Eye of Horus (video game)
Eye of Horus is a computer game published in 1989 by Fanfare (Britannica Software) for the Amiga.
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| Developer(s) | Denton Designs |
| Publisher(s) | Logotron |
| Platform(s) | Amiga, Atari ST, MS-DOS, Commodore 64 |
| Release | 1989 |
Plot
In Eye of Horus, the player is Horus and must find the pieces of his father, Osiris, and assemble them in order to defeat the evil Set. The pieces of Osiris are located within a labyrinth where hieroglyphs come alive to prevent the player from completing this task. Horus possesses papyrus darts to destroy the evil that attacks him, and he also has the ability to turn into a hawk to fly over certain enemies to help him complete his mission. Horus can pick up amulets that can increase his weapons' powers or assist him in other ways.[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 84 out of 100 84
- Atari ST User - Sep, 1989 8 out of 10 80
- The One - Nov, 1989 79 out of 100 79
- The Games Machine - Jan, 1990 75 out of 100 75
- The Games Machine - Oct, 1989 75 out of 100 75
- ASM (Aktueller Software Markt) - Sep, 1989 8.6 out of 12 72
- ASM (Aktueller Software Markt) - Jan, 1990
References
- Lesser, Hartley; Lesser, Patricia; Lesser, Kirk (May 1991). "The Role of Computers". Dragon (169): 61–65.
External links
- Eye of Horus at the Amiga Hall of Light
- Eye of Horus at Lemon 64
- Review in Compute!
- Review in Info