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Montezuma’s Revenge Returns
Palm Beach Gardens, FL - March 10, in the year of our
Lord 2023 - Long before a certain bounty hunter donned
her iconic spacesuit, a 16-year-old programmer named Robert
Jaeger created one of the first platform games on the Atari 800
computer, Montezuma’s Revenge. Often credited as being an
inspirational predecessor to Metroid and many other popular
gaming series, Montezuma's Revenge is considered one of the
greatest multi-platform hits of the early generation of video
games. Now, 40 years later, Handcrafted Mystical Games is
bringing Montezuma’s Revenge back to life in a modern remake
built for the current consoles and the PC.
In Montezuma’s Revenge, players may follow Pedro the explorer or
his younger sister Rosita on an expedition for glory into the
deadly depths of Montezuma’s tomb. Overcome devious traps, face
down monstrous foes, and find a path through the ruins to untold
riches – and then see if you can do it again.
Fans of the 1983 original will have something to look forward to
as well with the inclusion of a previously unreleased complete
Director’s Cut of the original Montezuma’s Revenge with this new
edition.
"I am very excited about having a modern update of Montezuma's
Revenge for its 40th birthday,” says Jaeger. “HMG has assembled
some top-notch talent, and I am working with them every step of
the way. I am also coding and doing the art for the Director's
Cut, which is my completed vision of the original classic
version of the game."
Montezuma's Revenge was ahead of its time in 1983 in how it
approached replay value and challenge, distinguishing itself
with multiple difficulty settings that altered the tomb’s
layout, closing paths, changing enemy placement, and floors
shrouded in darkness.
Montezuma’s Revenge 40th Anniversary Edition is in development
and will be launched within the next 9 months. The title will be
the team’s first homegrown project under the Handcrafted
Mystical Games label.
About Montezuma’s Revenge
Montezuma's Revenge is a 1984 platform game for Atari 8-bit
family, Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Apple II, ColecoVision,
Commodore 64, IBM PC (as a self-booting disk), and ZX Spectrum
(as Panama Joe). It was designed and programmed by Robert Jaeger
and published by Parker Brothers.
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