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Game Overview

Pharaoh’s Tomb is one of those old-school MS-DOS platformers that’ll either make you nostalgic or drive you up a wall—sometimes both. You play as Nevada Smith, an archaeologist who apparently didn’t get the memo about cursed pyramids. The CGA graphics are rough by today’s standards, but there’s a weird charm to the blocky, clunky animations.

You’ll spend most of your time jumping over spike pits, dodging spears that shoot out of walls, and trying not to get squished by moving platforms. One wrong move and you’re dead—no health bar, no second chances. Some bricks hide bonus points if you hit them from below, but good luck remembering which ones when you’re panicking over a trap.

Oh, and the game loves dead-ends. Like, "congrats, you’re stuck forever unless you reload" kind of dead-ends. It’s frustrating, but weirdly satisfying when you finally nail a tricky jump or outsmart a trap. Just don’t expect any mercy from the pyramid.

Each game uses different controls, most DOS games use the keyboard arrows. Some will use the mouse , "Alt" ,"Enter" and "Space bar".