Luxor: Pharaoh's Challenge

by Mumbo Jumbo

Product Features

• New ranking system lets you work your way from Farm Hand to Pharaoh
• New bonus rounds for added fun and excitement at the end of every stage
• 15 thrilling power-ups including the new Color Cloud, Pharaoh's Dagger and Lightning Storm
• Four distinct levels of difficulty offer an invigorating challenge for all types of players

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000MQQ8R6
• Product Dimensions: 4.8 x 5.2 x 0.5 inches ; 4 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: December 18, 2007
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #11,485 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

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  Video Games > Nintendo DS > Puzzle

• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

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Embark on an adventure through the lands of ancient Egypt in the latest installment of the Luxor series. Enjoy 88 levels of graphics portraying pyramids, temples and many more of Egypt's marvels. Guide your mystical winged-shooter, swooping back and forth, as you destroy magical spheres before they reach the pyramid lying at the end of their path. To help eliminate enemy spheres, Luxor: Pharaoh's Challenge features more explosive power-ups than before.

Features:

• Five sphere-pushing scarabs, each dropping different power-ups
• Prove your expertise by earning 25 spectacular skill badges
• Ranking system progressively increases power-up effectiveness
• 13 powerful blessings can be activated to make any level manageable

Product Description

Luxor Pharaoh's Challenge DS

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

30 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just as good as the original!, December 25, 2007

By	A. Hasting (New York) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Luxor: Pharaoh's Challenge (Video Game)

I can't figure out why that other reviewer gave this game three stars. It's a great game.

I was impressed with how well this translated to the "small screen." The images are crisp and clear, the controls are highly responsive (lag time would kill you on this game), and it is generally an entertaining time-waster. If you're thinking of getting it for a child, understand that there is really no educational value, although I think it encourages cognitive planning. My 7-year-old, who loves the Luxor computer games, is crazy for this one. She is able to play it without the frustration she has experienced with many popular children's DS titles (i.e. the ones with teenage TV personalities on the cover). She figured out the controls without my help, and I didn't hear from her for at least 20 minutes, except, "I'm on level 4!." I enjoy it, as well.

True, it is not terribly different from the computer version. I consider that a positive. We were expecting the Luxor we know and love, which is what we got. If you are interested in a "test drive," go to the Gamehouse website and download the 60-minute trial of one of the computer Luxor games. That should give you enough of a taste to decide if you will like this. The Luxor versions for the computer are the same basic idea as this: shooting marbles at a marble "snake" to make the snake disappear before it gets to the end of the track.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great game, love it, June 9, 2008

By	Cottonjenn (Edison, NJ United States) - See all my reviews

Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Luxor: Pharaoh's Challenge (Video Game)

I just received this game the other day and have been playing it ever since. About a month ago I purchased Magnetica (from Amazon-someone said you couldn't get it but you can) but I'm liking this one better because it's closer to Zuma. The different levels and screens are really good. I like knowing when I'm going to a different level (not like in Magnetica). I am an older adult who is into video games and this is pretty good. If you like Zuma you'll like this.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Fun game, but gets old fast., February 15, 2008

By	MarknDC "MarknDC" (Washington, DC USA) - See all my reviews

Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Luxor: Pharaoh's Challenge (Video Game)

I bought this game because Zuma is not yet available on DS and I love playing it (Zuma) on my Ipod. Luxor is very well designed - the screens are very pretty and the music and sound effects are excellent complements to the game play. But like Magnetica, it gets boring after a while. it could be because I have it set to medium difficulty and of the first 70 or so levels I have only lost two times... and it seems like you get TONS of power ups and electrical storms so there isn't much of a challenge... I'll bump up the difficulty level one of these days, but for now, it is fun to play but it is not something I think I will play forever like Tetris or Battleship...