Scarabaeus on a Commodore 64

Scarabaeus (EU) Invaders of the Lost Tomb (US) © 1985 Ariolasoft

Programming: Andras Pohl, Csaba Nagy, Istvan Cseri, Laszlo Mocsary and Peter Barna
Graphics: Sultan

Hardware used: C64C and 1541-II floppy disk drive.
Captured with Terratec Grabby.

Note: The loading time has been cut from the video to save time for gameplay. It does not load this fast from the floppy disks!

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[wandererlain]

I just found out that a couple of these guys did Impossible Mission II on the Amiga!

Two of the best games on both machines.

[Polaventris]

@wandererlain Very cool! I played tons of Impossible Mission on C64.

[zpekt]

I used to play this as a kid in Slovakia, although it scared the bejesus out of me and i had NO idea what i was supposed to be doing. I kept coming back to it anyway. Great game. Thanks for posting this!!

[Polaventris]

@zpekt Youre right. This game has really cool scary atmosphere in it. It was the same thing with many of the games I played back then 25 years ago. Like Impossible Mission. I had no idea what I was doing, but it didnt keep me away from playing it hours and hours. Thanks for watching my video!

[aussiebloke350]

i really must buy this game!

[Polaventris]

@aussiebloke350 Very unique game that surely is worth having in your collection!

[Polaventris]

@Mappy1964 Those were the times when few guys coding in their bedrooms could game a game that would impress the hell out of everyone :)

[Mappy1964]

I remember buying this game when I first saw it at the local store. It had a Indiana Jones style character holding a torch on the cover of the box. I was suprised to see a space ship land and an astronaut with a little black dog walk into the tomb. It didn't bother me though both ideas were cool.

[2010lw1]

Did you ever play Sultans Maze by Amsoft?

[THOMASSU63]

@Polaventris They did some for the Atari ST such as International Karate and some other titles.