Luxor

by United Developers

Product Features

• Adventure across the lands of Ancient Egypt in this exciting action-puzzle game
• 88 challenging levels; innovative game play; individualized personal profiles
• Unleash awesome powers by catching various falling power-up talismans
• Eliminate entire chain of spheres; collect sparkling bonus gem hidden within
• Earn an extra life by collecting 30 golden coins; awesome original music score

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000922DKO
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 2 x 5 inches ; 7.2 ounces
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: May 23, 2005
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #14,616 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #6 in Software > Education & Reference > History
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

As addictive as it is exciting, Luxor is an action-puzzle game that takes you on a thrilling adventure across the lands of Ancient Egypt. The mysterious goddess, Isis, has enlisted you to battle Set and his evil minions. With 88 mind-blowing levels, the challenge will not be an easy one. You must use your mystical winged scarab to shoot magical spheres and destroy the approaching colored spheres by making matches of three or more. Stop them all before they can reach the pyramids at the ends of the paths... or all of Egypt is doomed!

To aid in your quest, unleash the awesome powers of Isis by catching the various falling power-up talismans, such as explosive Fireballs, thundering Lightning Bolts, or magical Multi-Color Spheres that make matches of any spheres. Eliminate an entire chain of spheres to destroy the scarab minion pushing them and collect the sparkling bonus gem hidden within. You can even earn an extra life by collecting 30 golden Ankh coins.

As you battle Set and his minions, enjoy the awesome original music score and thrill to the electrifying sound effects. Filled with excitement, adventure, and tons of explosive action, there is only one question you must ask yourself: Can you thwart Set's diabolical plans and save Egypt?

Features:

• 88 challenging levels
• Innovative game play
• Exciting power-ups
• Individualized personal profiles

Product Description

Platform:  WINDOWS 98/ME/2000/XP Publisher:  MUMBO JUMBO Packaging:  RETAIL BOX Rating:  EVERYONE As addictive as it is exciting Luxor is an action-puzzle game that takes you on a thrilling adventure across the lands of Ancient Egypt. The mysterious goddess Isis has enlisted you to battle Set and his evil minions. With 88 mind-blowing levels the challenge will not be an easy one. You must use your mystical winged scarab to shoot magical spheres and destroy the approaching colored spheres by making matches of three or more. Stop them all before they can reach the pyramids at the ends of the paths or all of Egypt is doomed! To aid in your quest unleash the awesome powers of Isis by catching the various falling power-up talismans such as explosive Fireballs thundering Lightning Bolts or magical Multi-Color Spheres that make matches of any spheres. Eliminate an entire chain of spheres to destroy the scarab minion pushing them and collect the sparkling bonus gem hidden within. You can even earn an extra life by collecting 30 golden Ankh coins. As you battle Set and his minions enjoy the awesome original music score and thrill to the electrifying sound effects. Filled with excitement adventure and tons of explosive action there is only one question you must ask yourself: Can you thwart Set's diabolical plans and save Egypt?Features: 88 Challenging LevelsInnovative Game playExciting Power-UpsIndividualized Personal Profiles System Requirements:PC:Pentium II 300MHz128MB RAM20MB free HD spaceWindows 98SE/2K/ME/XPDirectSound-compatible sound cardDirectX 7 (DirectX 8 required for Hardware Acceleration) MAC:Mac OS X 10.2.8 through 10.4.1PowerMac G3 400MHz128MB RAM16-bit or 32-bit Video Card with 16MB VRAM22MB free HD space

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars HELP! I can't stop playing this game!!!, November 26, 2005

By 

Barbara B. (Oregon, USA) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Luxor (CD-ROM)

There are many "match three" games out there right now but this is absolutely the best, most addictive game I've every played (and believe me, I've played A LOT OF THEM).

The game play starts out slow enough to allow you to get the hang of it, then speeds up as you progress "down the Nile" (a nifty way to tracking progress, better than just high scores.

