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Scarab of Ra
Scarab of Ra is a classic Mac OS shareware game. It was originally written for the Macintosh in 1987 by Semicolon Software, who also made the quite popular title Solitaire Till Dawn. It is an adventure game set in a pyramid in Egypt. more...
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Gameplay
Gameplay is essentially a very simplified Roguelike. Each new game is randomised, and you can only save by quitting. Movement is turn-based, yet setting a speed alters how many moves other characters can make after the player. Each level is a square maze, the first ones starting very simple with each getting larger as you descend levels, simulating the design of a pyramid. Every level has a key which must be found in order to descend the next level. Once there, ascension is impossible which can make players stuck if they left an important item behind. The first level is 3 steps by 3 steps, totalling 9 squares. Each succeeding level is one step larger in each dimension (so the next level is 4 steps by 4 steps, for a total of 16 squares) and so on. The mazes quickly become fairly large, becoming several hundred squares in area in just a few levels.
In order to complete the game, one must gather all three major treasures. Once this has been accomplished, an exit is revealed, yet the player can choose to continue playing if they wish to risk death and increase their score.
Despite being much simpler in design than other Roguelikes, it's still incredibly difficult and quite complex. Death comes frequently and quickly, forcing players to make the most of their survival skills and items they come across. The game is filled with tense moments when players are on the brink of death, desperately hoping a needed item will be found while avoiding and fleeing from the many hazards. Very careful and clever use of inventory is required if players wish to survive, and experimentation can have very rewarding results.
Weapons and items available in the game include:
A lantern, used for lighting the passages in the pyramid (which you start with);
Keys to open the door to the next level;
Food, which the player must eat to stay alive
Lunch Boxes;
Small melons, which tend to explode more often than not causing some bodily damage.;
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Gold, which increases the player's score when deposited in specially marked banks;
Oil to refill the player's lantern;
Ten-foot poles, used to set off traps from a distance;
Bullwhips, used to drive away animals;
Charcoal to write messages on the wall (to make the pyramid easier to map);
Nets, used to entangle animals;
Tranquilizer dart guns, used to sedate animals
Tranquilizer darts, ammunition for the gun;
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Snake bite cure, which cures snake poison with one gulp;
First aid kits, used to heal wounds;
Nightglasses, used to check long corridors if one's lantern is burned out;
The three Treasures (A player must find all three to win the game):
the Scarab of Ra, used to destroy mummies;
the Crown of Ra;
the Staff of Ra;
Read more at Wikipedia.org
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