Ngaphansi kokushisa okukhulu kwelanga laseGibhithe, iGiza Plateau icwebezela njengetshe eliyigugu ogwadule. Ama-villains nabazingeli bomcebo baye basesha la mapiramidi kakhulu, kepha ngokusho kukaSir Arthur Pendragon, okhiye bombuso bahlala endaweni yakudala - i-Eye of Osiris. Isiphukuphuku esidumile sithola ingcosana engaphansi kweGreat Sphinx futhi sihlangabezana namandla aso omhlaba wodwa isikhashana ngaphambi kokuba sigwinywe ngumhlaba bese siphonswa ethuneni elikhohliwe ngaphansi kwesihlabathi! USir Arthur usinde ngokulambisa enhlekeleleni yakhe yangaphambilini, Abasebenzi baseKarnath, futhi manje usegumbini elingaphansi komhlaba nengozi yokuphefumula konke kube okokugcina. Ngosizo kuphela lwemiqulu engcwele eshiywe ngunkulunkulu waseGibhithe uSeti lapho kufanele aqonde yonke iphazili emholela ebusweni ngaphambi kokuphela kwesikhathi sakhe.
Gameplay
I -ombombed iyigeyimu ye-action-adventure eyenziwe futhi yashicilelwa ngabakwa-Ultimate Play the Game for the Commodore 1985 ngo-64. Kuyisitolimende sesibili ochungechungeni lwePendragon nokulandelana kweThe Staff of Karnath. Umdlalo uqukethe i-protagonist yochungechunge kanye nomuntu ozijabulisa kakhulu ohlonishwayo uSir Arthur Pendragon ozama ukubalekela ithuna lasendulo laseGibhithe ngaphambi kokuba wonke umoya-mpilo uphele. Njengomanduleli wayo, i-Entombed yethulwa ngefomethi ye-isometric. Umdlalo waklanywa futhi waklanywa abazalwane uDave noBob Thomas, nabasunguli be-Ultimate uTim noChris Stamper ababandakanyekanga kwenye intuthuko. Ukufakwa ngaphakathi kufakwe isikhathi eside kakhulu ukukhula ngenxa yokuhlelwa kabusha kwenjini yomdlalo. Lapho ikhishwa, ithole izibuyekezo ezinhle ezivela kubagxeki, ngokudumisa kugxile ekudlaleni kwayo nakuhluzo. Kwalandela enye inkondlo, iBlackwyche, eyakhishwa ngokuhamba konyaka.
Umdlalo wethulwa ngefomethi ye-isometric futhi utholakala ethuneni lasendulo laseGibhithe. Inhloso enkulu kaSir Arthur Pendragon ukweqa ethuneni, iGreat Sphinx, ngaphambi kokuba wonke umoya-mpilo uphele. Ukufeza le nhloso, umdlali kufanele ahambise uchungechunge lwamakamelo axhunywe yimigwaqo, axazulule amaphazili anengqondo, futhi abhekane nezitha zezitha ngokuzigwema noma ukulwa nazo. Ithuna linezitezi eziyisikhombisa. Ukuphela kwendlela uPendragon azivikela ngayo nguswazi lwakhe, angalusebenzisa ukuzivikela ezitheni. Umdlali ubuye akwazi ukuthola ithoshi ebavumela ukuthi babone izindawo ezithile ezimnyama zamathuna. Ngokungafani neminye imidlalo ochungechungeni lwePendragon, i-Entombed ayifaki izinto eziqoqekayo ezidingekayo ukuqedela umdlalo. Umlingiswa womdlali unebha yokuphila eyehla njalo lapho exhumana nesitha. Ukugcwalisa impilo, umdlali kufanele abulale amagwababa avela emakamelweni ngezikhathi ezingafani. Ngemuva kokufa kwakhe, igwababa lilahla uphawu lwe-ankh, "uphawu lokuphila" lwaseGibhithe lasendulo. Uma umdlali ephelelwa yimpilo noma uma ithuna liphelelwa umoya-mpilo, umdlalo uyaphela.
ukuthuthukiswa
Uchungechunge lwePendragon neThe Staff of Karnath zidalwe ngabazalwane uDave noRobert "Bob" Thomas kunabasunguli be-Ultimate uTim noChris Stamper. UDave Thomas waqala umsebenzi wakhe ngo-1983 ngenkathi eqala ukwenza imidlalo ye-Atari 400, kufaka phakathi abathengisi abanesisindo esiphakathi njengoWarrok, okwamtholela u- £ 5.000 emncintiswaneni weCalisto Software. Yize ngokuhamba kwesikhathi eqale ukusebenzela inkampani enza imidlalo yamavidiyo, wayeka ngenxa yobunzima bokuhamba kwakhe kwamakhilomitha angama-109 nsuku zonke. Ngemuva kwesikhashana uDave Thomas eshiye iCalisto Software, waqala ukusebenza kwiThe Staff of Karnath. UBob Thomas wayengumdwebi wezobuchwepheshe oqeqeshiwe woMnyango Wezokuvikela futhi wayenolwazi lokuklama izindlu zangaphakathi zeRoyal Navy, okwathi kamuva zaba nomthelela ezingqikithini zamasosha zochungechunge lwePendragon. Njengayo yonke imidlalo ochungechungeni lwePendragon, i-Entombed yahlelwa nguDave Thomas, ngenkathi imidwebo yaklanywa nguBob Thomas. UDave Thomas wavuma enkulumweni yakhe ngo-Mashi 2008 ukuthi igama le-protagonist yochungechunge elithi "Sir Arthur Pendragon" lakopishwa lisuka kumlingiswa weBlack Prince Pendragon lisuka ezindabeni zikaJack the Giant Killer. Ngokusho kukaDave Thomas, i-Entombed ibinomjikelezo omude kunayo yonke wokuthuthuka ngenxa yokwanda kwenjini edlule.
Ukuqanjwa kabusha
Umdlalo uthole ukubuyekezwa okuhle lapho ukhishwa. UJohn Cook we-Popular Computing Weekly uncome le midwebo futhi wayimemezela "njengemibalabala" nemininingwane yezigaba ngokuthi "mihle". UJulian Rignall waseZzap! U-64 ubuye wancoma ukwethulwa komdlalo futhi waveza ukumangala ngosayizi kanye nenqubekela phambili ebonakalayo yalowo owandulela lo. Umbuyekezi womdlalo wekhompyutha nevidiyo uncome le midwebo njenge "mihle" ngenkathi ephawula ukufana kwe-Indiana Jones. Umbuyekezi weComputer Gamer uphinde wabalula imidwebo njenge "emihle kakhulu" futhi wathi "yilokho abakufunayo emdlalweni wokugcina." Kodwa-ke, bayigxeke yonke le midlalo, bethi "iyisicefe kakhulu" futhi "iyigcobile kancane". UCook uncome izingcezu zomdlalo we-puzzle, wazifanisa zishibhile kunangaphambili, futhi waphetha ngokuthi lo mdlalo "nakanjani bekufanele ube nawo ekuqoqweni kwalowo ozijabulisa". URignall uchaze ukuthi ama-puzzle "ayakhombisa" futhi ngokufanayo ubancoma kakhulu kunabasebenzi baseKarnath. Kodwa-ke, uRignall ugxeke ama-sprite alo mdlalo, ethi "makhulu futhi aluhlaza".
