Arcade Game: Tutankham (1982 Konami)

[@wleon4068]

Hard as hell. I well remember this. Played it often.

[@NemeanLion-]

This game had great speakers and that music at 2:33 used to reverberate throughout the arcade.

[@moonants]

Probably my favourite game from the 80's. I could literally do the first 3 or 4 levels with my eyes closed, and set top score at every arcade.

[@fl00d69]

As a kid, this game was like otherworldy sorcery to me. Nostalgia overload!

[@sloburnnn]

One of the earliest video games i remember playing.

[@TimelordR]

A classic game from Konami. Quite frustrating, i'd admit.

[@MmeDesgranges]

Hard game

[@TeleKamptiA]

I never knew this was an arcade game. I had it for my 2600 console.

[@Hypestyle]

I barely remember this. Interesting. I guess the arcades I came into just never had this or it looked too hard to try out.

[@georgeshelton6281]

Ah yes it's knowing how to keep yourself from getting killed; it's back to the good old days.

[@stevenbrucci]

One of my favourite games. I can't remember the invisibility function. How did you get that? Still, I got through to Tutankhamen at least once!

[@RTD8481]

One game I can still kick ass on after 30 years is Galaga! I can still reach 300 to 500,000 pts. Back in my crazy days, I once flipped Galaga three times on the same quarter! I certainly wouldnt have the mental stamina to do that today!

[@joeboo8626]

I made it to stage 88 and over 900k points back in 1998. Haven't reached stage 30 since.

[@robertwest4596]

Galaga is easy to turn over....just leave a leftmost bee on the first wave, let it recycle for 10-15 minutes and nothing ever shoots at you ever again.

[@Elderberrie]

Used to be good at this up in Petersburg AK. in Kito's Kave. Now I suck!

[@gorankopcic7827]

In 1984 I manage to reach level 32, and without a flash button, because on the console I played on, there was no third button for flash...

[@christhompson2006]

This was a rare game when it was new so I don't hold out much hope of finding one now. I'd play the hell of it if I did find one though.

[@srb122]

I know of one on auction right now if interested

[@formansbasement2311]

Just buy a konami arcade compilation. You'll get a perfect emulation of the game, minues the cabinet itself. Alot cheaper too. I havw konami arcade hits on my nintendo DS and enjoy playing tutankahm in the comfort of my home or wherever I wanna take the DS.

[@christhompson2006]

@@formansbasement2311 The thing is, I grew up playing these games in the arcade so I much prefer to play them in the old cabinets.

[@formansbasement2311]

@@christhompson2006 That's fair enough. If I could afford it, I would get me a robotron 2084 cabinet

[@christhompson2006]

@@formansbasement2311 Love that one also.

[@joserobertosolismerlin5527]

The gret grandfather of metroidvanias

[@AndrewNewZealand]

Seems a likely source of Namco's Tower of Druaga(June 1984). Tower of Druaga is regarded as a starting point of Japanese RPGs, though it of course began as an arcade game. Also remember Paganitzu? (1991, Keith Schuler/Apogee)

[@handsomebrick]

Tower Of Druaga is based on Pac-Man and the starting point of Japanese RPGs is Black Onyx, although really the starting point of Japanese RPGs is American RPGs.

[@SchmitaEclipses]

Watching gameplay, enemies run right through the guy. Is that some kind of cheat?

[@DrMrProfessorPatrick]

Yes, they used cheats just for the sake of showcasing the game.

[@randywiggins1248]

Only able to play one day in 1983? Only saw the machine once. I saw ads for the Atari game version but never saw a copy.

[@TheYodg]

I was talking to Chatgpt for hours to try and remember what this game was called.

[@w.s8676]

Can you use cheat codes on the regular arcade version?

[@arlichar11]

i never knew this game as a kid but looks fun... and also is like a berzerk/super mario mashup,,,lol

[@matthewjackson805]

Doom ‘82

[@RTD8481]

How did the "Archie" go through the birds, snakes and butterflies without dying? I never knew you could do that

[@scottrose8417]

yeah how?

[@Simbabbad]

The guy always cheats in every single one of his videos. He has no clue how to play the games and records garbage, every time.

[@Dbap1997]

I play this on my home machine, I can get to level 3 easily enough, but can never get further then that

[@ShinoSarna]

Holy crap, I bet this inspired Zelda.

[@wleon4068]

Not sure which game came out first, this one or Defender, but the sounds on both are more or less the same.

[@bdaddyn678]

Great game. Don't mind using the invincibility cheat. I would have done the exact same thing.

[@ナディアチャンネル-u1v]

21:20

[@티코만세]

난이도가 엄청높은게임~~~ 원코인 절대 불가능~

[@jerryschuller5542]

What I hate about this game is that you can't fire up and down!

[@tyrem]

It would not be the same if you could. It was a design choice made on purpose and it makes it absolutely unique. Another "feature" was that you could not stop at every positon. The walls stop you. Makes it hard but it also makes it to the game it is! Very special, challenging and damn cool. :)

[@jerryschuller5542]

@@tyrem You're right, it wouldn't. It would be a lot better. They ruined what would've been a perfect game.

[@tyrem]

@@jerryschuller5542 no. they would have made it a totally different game. tutankham is hard to master because of the way it was meant to be. it is not a flaw, it is the concept of the game not to stand still and to shoot left and right only.. back then the game designers wanted to come up with fresh ideas. tutankham came with two sticks and one of them is left/right-only. the design elements they used made this game to what it was and is. some people think it is too hard, some people hate the way they went with it but others love it for these exact same reasons.

[@ClassicTVMan1981X]

And that you can only hold one key at a time, meaning you'll have to backtrack for the next key when you're at a level whose goal point has two locks.

[@chrisray9653]

Video games died in 1985, everything after is for casuals.

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

+Qio Cio Funny, I thought games like this were for casuals.

[@oldgrognard]

lol casual skyrim. good luck with that.

[@lordevyl8317]

There was no video game crash outside of the US and Canada

[@handsomebrick]

But since the vast majority of the games industry was in US and Canada...

[@julienbraudel7109]

@@handsomebrick Wrong. Japan was the center point after that crisis, had a major industry before the crash and was the real innovative place long before and long after (Space Invaders is a turning point, and it is 1978). Canada was not a country that count a lot back then, and has a relative short history in video games, initiated by the French industry when one of the biggest company moved there (Ubisoft).

[@monta200x]

またチートか

[@power2084]

This game could have been so much better if it had more levels, AND if it allowed firing up/down. Great idea, bad design.

[@tyrem]

kidding? a key element of the game is that you are NOT able to fire up and down. it would make it boring and too easy.

[@blueconversechucks]

Yeah that's part of the challenge. Would be cool to have some more levels to expand on this.

[@power2084]

@@tyrem no i'm not kidding. The design is just flawed, that thing about being unable to fire up/down is a very artificial and illogical way of creating a challenge.

[@tyrem]

@@power2084 yet it works perfectly and it makes the game to the game it is. shooting in all directions? nah... that is like Mario climbing the leadder in Donkey Kong with an active hammer.

[@power2084]

@@tyrem the problem is that is makes no sense. No reason is given for the inability to fire up/down. That's what is called a bad design. A simple alternative would have been: allow firing in all 4 directions, but the player has limited ammo. There you go ! Anyone would have understood the reason (ammo is limited because it doesnt grow on trees)