Software:Secrets of the Luxor

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Short description: 1996 adventure video game
Secrets of the Luxor
Secrets of the Luxor cover.jpg
Developer(s)Mojave
Publisher(s)Ubi Soft
Platform(s)Windows, Macintosh
Release
Genre(s)Adventure

Secrets of the Luxor is a 1996 adventure video game developed by American studio Mojave and published by Ubi Soft for Macintosh, Windows, and Windows 3.x.

Plot and game-play

The player is an archaeologist who is exploring an ancient pyramid. Upon discovering a powerful artifact left behind by an ancient civilization, the player must prevent it from being taken by antagonists.

The game features a point-and-click interface and static 3D rendered graphics.

Production

The game was developed by Mojave, an offshoot of 3D-graphics architects Strata.[2] The hintbook was cowritten by Utah-born Tanya Rizzuti and Adrian Ropp.[3]

Luxor was one of two video game created by Mojave, the other being Sinkha.[4][5]

In 1998, there was a promotion where German iMac buyers could additionally purchase the Play Max iMac Edition 1 with various titles including Luxor.[6]

Critical reception

Reception
Review score
PublicationScore
MacHome Journal3.5/5 stars[7]

Adventure Gamers felt that the thrilling first third was let down by the remainder of the game.[8] Metzomagic described it as a 'bargain bin purchase'.[9] Tap Repeatedly wrote that while the game was well designed, some of the puzzles seemed to be mind bogglingly hard.[10] Gameboomers appreciated the subtle hits of humour.[11] MacHome liked the " rich plot and exceptional graphics".[12] Eblong wrote that the plot was "cheesy".[13] MacUser's biggest criticism was that "it's so challenging you progress too slowly".[14] The Daily Herald felt that while it was scant on story, its puzzles were too long.[15] Just Adventure described it as "one of the few games to rise above the now-derogatory label of Myst clone".[16] The Age praised the "wonderful 3D-images".[17] MacAddict deemed it visually stunning.[18]

References

  1. ↑ "Pre Aug. 96 Shipping". http://www.gamepen.com/shipping/june-july.html. 
  2. ↑ PEGORARO, ROB (July 31, 1996). "ANOTHER BARGAIN: FREE PLAY". The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/technology/1996/07/31/another-bargain-free-play/cee38ede-8459-4c34-9966-71799f9b5934/. 
  3. ↑ "Biographies: Latter-day Saint and/or Utah Film Personalities: R". http://www.ldsfilm.com/bio/bioR2.html. 
  4. ↑ "Interview with Secrets of the Luxor Designers". 2001-02-22. http://justadventure.com/Interviews/Secrets_of_the_Luxor/Secrets.asp. 
  5. ↑ "SVM n°138 mai 1996 – Page 66 – 67 – SVM n°138 mai 1996 – SVM – informatique grand public – informatique et réseaux – Sciences et Techniques – 1001mags – Magazines en PDF à 1 € et GRATUITS !". http://fr.1001mags.com/parution/svm/numero-138-mai-1996/page-66-67-texte-integral. 
  6. ↑ Müller, Peter (August 14, 1998). "iMac comes with additional software" (in de-DE). https://www.macwelt.de/news/iMac-kommt-mit-zusaetzlicher-Software-2752033.html. 
  7. ↑ McFarland, Raven r. m. (November 1996). "Secrets of the Luxor". MacHome Journal. Archived from the original on November 29, 2001. https://web.archive.org/web/20011129180017/http://www.machome.com/reviews/Action.Lasso?-Database=reviewsDB&-layout=search&-response=display.lasso&-RecordID=33216&-search. 
  8. ↑ Ivey, Ray (May 19, 2002). "Secrets of Luxor review". https://adventuregamers.com/articles/view/17486. 
  9. ↑ Aplin, Gordon (July 1999). "Secrets of the Luxor Review". http://www.metzomagic.com/showArticle.php?index=298. 
  10. ↑ "Four Fat Chicks – Secrets of the Luxor Review". 2013-12-15. http://www.tap-repeatedly.com/Reviews/Secrets_of_the_Luxor/Luxor.shtml. 
  11. ↑ "Secrets of the Luxor review". http://www.gameboomers.com/reviews/Ss/secretsluxorbyjenny100.htm. 
  12. ↑ "Secrets of the Luxor". February 15, 1998. http://www.machome.com/GameGuide/Adventure.html. 
  13. ↑ "Review: Secrets of the Luxor". https://www.eblong.com/zarf/gamerev/luxor.html. 
  14. ↑ MacUser October 1996. December 1996. http://archive.org/details/MacUser9610October1996. 
  15. ↑ "The Daily Herald from Chicago, Illinois on November 18, 1996 · Page 170". 18 November 1996. http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/20267894/. 
  16. ↑ Sluganski, Randy (May 8, 2001). "The 10 Best Adventure Games That (Almost) No One Has Ever Played". http://justadventure.com/articles/Nobody_Played/10_Best.asp. 
  17. ↑ "The teenage software gap no one wants to fill". September 3, 1996. p. 41. http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/122865508/. 
  18. ↑ MacAddict 001. September 1996. http://archive.org/details/MacAddict-001-199609. 

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