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Though not one of Konami's more popular arcade games, it was ported by Parker Brothers to many platforms, including the UsefulNotes/{{Atari 2600}}, Platform/VIC20, UsefulNotes/{{Intellivision}} and UsefulNotes/{{Colecovision}}. Parker Brothers also made prototype versions for the UsefulNotes/{{Odyssey 2}}, UsefulNotes/Atari8BitComputers and UsefulNotes/TI99 that went unreleased due to UsefulNotes/TheGreatVideoGameCrashOf1983 that removed them from the video game industry.

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Though not one of Konami's more popular arcade games, it was ported by Parker Brothers to many platforms, including the UsefulNotes/{{Atari Platform/{{Atari 2600}}, Platform/VIC20, UsefulNotes/{{Intellivision}} Platform/{{Intellivision}} and UsefulNotes/{{Colecovision}}. Platform/{{Colecovision}}. Parker Brothers also made prototype versions for the UsefulNotes/{{Odyssey Platform/{{Odyssey 2}}, UsefulNotes/Atari8BitComputers Platform/Atari8BitComputers and UsefulNotes/TI99 Platform/TI99 that went unreleased due to UsefulNotes/TheGreatVideoGameCrashOf1983 that removed them from the video game industry.
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Though not one of Konami's more popular arcade games, it was ported by Parker Brothers to many platforms, including the UsefulNotes/{{Atari 2600}}, UsefulNotes/VIC20, UsefulNotes/{{Intellivision}} and UsefulNotes/{{Colecovision}}. Parker Brothers also made prototype versions for the UsefulNotes/{{Odyssey 2}}, UsefulNotes/Atari8BitComputers and UsefulNotes/TI99 that went unreleased due to UsefulNotes/TheGreatVideoGameCrashOf1983 that removed them from the video game industry.

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Though not one of Konami's more popular arcade games, it was ported by Parker Brothers to many platforms, including the UsefulNotes/{{Atari 2600}}, UsefulNotes/VIC20, Platform/VIC20, UsefulNotes/{{Intellivision}} and UsefulNotes/{{Colecovision}}. Parker Brothers also made prototype versions for the UsefulNotes/{{Odyssey 2}}, UsefulNotes/Atari8BitComputers and UsefulNotes/TI99 that went unreleased due to UsefulNotes/TheGreatVideoGameCrashOf1983 that removed them from the video game industry.
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''Tutankham'' is a 1982 dungeon-crawling game by Creator/{{Konami}}, licensed in the United States by Creator/SternElectronics. Legend has it that the game was supposed to be titled 'UsefulNotes/{{Tutankhamun}}', but the last two letters didn't fit on the arcade cabinet.

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''Tutankham'' is a 1982 dungeon-crawling action-adventure game by Creator/{{Konami}}, licensed in the United States by Creator/SternElectronics. Legend has it that the game was supposed to be titled 'UsefulNotes/{{Tutankhamun}}', but the last two letters didn't fit on the arcade cabinet.

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* TeleportersAndTransporters: Warp portals in several places allow the player easy passage between the top and bottom halves of the level.
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* ReformulatedGame: Because it wasn't capable of smooth horizontal scrolling, the Atari 2600 version's levels instead scroll vertically. This makes the game ''much'' harder, since it keeps the left/right-shooting limitation despite your progression not being oriented in those directions.
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''Tutankham'' is a 1982 dungeon-crawling game by Creator/{{Konami}}, licensed in the United States by Creator/SternElectronics. Legend has it that the game was supposed to be titled 'UsefulNotes/{{Tutankhamen}}', but the last two letters didn't fit on the arcade cabinet.

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''Tutankham'' is a 1982 dungeon-crawling game by Creator/{{Konami}}, licensed in the United States by Creator/SternElectronics. Legend has it that the game was supposed to be titled 'UsefulNotes/{{Tutankhamen}}', 'UsefulNotes/{{Tutankhamun}}', but the last two letters didn't fit on the arcade cabinet.
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''Tutankham'' is a 1982 dungeon-crawling game by Creator/{{Konami}}, licensed in the United States by Creator/SternElectronics. Legend has it that the game was supposed to be titled 'Tutankhamen', but the last two letters didn't fit on the arcade cabinet.

