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Eye of Horus

As a mystical shaman, go through a pyramid in ancient Egypt to get the magical eye of horus. In a cool twist, by pressing the up arrow you turn into a birdy and can search through the levels. Just press the…

31 December 1989

Eye of Horus is a platform developed by Denton Designs, released 31 December 1989 on Amiga, Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX and DOS.

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What Eye of Horus is

Eye of Horus is a platform game developed by Denton Designs and released in 1989. It was published by Logotron. It is available on Amiga, Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX and DOS.

The premise, in the publisher's words

As a mystical shaman, go through a pyramid in ancient Egypt to get the magical eye of horus. In a cool twist, by pressing the up arrow you turn into a birdy and can search through the levels. Just press the down arrow and voila! Human again. Many traps try to trick you.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Eye of Horus launched on 31 December 1989, within three weeks of Fantasy World Dizzy, A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia, Pipe Dream and Denaris.

Released around the same time: Fantasy World Dizzy, A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia, Pipe Dream, Denaris.

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When did Eye of Horus come out?
Eye of Horus was released on 31 December 1989 for Amiga, Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX and DOS.

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