<s>
The	B-Application
Pharaoh	I-Application
's	I-Application
Curse	I-Application
,	O
or	O
simply	O
Pharaoh	B-Application
's	I-Application
Curse	I-Application
,	O
is	O
a	O
platform	O
adventure	O
game	O
written	O
by	O
Steve	O
Coleman	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Synapse	O
Software	O
in	O
1983	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
and	O
VIC-20	B-Device
,	O
with	O
the	O
VIC	O
version	O
published	O
by	O
Human	O
Engineered	O
Software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Coleman	O
also	O
wrote	O
Rainbow	B-Application
Walker	I-Application
for	O
Synapse	O
,	O
published	O
the	O
same	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
John	O
Szczepaniak	O
,	O
writing	O
for	O
GamesTM	O
magazine	O
,	O
called	O
The	B-Application
Pharaoh	I-Application
's	I-Application
Curse	I-Application
an	O
early	O
example	O
of	O
what	O
later	O
became	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
Metroidvania	O
genre	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Pharaoh	I-Application
's	I-Application
Curse	I-Application
world	O
is	O
a	O
16	O
cave-like	O
rooms	O
in	O
a	O
4	O
by	O
4	O
layout	O
,	O
using	O
the	O
flip	O
screen	O
technique	O
of	O
moving	O
between	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Antic	O
gave	O
the	O
game	O
a	O
favorable	O
review	O
,	O
saying	O
"	O
Pharaoh	B-Application
's	I-Application
Curse	I-Application
will	O
appeal	O
to	O
all	O
computerists	O
and	O
gamesters	O
...	O
</s>
<s>
HI-Res	O
said	O
"	O
This	O
Tutankham	B-Application
takeoff	O
is	O
marvelous	O
and	O
the	O
Joystick	O
capability	O
is	O
magnificent.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Personal	O
Computer	O
Games	O
gave	O
the	O
VIC-20	B-Device
version	O
an	O
8	O
out	O
of	O
10	O
rating	O
,	O
saying	O
"	O
The	O
basic	O
idea	O
behind	O
Pharaoh	B-Application
's	I-Application
Curse	I-Application
is	O
n't	O
particularly	O
new	O
,	O
but	O
there	O
are	O
enough	O
original	O
touches	O
to	O
give	O
a	O
unique	O
feel	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
later	O
awarded	O
it	O
the	O
title	O
of	O
VIC-20	B-Device
game	O
of	O
the	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
