The Sands of Egypt (1982)

Datasoft, Inc.

Apple II · Atari 8-bit · TRS-80 Color Computer

1.00 from 2 ratings

9 members have it in their collection · 4 backlogged · 2 wish listed

The Sands of Egypt is an adventure game. The story takes place in 1893, following a British explorer and archaeologist who is lost in the desert. Text commands are entered in the lower half of the screen, while a sometimes animated image of the current location is displayed in the upper half.
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Details

Developers
Datasoft, Inc.
Publishers
Datasoft, Inc.
Genres
Adventure
Themes
Historical, Mystery

Release dates

  • 1982 (Full Release) (North_America) Atari 8-bit, TRS-80 Color Computer
  • 1983 (Full Release) (North_America) Apple II
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Rating distribution

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Review scoopings 1/5 · Feb 22, 2022

Mediocre Text Adventure Made Even Less Fun With Sluggish Animations

Look: 7/10 While the colors and graphics are beautiful, as you see below, and the animations are somewhat innovative (and undeniably well-done), like other games with transition animations, it just seems to add time during an otherwise good text adventure. enter image description here

Play: 5/10 I bet I would have liked the look and play of the Apple II version better, but I …

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Look: 7/10 While the colors and graphics are beautiful, as you see below, and the animations are somewhat innovative (and undeniably well-done), like other games with transition animations, it just seems to add time during an otherwise good text adventure. enter image description here

Play: 5/10 I bet I would have liked the look and play of the Apple II version better, but I wanted to stay true to the chronology project, and that was released a year later. Sure feels like a lottttt of wandering "lost" in the desert tho.

Feel: 5/10 And in the end it just wound up being too sluggish, slow, and bland. Sure, it started to diversify a bit but it wasn't exciting enough, nor fast enough to warrant pushing through.

Attachment: 6/10 Moving on! Oddly memorable, probly cuz of the animated backgrounds, but forgettable indeed.

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