Scarab of Ra

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A turn-based, first-person Roguelike that visually resembles Maze War, set inside an Egyptian pyramid. Released for Macintosh in 1987 by Semicolon Software.

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Tropes used in Scarab of Ra include:

• Adventurer Archaeologist (Subverted; you are a "lowly undergraduate student in Archaeology")
• Captain Ersatz ("Intrepid archaeologist, professor, explorer, and adventurer Mississippi Smith")
• Egyptian Mythology
• Everything's Better with Monkeys
• Gotta Catch Them All (The three sacred relics of Ra)
• Heal Thyself (First aid kits)
• Hint System
  • Hints Are for Losers: The game actively tell you not to use it.
• Implacable Man (Mummies)
• Infinite Flashlight (Averted; your lantern needs oil)
• Interchangeable Antimatter Keys
• Instant Sedation
• Lampshade Hanging (You can use a plank to cross a trap and then safely retrieve the plank before stepping off it; the game explains that "Fortunately, you are putting yourself through college by performing as a contortionist in a local sideshow")
• Locked Door
• Mono-Gender Monsters (Lionesses)
• Mummy
• Nightmare Fuel (Mummies)
• Night Vision Goggles (Nightglasses)
• No Animals Were Harmed (You can find tranquilizer guns, but no conventional firearms)
• Randomly Generated Levels
• Technical Pacifist (There's no killing the animals, but you can permanently immobilize them in nets)
• Wallet of Holding (Semi-averted; gold weighs you down, but you can magically bank it from certain locations within the pyramid)
• Whip It Good (Averted; the bullwhip frightens animals but can't injure them)
• Wizard Needs Food Badly