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Tut's Tomb

Tut's Tomb is a variation on "Pyramid", a patience or solitaire game of the Simple Addition family, where the object is to get all the cards from the pyramid to the foundation. The object of the game is to…

31 December 1991

Tut's Tomb is a card & board game developed by Microsoft, released 31 December 1991 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Tut's Tomb is

Tut's Tomb is a card & board game game developed by Microsoft and released in 1991. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Tut's Tomb is a variation on "Pyramid", a patience or solitaire game of the Simple Addition family, where the object is to get all the cards from the pyramid to the foundation. The object of the game is to remove pairs of cards that add up to a total of 13, the equivalent of the highest valued card in the deck, from a pyramid arrangement of 28 cards. When using the standard 52-card deck, Jacks are valued at 11, Queens at 12, and Kings at 13.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Tut's Tomb launched on 31 December 1991, within three weeks of Micro Machines, Alien Breed, Baseball Stars 2 and Commander Keen in Keen Dreams.

Released around the same time: Micro Machines, Alien Breed, Baseball Stars 2, Commander Keen in Keen Dreams.

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When did Tut's Tomb come out?
Tut's Tomb was released on 31 December 1991 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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