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''Tutankham'' is a 1982 dungeon-crawling game by Creator/{{Konami}}, licensed in the United States by Creator/SternElectronics. Legend has it that the game was supposed to be titled 'Tutankhamen', 'UsefulNotes/{{Tutankhamen}}', but the last two letters didn't fit on the arcade cabinet.
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Though not one of Konami's more popular arcade games, it was ported by Parker Brothers to many platforms, including the UsefulNotes/{{Atari 2600}}, UsefulNotes/VIC20, UsefulNotes/{{Intellivision}} and UsefulNotes/{{Colecovision}}. Parker Brothers also made prototype versions for the UsefulNotes/{{Odyssey 2}}, UsefulNotes/Atari8BitComputers and TI99 that went unreleased due to TheGreatVideoGameCrashOf1983 that removed them from the video game industry.

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Though not one of Konami's more popular arcade games, it was ported by Parker Brothers to many platforms, including the UsefulNotes/{{Atari 2600}}, UsefulNotes/VIC20, UsefulNotes/{{Intellivision}} and UsefulNotes/{{Colecovision}}. Parker Brothers also made prototype versions for the UsefulNotes/{{Odyssey 2}}, UsefulNotes/Atari8BitComputers and TI99 UsefulNotes/TI99 that went unreleased due to TheGreatVideoGameCrashOf1983 UsefulNotes/TheGreatVideoGameCrashOf1983 that removed them from the video game industry.
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Though not one of Konami's more popular arcade games, it was ported by Parker Brothers to many platforms, including the UsefulNotes/{{Atari2600}}, UsefulNotes/VIC20, UsefulNotes/{{Intellivision}} and UsefulNotes/{{Colecovision}}. Parker Brothers also made prototype versions for the UsefulNotes/{{Odyssey 2}}, UsefulNotes/Atari8BitComputers and TI99 that went unreleased due to TheGreatVideoGameCrashOf1983 that removed them from the video game industry.

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Though not one of Konami's more popular arcade games, it was ported by Parker Brothers to many platforms, including the UsefulNotes/{{Atari2600}}, UsefulNotes/{{Atari 2600}}, UsefulNotes/VIC20, UsefulNotes/{{Intellivision}} and UsefulNotes/{{Colecovision}}. Parker Brothers also made prototype versions for the UsefulNotes/{{Odyssey 2}}, UsefulNotes/Atari8BitComputers and TI99 that went unreleased due to TheGreatVideoGameCrashOf1983 that removed them from the video game industry.
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Though not one of Konami's more popular arcade games, it was ported by Parker Brothers to many platforms, including the UsefulNotes/{{Atari2600}}, UsefulNotes/VIC20, UsefulNotes/{{Intellivision}} and UsefulNotes/{{Colecovision}}. Parker Brothers also made prototype versions for the {{Odyssey2}}, UsefulNotes/Atari8BitComputers and TI99 that went unreleased due to TheGreatVideoGameCrashOf1983 that removed them from the video game industry.

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Though not one of Konami's more popular arcade games, it was ported by Parker Brothers to many platforms, including the UsefulNotes/{{Atari2600}}, UsefulNotes/VIC20, UsefulNotes/{{Intellivision}} and UsefulNotes/{{Colecovision}}. Parker Brothers also made prototype versions for the {{Odyssey2}}, UsefulNotes/{{Odyssey 2}}, UsefulNotes/Atari8BitComputers and TI99 that went unreleased due to TheGreatVideoGameCrashOf1983 that removed them from the video game industry.
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Though not one of Konami's more popular arcade games, it was ported by Parker Brothers to many platforms, including the UsefulNotes/Atari2600, VIC20, UsefulNotes/{{Intellivision}} and UsefulNotes/{{Colecovision}}. Parker Brothers also made prototype versions for the {{Odyssey2}}, UsefulNotes/Atari8BitComputers and TI99 that went unreleased due to TheGreatVideoGameCrashOf1983 that removed them from the video game industry.

