▁See ▁also ▁▁ ▁List ▁of ▁but ter f lies ▁of ▁Liber ia ▁ ▁General : ▁ ▁Wild life ▁of ▁Liber ia ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁▁ ▁* L iber ia ▁M oth s ▁* ▁Liber ia <0x0A> </s> ▁The ▁Ph ara oh ' s ▁Cur se , ▁or ▁simply ▁Ph ara oh ' s ▁Cur se , ▁is ▁a ▁platform ▁advent ure ▁game ▁written ▁by ▁Steve ▁Cole man ▁and ▁published ▁by ▁Syn ap se ▁Software ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 3 ▁for ▁the ▁At ari ▁ 8 - bit ▁family . ▁It ▁was ▁port ed ▁to ▁the ▁Com mod ore ▁ 6 4 ▁and ▁V IC - 2 0 . ▁In ▁Ph ara oh ' s ▁Cur se ▁the ▁player ▁attempts ▁to ▁collect ▁ 1 6 ▁tre asures ▁from ▁an ▁Egypt ian ▁tomb ▁while ▁avoid ing ▁the ▁ph ara oh , ▁his ▁m ummy , ▁and ▁various ▁tra ps . ▁ ▁Cole man ▁also ▁wrote ▁Rain bow ▁Walker ▁for ▁Syn ap se , ▁published ▁the ▁same ▁year . ▁ ▁John ▁Sz cze p ania k , ▁writing ▁for ▁Games TM ▁magazine , ▁called ▁The ▁Ph ara oh ' s ▁Cur se ▁an ▁early ▁example ▁of ▁what ▁later ▁became ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁Met roid van ia ▁genre . ▁ ▁Game play ▁ ▁The ▁Ph ara oh ' s ▁Cur se ▁world ▁is ▁arranged ▁as ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁ 1 6 ▁rooms ▁in ▁a ▁ 4 ▁by ▁ 4 ▁layout , ▁using ▁the ▁f lip ▁screen ▁technique ▁of ▁moving ▁between ▁them . ▁The ▁game