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Luxor: Quest for the Afterlife | 
 enlarge | From: Mumbo Jumbo
Category: Video Games
Buy New: $19.99
New (8) from $18.99
Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 1884
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows Xp
Genre: puzzle_games
ESRB: Everyone
Media: CD-ROM
Age: 5 - 20 years
Operating System: Windows Vista
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 1000-10526
Model: 1000-10526
UPC: 811930105266
EAN: 0811930105266
ASIN: B001BSEJB6
Release Date: November 4, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | Battle mode - This tug-of-war mode pits players against the thieves. If you are able to make matches faster than the opposing thief, then a scarab pusher is added to your side of the train of marbles, which can push the thief's treasure into your possession | | • | 100 levels in Adventure mode, featuring vibrant, widescreen-supported backgrounds and more than 20 new puzzle levels | | • | Collect 12 achievement badges for milestones reached | | • | New artifacts to collect and assemble to enhance game play - In Adventure Mode, there are 7 artifacts to recover along the Silk Road, and you must collect the pieces and assemble them to positively impact the game play. The artifacts include - | | • | Eye of Horus - search the map for other pieces of artifacts to assemble |
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Product Description
When the sacred artifacts of Queen Nefertiti are robbed, her earth-bound spirit calls upon you to find them so her eternal spirit will rise. Wielding the falcon-wing shooter of Horus, you choose your own paths on an expansive journey out of Egypt.
Sphinx - Unlocks puzzle mode Scarab - Adds the Golden Scarabs to levels, which you can shoot for bonus coins to spend on upgrading your power-ups Statue of Horus - Upgrades the shooter, making it easier to find artifacts Cow of Hathor - Makes every treasure you catch worth additional bonus points Chariot - instantly travel to any city visited to collect artifact pieces and catch the thieves Sun Discs of Aten - Each of the three discs will expose a Wandering Prophet of Amun (the key conspirators in the thievery of Nefertiti's treasure). Chase down the thief to battle him for a very important artifact, one of the 4 Canopic Jars Player-determined game play - choose which path to take out of Egypt New mysterious story with narration - you are guided in your search for the thieves by the voice of the Spirit of Queen Nefertiti New ball sets - Three all-new unlockable ball sets All-new soundtrack
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| Customer Reviews:
IN THE VALLEY OF COLORS & KINGS November 9, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
After ZUMA's success, a number of clones appeared - but the LUXOR series is the one that actually improved on some aspects of the concept. As the series progressed, LUXOR games became more and more self-reliant. With LUXOR 4 the franchise flexes its own muscles.
A series of colored balls (with the number of different colors increasing every few levels) gets pushed and you have to match them in sets of three or more in order to remove them - and prevent them from reaching the end zone. Instead of having the "shooter" in the center, it is located at the bottom and it slides left and right. This makes for some quite difficult shots (especially when obstructed by the advancing row of balls) and raises the difficulty of the game.
On the other hand, the power-ups are more powerful, at the end of every round a number of coins and gems drop and "catching" them add lives to your paddle. It seems pretty straight-forward yet it can become highly...addictive!
Compared to the previous installment of the series, LUXOR 4 is graphically even more impressive, enriched as to the dropping bonuses (and...penalties) - yet it will seem somewhat easier to seasoned players of the series; nevertheless, it will fulfill the fans craving for more pharaohnic fun!
This is an example of what has come to be known as Casual Gaming: small, resource-light games that are fun for the whole family.
It would be a good idea to download the 60-min trial version from a casual games site, such as REFLEXIVE (you can Google it), and decide for yourself whether this is indeed your cup of tea.
It wouldn't hurt to wait for the price to drop either: most casual games sell for no more than $10.
RECOMMENDED!
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