Normally, once I've managed to get through an entire game like this, I delete it and go on to another game. But I can't get enough of this one.

If you're interested, you can download a demo at gameblaster.com and try it for yourself. There are also plenty of tips among the "reviews" at that site to help you get past the hardest levels.

Barbara

14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Totally Addictive, September 7, 2005

By 

Janet Boyer "Author, Blogger, Radio Host" (Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Luxor (CD-ROM)

I bought my son a new computer and it came with a variety of game demos, including Zuma Deluxe. Well, when I went to the store to inquire about it, I was told they didn't have it...but had something similar: Luxor.

I decided to take a risk and buy it. Let me just say that it's totally addicting!

The object of the game is to fire colored spheres out of the "mystical winged scarab" and destroy the approaching colored spheres by making matches of three or more. The approaching spheres wind through various mazes and the "winged scarab" moves from left to right on the bottom of the screen (unlike Zuma Deluxe, where the shooter rotates 360 degrees from the center).

There are 88 levels to the game (I'm halfway through it), and it would appear that about 13 mazes or so are repeated throughout the levels, but with differing backgrounds. Another thing that is different is the sphere coloring. In the beginning stages, the spheres are green, yellow, red and blue. Later mazes introduced the color purple. I'm at a stage now where white has been added and, judging from one of the intro screens, black will be added as well.

The oncoming spheres snake towards a pyramind (sometimes 2 pyramids simultaneously!), and if you don't eliminate the spheres by that time, the chain whizzes through the pyramid and you lose a life. You shoot the spheres by left-clicking, BUT you can change the color of the ball by right-clicking. At the bottom of the scarab, you're able to see what the next color is going to be which is very strategic if you're getting towards the pyramid and you're being fed a certain color that you don't (desperately!) need.

There are neat power-up talismans that fall from the eliminated spheres, and are accompanied by sound effects such as crashing glass, wolf howls, or choir-like singing. Some power-ups include stopping the oncoming chain, slowing it down, laser accuracy, a lightning power-up (where you can zap an entire vertical row of orbs), and sunburst power-up (where you can blast 5 balls of any color). You have to "catch" these power-ups before they fall to the ground for them to be activated.

My absolute favorite, though, is the color scarab power-ups. If you catch one of these, it will eliminate all the spheres on the board that are of that color. (This comes in really handy when it's coming down to the wire!)

Also, after getting certain combos (I think it's 4+ balls) a gold ankh coin falls; if you catch 30, you get another life.

While Luxor is an arcade action/puzzle game, it's definitely not mindless. With right-clicking to change the colors of the spheres, catching power-ups, and keeping your eye on the ball(s), it can really get your adrenaline going.

The only minus, for me, is that it takes 5-7 mazes to make it to the next section on the Egyptian map. If you lose all your lives at, let's say, maze 4--you're forced to go back to the first maze in that particular section. But this is also part of what makes it so addicting! I mean, who wants to be beaten by a game, right?

One of the features touted on the Luxor box is "original music score", but I only remember hearing the same droning, uinteresting Egyptian-sounding background music. Unlike Bejeweled 2, there's no variations of the music (that I can tell). But you know what? I didn't buy this game for the music.

If you enjoy games like Zuma Deluxe, Bounce Symphony, and the Blaster Ball series, you'll likely enjoy Luxor.

(To see 4 screen shots from Luxor, visit the Reviews--Computer Games section at JanetBoyer.com)

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Don't waste your money!, July 8, 2006

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Northwest Reader (Seattle Wa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Luxor (CD-ROM)

I'd like to give this game five stars. It's fun, fast, and and entertaining and I really enjoy playing it. Unfortunately they designed a couple of the levels too hard. Level 5-4, for example. It's nearly impossible to get through this level. If you do, they have an even harder version of it later in the game. Do a search for Luxor 5-4 or 8-4 and you'll see tons of comments about people stuck on these levels.

I feel like it wasted my money, because I can't play the whole game. And these troublesome levels do not show up in the one hour trial version.