Arabian Nights (video game)

Infobox VG| title = Arabian Nights


developer = Krisalis Software
publisher = Krisalis Software
designer =
engine =
released = 1993
genre = Platform
modes = Single player
ratings =
platforms = Amiga, Amiga CD32
media = 3½-inch Floppy
requirements =
input = Mouse

"Arabian Nights" is a 1994 platform game first released on the Commodore Amiga which was highly rated from reviewers receiving 90% from CU Amiga and 83% from Amiga Joker. The game was originally released on two floppy disks but later became available on one for the Amiga 32 release.

You control the hero of the game Sinbad Jnr, a lowly gardener who witnesses the kidnap of the princess (who he is in love with) by a dragon,. After Sinbad Jnr tries to save her from the flying dragon, he ends up falling back to Earth and becoming unconscious before awakening in a prison accused of sorcery and capturing the woman he tried to save.

Gameplay

The game begins in these dungeons as you fight your way out over traps and through guards, and then through another nine stages in nine different environments. Throughout levels a hint interface is featured in the game where pressing space bar when a light bulb appears over the player's head will result in you being rewarded with a clue or a warning about danger up ahead.

There are many secret doors around the levels which can be accessed by ducking at the correct spot and pressing attack. These secret doors are usually marked by a door or a small tunnel in the background graphic. Most secret doors contain the currency of the level, which changes frequently. In the first level, the prison, the currency is gems. However, in the second level, the forest, it is coins. This currency can be used to purchase key items from NPCs around the stage necessary to progress through the level.

Sometimes the gameplay changes significantly. For example, in one level you are required to fly a magic carpet, and in another you are required to race an opponent on a mine cart through tunnels.

External links

* [http://www.angusm.demon.co.uk/AGDB/DBA1/ArabN.html Arabian Nights review at "Angusm"]
* [http://www.mobygames.com/game/amiga-cd32/arabian-nights_ Arabian Nights review at Mobygames]