Montezuma's Revenge is a video game for Atari home computers, Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Apple II, ColecoVision, Commodore 64, IBM PC, Sega Master System, and ZX Spectrum (as Panama Joe). It was created by Robert Jaeger and published in 1984 by Parker Brothers. The game's title references a colloquial American English expression for diarrhea contracted while visiting Mexico. Montezuma's Revenge is one of the first platform games: an action game combining treasure hunting, multiple rooms, and puzzle solving.

Gameplay

The player commands a character called Panama Joe (a.k.a. Pedro), moving him from room to room in the labyrinthine underground of the 16th century Aztec temple of emperor Montezuma II, filled with enemies, obstacles, traps, and dangers. The objective is to score points by gathering jewels along the way. Panama Joe must find keys to open doors, collect and use equipment such as torches, swords, amulets, etc. without losing his life. Obstacles are laser gates, conveyor belts, disappearing floors, and fire pits. Movement is achieved by jumping, running, sliding down poles, steps, chains, etc. Enemies are the skulls, snakes, and spiders.

The final aim of the game, the Treasure Chamber, is described by the following excerpt from the original manual:

Sequels

A new 3D game for modern game systems has been developed by Utopia Technologies called Montezuma's Return, which is also the title of a 2D version for the Game Boy Color.

External links

• Montezuma's Revenge Classic Gaming Game Museum.
• Montezuma's Revenge GameSpy Hall of Fame.
• Montezuma's Revenge map Full map for the original game.
• Montezuma's Revenge C64 map Map for all 9 levels of the Commodore 64 version of the game.