The Scroll of Akbar Khan
In the middle of the vast and trackless Arabian desert stands the forgotten city of Akbar Khan. Somewhere inside the walls lies the fabulous scroll of Akbar Khan, a priceless relic, reputed to contain the secrets of eternal life. The main gate stands open, beckoning . . . It is your task to find the scroll and escape from the city — alive. But be on your guard — the city holds many perils for the unwary Adventurer . . .
Transcribed from the cassette inlay.1984 · Copyright 1984 on the disk loading screen; advertised October 1984
Play it
The disk image is under “From the archive” below. It runs in VICE, which is free for Windows, macOS and Linux, or on a THEC64. Two-word commands: DIG, HELP, GET KNIFE, GO NORTH, DROP PAPER. The hint sheet below has the solutions.
How it plays
Commands the manual gives as examples: DIG, HELP, GET KNIFE, GO NORTH, DROP PAPER.
Screens
Earlier cover
A second, unbordered cover design for this title, and most likely the packaging it had before October 1984. That autumn Mountain Valley told dealers it had “completely redesigned and upgraded” its cover artwork, and the list of titles it sent out with the October offer shows every game in the bordered design at the top of this page. Only titles already in the range have a design like this one: the two released with the redesign, Himalayan Odyssey and The Volcano of Raka-Tua, do not. The letters are in the archive.
Reviewed
- 19% — Zzap!64, August 1985 sold in Britain by Step One, £14.95 on cassette — “a boring one, lacking in depth, vocabulary and action” Read it
From the archive
- Cassette inlay the original blurb and instructions, as printed
- Hint sheet (PDF) scanned from the sheet Mountain Valley sold separately
- Disk image (.d64) 171 KB — for VICE or any C64 emulator
