Lost Tomb
| Lost Tomb | |
|---|---|
Home port box cover | |
| Developer(s) | Stern Electronics |
| Publisher(s) | Stern Electronics Datasoft (ports) |
| Designer(s) | Dan Lee |
| Programmer(s) | Arcade Dan Lee Apple II Larry Lewis Atari 8-bit Bruce Adelstein Commodore 64 Mark Brodie Troy Lyndon Robert Bobbio IBM PC Larry Lewis |
| Artist(s) | Whitney Caughlan (C64) |
| Platform(s) | Arcade, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, IBM PC |
| Release | 1982: Arcade 1984: Atari, Apple, C64 1985: IBM PC |
| Genre(s) | Multidirectional shooter |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
| Arcade system | Konami Scramble |
Lost Tomb is an overhead-view twin-stick shooter written by Dan Lee and released as an arcade video game by Stern Electronics in 1982. Armed with a gun and single-use whips, the player uses dual joysticks to explore the chambers of a South American pyramid looking for treasure and fighting mummies, spiders, and scorpions. The game was Stern's first arcade conversion kit and was intended for use with earlier machines from the company such as Scramble. Lost Tomb contains microtransactions: at specific points in the game, 25 additional whips can be purchased by inserting a coin.
In 1984, Datasoft published home ports for Apple II, Atari 8-bit computers, Commodore 64, and a self-booting disk for IBM PC compatibles. Additional whips can be purchased for points instead of real money.