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Arabian

Main Game
Platform Arcade Action Fantasy Historical
59
User Score
7 ratings
June 1, 1983
Released 15687 days ago
Arcade Family Computer

About

Arabian is a rarity for Atari's arcade efforts -- a climber/platform game -- in which players lead a wanna-be Arabian Knight through various locales kicking monsters and birds out of the way before they touch him and cost the player a life. The action begins aboard a ship at sea, and later to an island and then a castle. Urns with letters on them are peppered around the screen and must be touched in the correct order to spell "ARABIAN" for bonus points -- but beware of a huge genie that occasionally pops out of an urn to grab any adventurers within his grasp. The player's man can scale ladders and ropes, hang overhead from horizontal ropes, and hop from flying carpet to flying carpet (similar to Frogger's river logs) to navigate each level.

Storyline

The Arabian princess has been kidnapped, and only you can save her by traversing through the four magical pages on which this story has been printed. Collect the bags of gold from a ship, a cave, a wall with magic carpets, and the outside of the castle where the princess is being held in order to rescue her. In your way are an army of pink ghosts and black crows, who will do everything in their power to stop you, even combining to form an even bigger enemy.

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Release Dates by Platform

Arcade Worldwide
Jun 1, 1983
Family Computer Worldwide
Jul 25, 1985

Game Info

Developer
Sun Electronics
Publisher
Atari, Sun Electronics
Game Modes
Single player, Multiplayer
Perspective
Third person, Side view
Genres
Platform Arcade
Themes
Action Fantasy Historical

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