Sultan's Maze was first released in the

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in 1983 by Gem Software and then in 1984 in

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and the UK by

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. The game was included in the game packs that came with the computer when purchasing an

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Gameplay

The game starts with the legend that the Sultan was visiting

Hampton Court Hampton Court Palace is a Listed building, Grade I listed royal palace in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, southwest and upstream of central London on the River Thames. Opened to the public, the palace is managed by Historic Royal ...

and was robbed of his

jewels A gemstone (also called a fine gem, jewel, precious stone, semiprecious stone, or simply gem) is a piece of mineral crystal which, when cut or polished, is used to make jewellery, jewelry or other adornments. Certain Rock (geology), rocks (such ...

while in 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 lead ...

. His

bodyguard A bodyguard (or close protection officer/operative) is a type of security guard, government law enforcement officer, or servicemember who protects an very important person, important person or group of people, such as high-ranking public offic ...

tried to recover them but was murdered by the group of

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. In the present day setting of the game, the player must enter the maze and recover the jewels bringing them back outside. Aside from making it through the maze without getting lost or tired the player must also be on the look out for the ghost of the Sultan's bodyguard.

References

1983 video games First-person maze games Amsoft games Amstrad CPC games Camputers Lynx games Dragon 32 games Gem Software games Video games developed in the United Kingdom {{adventure-videogame-stub