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Heart of Africa

A Commodore 64 adventure seeking a pharaoh's lost tomb.

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Heart of Africa is a strategy video game for the Commodore 64, released in 1985 by Electronic Arts and developed by Ozark Softscape. The player takes the role of an adventurer searching for the Lost Tomb of Pharaoh Ahnk Ahnk in 1890s Africa. The game is stylistically similar to The Seven Cities of Gold.

Reception

In 1986, Computer Gaming World described Heart of Africa as an experience players would not quickly forget, highlighting its graphics and optional side quests. By 1990, the same magazine rated it two-plus stars out of five in surveys of pre-20th century strategy games, calling it an arcade-like, unhistorical, and less successful sequel. Compute! observed that unlike its predecessor, the game had only one map, but felt it would appeal to anyone who found Seven Cities of Gold even slightly interesting. Ahoy! criticized the game for being too easy, noting the tomb could be discovered by accident.

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1. Which company developed "Heart of Africa"?

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Not quite. The answer is Ozark Softscape.

From the source: “Created by Ozark Softscape and published by Electronic Arts in 1985, it casts the player as an adventurer searching for the Lost Tomb of Pharaoh Ahnk Ahnk in Africa during the 1890s.”

2. Which company published "Heart of Africa"?

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Not quite. The answer is Electronic Arts.

From the source: “Created by Ozark Softscape and published by Electronic Arts in 1985, it casts the player as an adventurer searching for the Lost Tomb of Pharaoh Ahnk Ahnk in Africa during the 1890s.”

3. In what year was "Heart of Africa" first released?

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Not quite. The answer is 1985.

From the source: “Created by Ozark Softscape and published by Electronic Arts in 1985, it casts the player as an adventurer searching for the Lost Tomb of Pharaoh Ahnk Ahnk in Africa during the 1890s.”

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