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Scarabaeus

Scarabæus is a 3D adventure game made by Andromeda in 1985. It is also known as "Invaders of the Lost Tomb" in North America. The game starts with the player landing his spaceship near an Egyptian tomb. He…

15 October 1985

Scarabaeus is an adventure developed by Andromeda Software, released 15 October 1985 on Commodore C64/128/MAX.

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What Scarabaeus is

Scarabaeus is an adventure game developed by Andromeda Software and released in 1985. It was published by Ariolasoft. It is available on Commodore C64/128/MAX only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Scarabæus is a 3D adventure game made by Andromeda in 1985. It is also known as "Invaders of the Lost Tomb" in North America. The game starts with the player landing his spaceship near an Egyptian tomb. He wears a spacesuit and is followed by a dog. His aim is to collect the ancient treasure of Scarabæus, a smaragd in the shape of a dung beetle kept inside the tomb. Although it's not shown in the presentation, the explorer gets bitten by a spider upon entering the temple. The tomb contains several vials with an antidote, and several others with poison, and the explorer must solve some puzzles that will reveal which ones he can drink and which ones he must avoid. He also must survive hostile…
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and horror. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Scarabaeus launched on 15 October 1985, within three weeks of Winter Games, Gauntlet, Starquake and Paradroid.

Released around the same time: Winter Games, Gauntlet, Starquake, Paradroid.

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When did Scarabaeus come out?
Scarabaeus was released on 15 October 1985 for Commodore C64/128/MAX.

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