From the Database of Home of the Underdogs
GAME DESIGNER:Friends
GAME DEVELOPER:Konami
GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware
Copyright 1985, Konami
Kings Valley is a fun platform/maze game from Konami, released for the MSX computer and many other 8-bit console systems except the PC in 1985. The game plays like a more updated version of Montezumas Revenge, except it takes place in pyramids instead of Mayan ruins. As intrepid adventurer, your goal is to collect various gems, while evading angry ghosts and other monsters long enough to find the exit to the next level. Higher levels are both longer and feature new bonus items, such as the pickaxes and other tools you can use. Although not a puzzle game per se (level design is not as devious as, say, Lode Runner), Kings Valley does require some thinking to get ahead, especially in later levels where you must figure out the optimal path to get to the gems. Definitely another winner from Konami that will keep you entertained. Recommended!
Note: the game was never made for PC. This download is the MSX version recompiled to work in DOS with no emulator required, thanks to Friends, one of the more prolific MSX crackers groups.
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