Software:Eye of Horus (video game)

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Eye of Horus
Eye of Horus Cover.jpg
Developer(s)Denton Designs
Publisher(s)Logotron
Platform(s)Amiga, Atari ST, MS-DOS, Commodore 64
Release1989

Eye of Horus is a computer game published in 1989 by Fanfare (Britannica Software) for the Amiga.

Plot

Eye of Horus is a game in which the player is Horus searching within a labyrinth for the pieces of his father Osiris, to reassemble Osiris and defeat Set. Hieroglyphs in this labyrinth come to life to attack Horus, and he can use papyrus darts to fight them, or turn into a hawk and fly over enemies. Horus can also find amulets that can either be used to enhance the powers of his weapons, or to grant him other abilities as needed.[1]

Reception

The game was reviewed in 1991 in Dragon #169 by Hartley, Patricia, and Kirk Lesser in "The Role of Computers" column. The reviewers gave the game 1 out of 5 stars.[1]

Reviews

  • ST Format - Oct, 1989[2]
  • Atari ST User - Sep, 1989
  • The One - Nov, 1989[3]
  • The Games Machine - Jan, 1990[4]
  • The Games Machine - Oct, 1989[5]
  • ASM (Aktueller Software Markt) - Sep, 1989[6]
  • ASM (Aktueller Software Markt) - Jan, 1990[7]

References

  1. ↑ Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 Lesser, Hartley; Lesser, Patricia; Lesser, Kirk (May 1991). "The Role of Computers". Dragon (169): 61–65. 
  2. ↑ "ST Format (Issue 03) - October - 1989: Atari magazine scans". http://www.atarimania.com/atari-magazine-issue-st-format-issue-03_1144.html. 
  3. ↑ "TheOne Magazine Issue 14". November 1989. https://archive.org/details/theone-magazine-14/page/n82/mode/2up. 
  4. ↑ "The Games Machine Issue 26". http://archive.org/details/the-games-machine-26. Retrieved 21 April 2023. 
  5. ↑ "The Games Machine Issue 23". http://archive.org/details/the-games-machine-23. Retrieved 21 April 2023. 
  6. ↑ "Kultboy.com - DIE Kult-Seite über die alten Spiele-Magazine und Retro-Games!" (in de). https://www.kultboy.com/index.php?site=t&id=2676. 
  7. ↑ "Aktueller Software Markt (ASM) Magazine (February 1990)". February 1990. https://archive.org/details/asm_magazine-1990-02/page/n57/mode/2up. 

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