King's Valley

King's Valley is a puzzle-platform game with roots in Konami's MSX catalogue of the mid-1980s, where the original became a fondly remembered part of the Japanese home-computer scene. The concept places you inside Egyptian pyramids and tombs, guiding an explorer who must collect jewels scattered across each screen while dodging patrolling enemies, then reach the exit to advance. Its blend of careful navigation, timing and light puzzle-solving made it a staple of Konami's early platform output.

This 1995 MS-DOS listing brings that classic formula to the PC. The appeal lies in its clean, screen-by-screen challenge structure, the kind of tightly designed arcade puzzling that rewards planning your route and learning enemy patterns rather than reflexes alone. It is a compact, approachable design that holds up as a neat example of Konami's craft in the genre, and a pleasant discovery for anyone who missed the MSX original.