Abu Simbel Profanation

Moby ID: 15959
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The protagonist, Johny Jones, have been mutated by the curse of Abu Simbel, becoming a strange creature that only conserves his enormous nose of his old appearance.

In order to get rid of the curse he is forced to travel to Egypt to the pyramid where is the tomb of Abu Simbel, and where it must arrive after discovered the keys that will lead him to this place. If he obtains it, he will recover his normal appearance.

As logical, the pyramid is filled of traps and strange creatures who will suppose a serious obstacle for our pretensions, and the only weapon is our skill to be jump from a side to another one without falling in the claws of our enemies, or the traps that are in all places. He can do long or short jumps, according to the situation in which one is.

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Average score: 72% (based on 5 ratings)

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Average score: 3.1 out of 5 (based on 11 ratings with 1 reviews)

Modern games are too easy? Try Abu Simbel!

The Good
ABP is 2D platform, like a Jet Set Willy, and...this game is for HARDCORE gamers. Beginning somehow did not seem particularly hardcore. player has ten live - pretty good. The player starts from the entrance to the temple at Abu Simbel (by the way, is a real place, but of course for the game tweaked. Whether you know the typical images of Egyptian statues carved into a rock? That's it!) And then waiting first obstacle for the player - dripping water .One of her touch kills! And there is already a difficult game, you have to have perfect timing and reflexes, when drops fall to be able to run even a millimeter wrong or run a quarter of a second too soon ends in death! ...And that was just the first obstacle. Nimble fingers are REALLY necessary, and the player needs to know the levels to move on and do not fall into one of the many pitfalls. Controls are pretty simple - Left, right, and two types of jump.

The Bad
The difficulty is also a downside - depending on the player. With rage, you can get a nosebleed and accidentally destroy the keyboard. I never finished the game, or even get really far, because after a couple of chambers ended my life, I have no such nerves. Oh, just one more thing - spectrum's sound is BAD. REALLY BAD

The Bottom Line
Classic.Are you hardcore gamer (Meat Boy & Ninja Gaiden) ? It's a game for you. Other cases - Abu Simbel Profanation is far too difficult.

ZX Spectrum · by 666gonzo666 (67770) · 2013

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Known for its legendary difficulty level, the developers awarded a prize of 50,000 pesetas to the first player who completed the game and was able to read the sentence Nos veremos en el Polo.

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Contributors to this Entry

Game added by Kohler 86.

MSX, Amstrad CPC added by Martin Smith.

Additional contributors: Sciere, Macs Black, Patrick Bregger.

Game added December 20, 2004. Last modified December 31, 2023.