''Oh Mummy'' is a video game for the Amstrad CPC models of home computer. It was developed by Gem Software and published by Amsoft in 1984. It was often included in the free bundles of software that came with the computer. The gameplay is similar to that of the 1981 arcade game ''

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''.

Gameplay

The object of the game is to unveil all of the treasure within each level (or pyramid) of the game whilst avoiding the mummies. Each level consists of a two-dimensional board. In contrast with ''

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'', when the player's character walks around, footprints are left behind. By surrounding an area of the

maze A maze is a path or collection of paths, typically from an entrance to a goal. The word is used to refer both to branching tour puzzles through which the solver must find a route, and to simpler non-branching ("unicursal") patterns that lea ...

with footprints, its content is revealed, which is either a

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, a mummy, a

key Key or The Key may refer to: Common meanings * Key (cryptography), a piece of information that controls the operation of a cryptography algorithm * Key (lock), device used to control access to places or facilities restricted by a lock * Key (map ...

, a tomb or nothing at all. In order to complete a level, it is necessary to unveil the key and a tombstone. The scroll enables the player to kill/eat one mummy on the level. If a mummy is unveiled, it follows the player to the next level. The difficulty and speed of the game increases as the player progresses through the levels. The game is primarily for one player but has a limited multiplayer mode in which players can alternate taking a turn to play each level. Whilst, even at the time, it was considered simple in terms of gameplay, graphics and sound, it was for many people one of the better and more addictive early offerings for the Amstrad. The music played during gameplay is based on the children's song " The Streets of Cairo, or the Poor Little Country Maid".

Ports

The game was also released for the

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, ZX Spectrum, the

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and

Camputers Lynx The Lynx was an 8-bit United Kingdom, British home computer that was first released in early 1983 as a 48 kilobyte, kB model. Several models were available with 48 kB, 96 kB or 128 kB Random-access memory, RAM. It was possible to reach 192 kB w ...

. The ZX Spectrum version was given away in one of several introductory software packs for the computer, this particular pack also including ''Crazy Golf'', ''Alien Destroyer'', ''Punchy'', '' Treasure Island'' and ''Disco Dan''. The game was also unofficially ported to the Sega Genesis and Mattel Intelevision.

References

External links

* {{WoS game, id=0003494
Oh Mummy for Camputers Lynx at Universal Videogame List

Oh Mummy for Amstrad CPC at Time Extension

1984 video games Amidar clones Amsoft games Amstrad CPC games Camputers Lynx games Gem Software games IOS games Maze games MSX games Single-player video games Tatung Einstein games Video games about mummies Video games based on Egyptian mythology Video games developed in the United Kingdom Video games set in Egypt ZX Spectrum games