The Pharaoh’s lost treasures—enormous gems, big silver eggs, and gleaming ingots—are scattered among the ancient pyramids and obelisks. Your objective is to fly towards them, then pick them up by hovering or hoping over them.
But the treasures are guarded by swarms of flying and crawling beasts that attach from land and air. You can protect yourself by firing arrows at these enemies, by maneuvering around them, or by dodging behind pyramids and obelisks to shield your self. Try to stay high or low as you are more likely to be hit when you are in the middle. But don’t stay on the ground or you are food for the scorpions.
Killing enemies increases your base value per treasure, while picking up gems during regular gameplay increases the treasure value multiplier. If you can increase both the base value and the valve multiplier and then destroy the howling Sphinx, you will be able to earn a staggering number of points during the bonus round. In the bonus round, go for the treasures with the highest value multipliers.
The best place from which to kill enemies is between two pyramids or towers. The buildings provide protection and, when you are positioned correctly, you can simply continue to
fire and watch your score zoom up.
When confronting the Sphinx, shoot at it as quickly as possible to avoid confrontation with numerous enemies.
You can gain super powers by hopping over three hieroglyphs scattered in the sand in the correct order. Beware: at higher levels, you can gain super problems, such as Shackles, as well as super powers. In the box is a list of some of the hieroglyph for super powers (and problems). Some combinations will only work on certain levels, so you will have to experiment on your own.
2008 ben langberg, all rights reserved.