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Master of the Lamps

Master of the Lamps is one of the first music video games. It was inspired by tales compiled in One Thousand and One Nights. Gameplay alternates between two modes. In the first, the prince maneuvers a flying…

1 April 1985

Master of the Lamps is an arcade developed by Activision, released 1 April 1985 on Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari 8-bit and Commodore C64/128/MAX.

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What Master of the Lamps is

Master of the Lamps is an arcade game developed by Activision and released in 1985. It is available on Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX and MSX.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Master of the Lamps is one of the first music video games. It was inspired by tales compiled in One Thousand and One Nights. Gameplay alternates between two modes. In the first, the prince maneuvers a flying carpet through a winding tunnel to a genie's den. In practice, this requires the player to direct the carpet over diamond-shaped gates as they appear; failure to do so returns the prince to the beginning of the tunnel
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How it plays

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

What it launched against

Master of the Lamps launched on 1 April 1985, within three weeks of Commando and The Rats.

Released around the same time: Commando, The Rats.

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When did Master of the Lamps come out?
Master of the Lamps was released on 1 April 1985 for Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX and MSX.

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