Ankh
In this action game written by David van Brink the player controls a Mindprobe through the 64 rooms of the metareal world of Ankh solving puzzles, collecting treasures and shooting at obejcts that move around.
Ankh is a puzzle, released 31 December 1984 on Apple II, Atari 8-bit and Commodore C64/128/MAX.
What Ankh is
Ankh was released in 1984. It was published by Datamost. It is available on Apple II, Atari 8-bit and Commodore C64/128/MAX.
The premise, in the publisher's words
In this action game written by David van Brink the player controls a Mindprobe through the 64 rooms of the metareal world of Ankh solving puzzles, collecting treasures and shooting at obejcts that move around.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Ankh holds a critic score of 60 out of 100. That places it above 13% of the 2,791 rated puzzle games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 1984 averaged 73, so it scored 13 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Ankh launched on 31 December 1984, within three weeks of Impossible Mission, Jet Set Willy, 3D Starstrike and Bomb Jack. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Impossible Mission, Jet Set Willy, 3D Starstrike, Bomb Jack.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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