How to play Quest for Quintana Roo online
- Move: arrow keys. Outside the temple, left and right walk and up climbs the steps; inside, Sam moves in all eight directions.
- Use the item in hand: Space bar (pick up, shoot, throw acid, strike with the chisel or leave a room, depending on what Sam is holding)
- Switch between tools and weapons: F11 (the console’s Select switch)
- Start a game / drop the current item: F12 (the console’s Reset switch)
- Save and load your progress: Ctrl + 0–9 saves to a slot, Alt + 0–9 loads it
Gameplay
The game starts outside the temple. Sam climbs the steps on its side to reach the entrances, dodging poisonous snakes and bolts of the moon god’s anger that flash from the temple’s eyes. Inside, the temple has five levels. Your goal is to find all five map rocks, carry them to the map vault room and place them correctly. When the vault opens, you have won.
Sam’s colour tells you what he is holding. White means empty-handed, yellow means he carries a map rock, blue means his gun is drawn, red means an acid flask and green means the chisel. The gun deals with snakes, while acid is what destroys mummies, and you can carry up to five flasks. The chisel opens vaults: strike the right secret rock and it gives way.
Two timers keep the pressure on. Each visit inside the temple gives you 90 seconds of air. And if a snake or spider bites Sam, he has 60 seconds to find the magic green herbs that cure him.
| Action | Points |
|---|---|
| Killing an enemy | 100 |
| Opening a vault | 100 |
| Collecting a treasure | 1,000 |
| Inserting a map rock | 1,000 |
| Opening the map vault | 5,000 |
Collecting 20 treasures without losing a life earns you an extra one. Your remaining lives are shown in yellow in the top right corner.
Tips
- Collect all five map rocks first. The manual recommends gathering the full set before you start placing them in the map vault room.
- Remember where the herbs are. A bite gives you only a minute, so you need to know the way to the cure before it happens.
- Keep an eye on your air. Leave the temple before the 90 seconds run out, even if it means coming back for an item later.
- Carry the right tool. Snakes are shot, mummies need acid, so switch weapons before you meet them rather than in a panic.
History
Sunrise Software released the original cartridge, and its instructions came as simple typed sheets. Boxed Sunrise copies are now very hard to find. Telegames later bought the rights and re-released the game, and that version is much easier to get hold of.
Similar games to play next
- Raiders of the Lost Ark – another item-juggling treasure hunt with an adventurer hero
- Pitfall! – Activision’s jungle treasure run
- Montezuma’s Revenge – room-by-room exploration of an Aztec pyramid, with keys and doors
- Tutankham – shoot your way through an Egyptian tomb
- Glacier Patrol – a VSS game finished for Sunrise and later released by Telegames