Tutankham cover

Tutankham

First release
Jan 1982
Engine
PICO-8
Genres
Platform, Shooter, Puzzle · Action

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.

Also known as Horror Maze

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Details

Storyline, release dates, time to beat, age ratings, modes, links, keywords

Release dates
Arcade
Jan 1982
Arcade
Jun 10, 1982
Arcade
Jul 1982
All 13 release dates
NEC PC-6000 Series
1982
Odyssey 2 / Videopac G7000
1982
Intellivision
Oct 01, 1983
Texas Instruments TI-99
1983
Atari 2600
1983
Atari 8-bit
1983
Intellivision
1983
ColecoVision
1983
Commodore VIC-20
1983
Web browser
Jul 23, 2022
Game modes
Multiplayer, Single player
Perspective
Bird view / Isometric
Keywords
shoot 'em up, metroidvania, run and gun, maze, mummy
… All 13, action-adventure, side-scrolling, egypt, german mythology, backtracking, royalty, twin stick control, egyptian mythology

How it plays

Languages

  • Englishinterface
IGDB · recorded 7 Oct 2026

Language data: IGDB · recorded 7 Oct 2026