This 1985 release from Spanish company Dinamic Software is an obscure ZX Spectrum platform game about Egyptian tomb-raiding.

Abu Simbel Profanation is actually the third game in the “Johnny Jones” series – the other two games being Babaliba and Saimazoom – both released in Spain in 1984, then later re-released in the UK by Silversoft. Abu Simbel was published in the UK by Gremlin Graphics. Dinamic were obviously trying to cash-in on the success of Raiders of the Lost Ark and the name Indiana Jones.

As Spectrum platform games go, Abu Simbel Profanation is pretty good. The aim of the game is to “collect the correct diamonds according to their colour” (says the manual), and to “open the doors with them” (it goes on); then a final piece of advice from the manual: “avoid everything but the flashing Egyptian symbols on squares”.

Abu Simbel Profanation is cute, colourful and challenging. I wouldn’t call it a ‘classic’, but it has stood the test of time quite well and is still able to deliver some fun now.

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