Arabian (arcade game)
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Arabian or Tales of the Arabian Nights
Japanese arcade flyer of Arabian.
Developer(s)	Sun Electronics
Publisher(s)	Atari Inc. (US)
Release date(s)	1983 (Arcade)
Genre(s)	Platformer
Mode(s)	Single-player, Up to Two-player, alternating turns
Input methods	8-way joystick, 1 button
Cabinet	Vertical
CPU	Z80
Sound	AY8910
Display	Raster, 234 x 256 pixels, 64 colors

Arabian (アラビアン, Arabian^?) is a platform arcade game created in 1983 by Sun Electronics and published by Atari Inc. The player assumes the role of an adventurous Arabian prince whose goal is to rescue the princess from her palace. In his quest, the prince will sail the seas, crawl in caves, and fly magic carpets.

Game play

Score points on the way for picking up the letters in 'A-R-A-B-I-A-N' and get a bonus if they are collected in order. Use the joystick to jump, super-jump, walk, crawl or climb in all directions. Tap the Kick button to boot your enemies out of the way.

Screenshot of Arabian.

Chuck Futtrell holds the record for this game with a maximum possible score of 219,750 points.^[1]

Ports

Arabian was converted for home computers as Tales of the Arabian Nights by Interceptor Software in 1984/5 for the Acorn Electron, Amstrad CPC, BBC Micro, Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum. A Famicom version was released only in Japan as Super Arabian (スーパーアラビアン, Super Arabian^?). Super Arabian was also rereleased in a two-in-one Sony Playstation game, Memorial Series Sunsoft Vol.2, which also included Ikki.

References

External links

• Memorial Series: SunSoft Vol. 1 webpage
• Arabian at GameFAQs
• Super Arabian at GameFAQs
• Arabian at Arcade History
• Arabian at the Killer List of Videogames
• Arabian guide at StrategyWiki
• Tales of the Arabian Nights at World of Spectrum

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