Ghost legs and mummy curses: Tutankham / Amidar | NES Works Gaiden (Casio) 63

Another pair of Konami titles for PV-1000 with Tutankham and Amidar. Unlike last episode's games, this duo's releases under the Casio label are some of the few home conversions of the coin-op originals, making these carts fairly unique and decidedly rare. In fact, Tutankham has the unfortunate dual distinction of being the PV-1000's rarest game, but also (probably) its best. I suppose that's kind of nice, in that it certainly beats something like Pachinko for Sega SG-1000 (rare, expensive, and bad)... but also kind of bad, in that there aren't a lot of options for experiencing Tutankham outside of emulation.

Then again, both Tutankham and Amidar for PV-1000 don't exactly present players with pure, ultra-faithful coin-op conversions. Whether due to technical limitations or just a weird artistic choice, both games made their way to PV-1000 suffering from ample compromises. They're still good, just... not 100%.

Special thanks to Christa Lee of Sound Retro Co. for modding this PV-1000 for composite output.

Production notes:

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PV-1000 footage recorded from original hardware, modded for composite output by Christa Lee of Sound Retro Co. NES/Famicom footage captured from ‪@analogueinc‬ Nt Mini; SG-1000 footage recorded from Analogue Mega Sg Video; arcade footage generally captured from a MiSTer. All capture upscaled to 4K via Retrotink 4K or to 720p with an xRGB Mini Framemeister.