Luxor (video game)

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Luxor
Developer(s)
Publisher(s) MumboJumbo
Designer(s) Scott Hansen
SeriesLuxor
Platform(s) Mac OS X
Windows [c]
Nintendo Wii
Nintendo 3DS
iOS
PlayStation Portable [d]
Android [e]
ReleaseMay 30, 2005 [1]
Genre(s) Puzzle
Mode(s) Single-player

Luxor is a game and series of tile-matching action puzzle video games, developed and published by MumboJumbo, with the initial release in 2005. The first sequel to this game was Luxor: Amun Rising, which was released in 2005 followed by Luxor 2 , which was released in 2006 and included new gameplay, levels and bonuses. After that came Luxor 3 , which featured seven gameplay modes and improved graphics. Other titles include Luxor: Quest for the Afterlife , Luxor 5th Passage and Luxor Evolved .

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Gameplay

Using a fireball, one of the game's many powerups, in Luxor: Amun Rising Luxor Screenshot1.jpg
Using a fireball, one of the game's many powerups, in Luxor: Amun Rising

Luxor's gameplay is similar to Puzz Loop and Zuma . 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-ups such as the fireball are given if the player manages to make three consecutive matches.

Games

List of releases
TitleRelease dateHD versionConsole versionHandheld versionMobile version
Luxor2005Check-green.svgDark Red x.svg Nintendo 3DS [f] BREW, J2ME
iOS [f] [g]
Android [f]
Luxor: Amun Rising2005Check-green.svgDark Red x.svg PSP [h] iOS, Android [f]
Luxor 2 2006Check-green.svg XBLA
PS2, Wii [i] 		PSP
Nintendo DS [i] 		iOS, Android [f]
Luxor 3 2007Dark Red x.svg Nintendo Wii Dark Red x.svgDark Red x.svg
Luxor: Quest for the Afterlife 2008Dark Red x.svgDark Red x.svgDark Red x.svgDark Red x.svg
Luxor 5th Passage 2010Dark Red x.svgDark Red x.svgDark Red x.svgDark Red x.svg
Luxor Evolved 2012Dark Red x.svgDark Red x.svgDark Red x.svg iOS
Spin-offs
Luxor: Mahjong2006Dark Red x.svgDark Red x.svgDark Red x.svgDark Red x.svg
Luxor: Adventures2009Dark Red x.svgDark Red x.svgDark Red x.svgDark Red x.svg

Complaint

After competitor Codeminion released their game StoneLoops! of Jurassica for iPhone, MumboJumbo filed a complaint with Apple requesting the game’s removal from the Apple App Store. According to MumboJumbo the game shares many similarities with the Luxor-series that could confuse customers. Apple accepted the complaint and the game was removed. [2]

Notes

  1. ↑ Developer of the main Luxor series.
  2. ↑ Developer of Luxor 5th Passage .
  3. ↑ Luxor HD, Luxor Amun Rising HD and Luxor 2 HD in Xbox Live on Windows 11 only.
  4. ↑ Subtitled The Wrath of Set.
  5. ↑ Luxor HD, Luxor: Amun Rising HD and Luxor 2 HD only.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 HD version
  7. ↑ Original version
  8. ↑ As Luxor: The Wrath of Set and contains levels from Luxor.
  9. 1 2 As Luxor: Pharaoh's Challenge.

References

  1. ↑ IGN: Luxor
  2. ↑ "Where is StoneLoops or how to get rid of your competition in the Apple Appstore". Codeminion. 23 October 2009. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
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