Seal of the Pharaoh

Short description: 1994 video game

Seal of the Pharaoh

Developer(s)| System Sacom
Publisher(s)|

* JP: ASK Kodansha Co.
* NA: Panasonic

Producer(s)| Haruo Ogawa
Shuichi Koyama
Composer(s)| Haruo Hosoya
Platform(s)| 3DO Interactive Multiplayer
Release|

* JP: June 25, 1994[2]
* NA: 1995[1]

Genre(s)| Role-playing video game, dungeon crawler
Mode(s)| Single-player

Seal of the Pharaoh, known in Japan as Virtual Quest: Pharaoh no Fūin (Virtual Quest: ファラオの封印), is a first-person role-playing video game developed by ASK Kodansha Co. / System Sacom and published by Panasonic for the 3DO Interactive Multiplayer.

## Contents

* 1 Gameplay
* 2 Synopsis
* 3 Development and release
* 4 Reception
* 5 References
* 6 External links

## Gameplay

Gameplay screenshot

Seal of the Pharaoh is a first-person role-playing video game involving dungeon exploration.[3][4][5]

## Synopsis

## Development and release

## Reception

Reception

| Review scores

Publication| Score
EGM| 19/40[6]
GamePro| 16/20[8]
Hyper| 5%[7]
Next Generation| [9]
Computer+Videogiochi| 81/100[10]
Electronic Entertainment| [11]
Ultimate Future Games| 65%[12]
VideoGame| 22/30[13]

Next Generation reviewed the game, rating it two stars out of five, and stated that "The instruction book helpfully supplies maps to the first four levels, but there's not a lot of variance to the scenery no matter how deep you delve, and its brightly lit corridors reveal a total lack of atmosphere or any distinctive style. It's competent, but no better."[9] 3DO Magazine editor Stuart Wynne found the game tedious and summarized, "Patiently fighting your way through the endless mazes may not be too dreadful once, but when you die gathering enough enthusiasm to retry is far from easy. Save points are few and far between, making this idiosyncratic release very much one for the patient."[14]

## References

1. ↑ Panasonic staff (January 1995). "UNUSUAL WORLDS, DANGER ABOUND IN NEW SOFTWARE FOR PANASONIC REAL 3DO MULTIPLAYER". Panasonic. https://archive.org/details/panasonic-3-do-media-press-kit-winter-ces-1995/page/n6/mode/1up. Retrieved January 10, 2025.
2. ↑ "3DO Soft > 1994". GAME Data Room. http://tk-nz.game.coocan.jp/gamedatabase/software/DB_3DO1994.html. Retrieved May 20, 2019.
3. ↑ Meston, Zach (June 1995). "3DO RPG Attack Exclusive Strategy: Seal of the Pharaoh". VideoGames (Larry Flynt Publications) (77): 92–3. ISSN 1059-2938. https://archive.org/details/Video_Games_The_Ultimate_Gaming_Magazine_Issue_77_June_1995/page/n99/mode/2up.
4. ↑ Roberts, Nick (June 1995). "Seal of the Pharaoh". Games World: The Magazine (Paragon Publishing) (12): 56. ISSN 1354-2907. https://archive.org/details/games-world-12/page/56/mode/1up.
5. ↑ (in ja) 3DOバイブル 人気14タイトル完全攻略集. Best Sellers. August 5, 1995. pp. 8–17. ISBN 4584160260. https://archive.org/details/3dobible/page/n5/mode/2up.
6. ↑ Semrad, Ed; Carpenter, Danyon; Manuel, Al; Williams, Ken (May 1995). "Review Crew: Seal of the Pharaoh". Electronic Gaming Monthly (Sendai Publishing) (70): 36. ISSN 1058-918X. https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic Gaming Monthly Issue 070 (May 1995)/page/n37/mode/1up.
7. ↑ Hopkinson, Russell (July 1995). "Seal of the Pharaoh". Hyper (nextmedia) (20): 65. ISSN 1320-7458. https://archive.org/details/hyper-020/page/65/mode/1up.
8. ↑ Neves, Lawrence (June 1995). "Role-Player's Realm: Seal of the Pharaoh". GamePro (IDG) (71): 98. ISSN 1042-8658. https://archive.org/details/GamePro_Issue_071_June_1995/page/n99/mode/1up.
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Next Generation staff (June 1995). "Finals: Seal of the Pharaoh". Next Generation (Imagine Media) (6): 100, 102. ISSN 1078-9693. https://archive.org/stream/nextgen-issue-006/Next_Generation_Issue_006_June_1995#page/n111/mode/1up.
10. ↑ Ravetto, Fabio (September 1994). "Review: Virtual Quest". Computer+Videogiochi (Gruppo Editoriale Jackson) (40): 42–44. https://archive.org/details/computer-videogiochi-40/page/n41/mode/2up.
11. ↑ Olafson, Peter (July 1995). "Sports, Ports, and Games with Warts". Electronic Entertainment (IDG) (19): 85. ISSN 1074-1356. https://archive.org/details/ElectronicEntertainmentIssue24December1995/Electronic Entertainment Issue 19 (July 1995)/page/n88/mode/1up.
12. ↑ "Ultimate review sector: Aquatic mammal fun in Seal of the Pharaoh but we might be wrong...". Ultimate Future Games (Future plc) (6): 86. May 1995. ISSN 1355-7289. https://archive.org/stream/ultimate-future-games-06#page/n85/mode/1up.
13. ↑ VideoGame staff (April 1995). "3DO: Seal of the Pharaoh" (in pt). VideoGame (Editora Sigla) (48): 9. https://archive.org/details/revistas-brasileiras-de-games-da-net/videogame/videogame_48/page/n8/mode/1up.
14. ↑ Wynne, Stuart (April 1995). "3DO World: Seal Of The Pharaoh". 3DO Magazine (Paragon Publishing) (3): 10. ISSN 1355-9621. https://archive.org/details/3-do-magazine-03/page/10/mode/1up.

## External links

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