Arabian (1983) · Tastebuds

Arabian is a rarity for Atari's arcade efforts -- a climber/platform game -- in which players lead a wanna-be Arabian Knight through various locales kicking monsters and birds out of the way before they touch him and cost the player a life.

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Plot-driven, unpretentious, resolved and cool.

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unpretentiousprestige
resolvedopen-ended
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earnestironic

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Platforms: Arcade, Family Computer
Developer: Sun Electronics
Publisher: Atari, Sun Electronics
Released: June 1, 1983
Modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Perspective: Third person, Side view

IGDB rating 5.9/10 from 7 ratings.

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