Eye of Horus

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Eye of Horus casts you as a shaman navigating a pyramid crammed with shifting traps and dead ends. The twist? You can toggle between human and bird forms using the up and down arrows. Flap through tight corridors as a bird then switch back to dodge spikes and rolling boulders on the ground. Each level mixes platforming precision with timing challenges as you chase the titular artifact. The morph system feels ahead of its time for 1989, offering creative solutions to environmental puzzles. While the pixel art and chiptune soundtrack lean firmly retro, the core mechanic of shape-shifting to access new areas remains surprisingly fresh. Available on DOS, Amiga, and other 8/16-bit systems, it carved a niche among platformers with its dual-form gameplay long before similar concepts hit mainstream titles.