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Though not one of Konami's more popular arcade games, it was ported by Parker Brothers to many platforms, including the UsefulNotes/Atari2600, VIC20, UsefulNotes/{{Atari2600}}, UsefulNotes/VIC20, UsefulNotes/{{Intellivision}} and UsefulNotes/{{Colecovision}}. Parker Brothers also made prototype versions for the {{Odyssey2}}, UsefulNotes/Atari8BitComputers and TI99 that went unreleased due to TheGreatVideoGameCrashOf1983 that removed them from the video game industry.
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''Tutankham'' is a 1982 dungeon-crawling game by {{Konami}}, licensed in the United States by Creator/SternElectronics. Legend has it that the game was supposed to be titled 'Tutankhamen', but the last two letters didn't fit on the arcade cabinet.

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''Tutankham'' is a 1982 dungeon-crawling game by {{Konami}}, Creator/{{Konami}}, licensed in the United States by Creator/SternElectronics. Legend has it that the game was supposed to be titled 'Tutankhamen', but the last two letters didn't fit on the arcade cabinet.



Though not one of Konami's more popular arcade games, it was ported by Parker Brothers to many platforms, including the {{Atari 2600}}, VIC20, {{Intellivision}} and {{Colecovision}}. Parker Brothers also made prototype versions for the {{Odyssey2}}, Atari8BitComputers and TI99 that went unreleased due to TheGreatVideoGameCrashOf1983 that removed them from the video game industry.

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Though not one of Konami's more popular arcade games, it was ported by Parker Brothers to many platforms, including the {{Atari 2600}}, UsefulNotes/Atari2600, VIC20, {{Intellivision}} UsefulNotes/{{Intellivision}} and {{Colecovision}}. UsefulNotes/{{Colecovision}}. Parker Brothers also made prototype versions for the {{Odyssey2}}, Atari8BitComputers UsefulNotes/Atari8BitComputers and TI99 that went unreleased due to TheGreatVideoGameCrashOf1983 that removed them from the video game industry.
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''Tutankham'' is a 1982 dungeon-crawling game by {{Konami}}. (Legend has it that the game was supposed to be titled 'Tutankhamen', but the last two letters didn't fit on the arcade cabinet.)

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''Tutankham'' is a 1982 dungeon-crawling game by {{Konami}}. (Legend {{Konami}}, licensed in the United States by Creator/SternElectronics. Legend has it that the game was supposed to be titled 'Tutankhamen', but the last two letters didn't fit on the arcade cabinet.)
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* LevelMapDisplay: Shown at the top of the screen in the arcade version.


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* TeleportersAndTransporters: Warp portals in several places allow the player easy passage between the top and bottom halves of the level.
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* InterchangeableAntimatterKeys: Keys are one-use, though the player can only carry one at a time.
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* [[DenialOfDiagonalAttack Denial of Vertical Attack]]: The player can only fire to the left or right.
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''Tutankham'' is a 1982 dungeon-crawling game by {{Konami}}. (Legend has it that the game was supposed to be titled 'Tutankhamen', but the last two letters didn't fit on the arcade cabinet.)

The player explores a tomb to find hidden treasure, while fending off endless waves of enemies with a laser gun which can only fire horizontally. The treasures are a map, a sacred urn, a treasure chest, and King Tut's death mask.

Though not one of Konami's more popular arcade games, it was ported by Parker Brothers to many platforms, including the {{Atari 2600}}, VIC20, {{Intellivision}} and {{Colecovision}}. Parker Brothers also made prototype versions for the {{Odyssey2}}, Atari8BitComputers and TI99 that went unreleased due to TheGreatVideoGameCrashOf1983 that removed them from the video game industry.
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* AdventurerArchaeologist: The player character is obviously one of these.
* EndlessGame: The game loops after 16 stages.
* MookMaker: Enemies spawn in droves from alcoves in the walls.
* SmartBomb: "Flash bombs" can be used to take out all enemies on the screen.
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