Ankh: Curse of the Scarab King
Ankh: Curse of the Scarab King is the Nintendo DS port of the Ankh released on PC in 2005.
Ankh: Curse of the Scarab King is an adventure developed by Deck13 Interactive, released 17 September 2008 on Nintendo DS.
What Ankh: Curse of the Scarab King is
Ankh: Curse of the Scarab King is an adventure game developed by Deck13 Interactive and released in 2008. It was published by Xider Games. It is available on Nintendo DS only. It runs on OGRE.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Travel through ancient Egypt as young Assil, a bold young adventurer trying to save himself from a Mummy’s deadly curse. Ever the party animal, Assil’s wild ways lead him to break into a pyramid to enjoy an all night party with his friends. However, on disturbing a peaceful, sleeping Mummy he was immediately punished with a lethal curse. Enjoy classic gameplay using the stylus to help Assil discover the remedy and break the curse within 24 hours to avoid his fate.
How it plays
It is played from a auditory perspective. Its themes are comedy, fantasy, historical and mystery. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Ankh: Curse of the Scarab King holds a critic score of 50 out of 100. That places it above 7% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2008 averaged 65, so it scored 15 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Ankh: Curse of the Scarab King launched on 17 September 2008, within three weeks of The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director's Cut, Rock Band 2, The Witcher: Enhanced Edition and Pokémon Platinum Version. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director's Cut, Rock Band 2, The Witcher: Enhanced Edition, Pokémon Platinum Version.
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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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