Montezuma's Revenge

The player controls a on-screen character called Panama Joe, 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.

Version history:

There are 2 versions of Montezuma's Revenge on the Atari 800:

1. The unfinished CES demo by Robert Jaeger aka Utopia, with animated intro and all other bells & whistles, but lacking an ending. It was never published commercially.

2. The cut-down final version by Parker Bros (PB). Finishable, but zero PB added level progression, so each level can be finished, but the 9th level repeats infinitely.

The PB version exists in the following formats:

- US disk release by PB,

- US disk release by BCI,

- EU disk release by Databyte,

- EU tape release by Databyte,

- prototype cartridge by PB, never published commercially.

The Databyte tape and the PB proto cart contain the room/audio bug, while the PB and BCI disks don't.