Luxor(video game)
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Publisher(s) | MumboJumbo |
Designer(s) | Scott Hansen |
Series | Luxor |
Platform(s) | Mac OS X Windows[c] Nintendo Wii Nintendo 3DS iOS PlayStation Portable[d] Android[e] |
Release | May 30, 2005[1] |
Genre(s) | Puzzle |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
Luxoris a game and series oftile-matchingactionpuzzle video games,developed and published byMumboJumbo,with the initial release in 2005. The first sequel to this game wasLuxor: Amun Rising,which was released in 2005 followed byLuxor 2,which was released in 2006 and included new gameplay, levels and bonus. After that cameLuxor 3,which featured seven gameplay modes and improved graphics. Other titles includeLuxor: Quest for the Afterlife,Luxor 5th PassageandLuxor Evolved.
Gameplay
[edit]Luxor's gameplay is similar toPuzz LoopandZuma.The user eliminates colored magical spheres by causing three or more spheres of the same color to collide. When spheres are eliminated, nearby spheres which now form a segment of three or more of the same color will also explode in a chain reaction.
During gameplay, the on-screen spheres continuously move forward, pushed themselves by additional small scarabs. If any sphere reaches the player's pyramid, the player loses a life and is forced to restart the level. If the player succeeds in eliminating a certain number of spheres without this occurring, new spheres cease to arrive and the level can be completed by removing those which remain.
Power-upslike Fireball are given if the player manages to make three consecutive matches.
Games
[edit]Title | Release date | HD version | Console version | Handheld version | Mobile version |
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Luxor | 2005 | Nintendo 3DS[f] | BREW,J2ME iOS[f][g] Android[f] | ||
Luxor: Amun Rising | 2005 | PSP[h] | iOS,Android[f] | ||
Luxor 2 | 2006 | XBLA PS2,Wii[i] |
PSP Nintendo DS[i] |
iOS,Android[f] | |
Luxor 3 | 2007 | Nintendo Wii | |||
Luxor: Quest for the Afterlife | 2008 | ||||
Luxor 5th Passage | 2010 | ||||
Luxor Evolved | 2012 | iOS | |||
Spin-offs | |||||
Luxor: Mahjong | 2006 | ||||
Luxor: Adventures | 2009 |
Complaint
[edit]After competitorCodeminionreleased their gameStoneLoops! of JurassicaforiPhone,MumboJumbosent a complaint to Apple with the request to remove the game from theApple App Store.According to MumboJumbo the game has many similarities with the Luxor-series which could confuse customers. Apple accepted the complaint and the game was removed.[2]
External links
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^Developer of the mainLuxorseries.
- ^Developer ofLuxor 5th Passage.
- ^Luxor HD,Luxor Amun Rising HDandLuxor 2HD inXbox LiveonWindows 11only.
- ^SubtitledThe Wrath of Set.
- ^Luxor HD,Luxor: Amun Rising HDandLuxor 2 HDonly.
- ^abcdeHD version
- ^Original version
- ^AsLuxor: The Wrath of Setand contains levels fromLuxor.
- ^abAsLuxor: Pharaoh's Challenge.
References
[edit]- ^IGN: Luxor
- ^"Where is StoneLoops or how to get rid of your competition in the Apple Appstore".Codeminion. 23 October 2009.Retrieved29 March2013.