Line #1 VideoGame/Tutankham

Context VideoGame / Tutankham

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1	[[quoteright:224:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tutankham_1649.jpg]]
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3	''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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5	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.
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7	Though not one of Konami's more popular arcade games, it was ported by Parker Brothers to many platforms, including the Platform/{{Atari 2600}}, Platform/VIC20, Platform/{{Intellivision}} and Platform/{{Colecovision}}. Parker Brothers also made prototype versions for the Platform/{{Odyssey 2}}, Platform/Atari8BitComputers and Platform/TI99 that went unreleased due to UsefulNotes/TheGreatVideoGameCrashOf1983 that removed them from the video game industry.
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10	!!Tropes:
11	* AdventurerArchaeologist: The player character is obviously one of these.
12	* CoolGate: Warp portals in several places allow the player easy passage between the top and bottom halves of the level.
13	* [[DenialOfDiagonalAttack Denial of Vertical Attack]]: The player can only fire to the left or right.
14	* EndlessGame: The game loops after 16 stages.
15	* EverythingIsTryingToKillYou
16	* InterchangeableAntimatterKeys: Keys are one-use, though the player can only carry one at a time.
17	* LevelMapDisplay: Shown at the top of the screen in the arcade version.
18	* MookMaker: Enemies spawn in droves from alcoves in the walls.
19	* NintendoHard: Good luck getting past the 2nd level.
20	* 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.
21	* SmartBomb: "Flash bombs" can be used to take out all enemies on the screen.

Context VideoGame / Tutankham