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Super Solvers: Challenge of the Ancient Empires!

19902
PCDOS

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As a Super Solver, your job is to recover the hidden treasures of the ancient world in 4 caverns (Greece & Rome, Egypt, India & China and Near East) to reach the fifth and final cavern where the ultimate challenge awaits you.

Challenge of the Ancient Empires is a platform game, divided into 5 levels (called "caverns"), each of which includes 4 sub-levels ("chambers"). In each chamber you have to collect 6 pieces of an ancient artifact and assemble them like a jigsaw puzzle.

The chambers are full of dangerous animals which you have to avoid. There's some food you can collect to regain lost health though. The chambers are also full of puzzles, usually involving manipulation of switches.

You have 3 tools with you - a helmet with a headlight, jumping shoes and shields. The helmet emits a beam of light when activated; it is used to solve puzzles that rely on rotating prisms to direct a light beam to a switch. The jumping shoes allow you to, well, jump higher. The shield protects you from enemies for a short time when activated, but you have a limited number of shields and they need to be used wisely.

Game details

Business Model

Commercial

Media Type

3.5" Floppy Disk, 5.25" Floppy Disk

Input Devices Supported/Optional

Keyboard

System requirements

Min. CPU Class Required

Intel 8088 / 8086

Min. OS Class Required

PC/MS-DOS 2.0

Min. RAM Required

512 KB

Video Modes Supported

CGA, EGA, MCGA, Tandy / PCjr, VGA

Sound Devices Supported

Adlib, PC Speaker, Roland MT-32 (and LAPC-I), Sound Blaster, Tandy / PCjr

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Also known as

Ancient EmpiresRe-release title

Challenge of the Ancient Empires! A Super Solvers AdventureIn-game title

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Facts

Released

1990

Platforms

PCDOS

Standing

Top 93% by want to play

Tags

Side viewPlatformHistoryAsiaChina (Ancient / Imperial)Classical antiquityEgypt (Ancient)Middle East