Ariolasoft Games Archive
Ziggurat
Ziggurat is a 1988 isometric arcade adventure developed by Tigress Designs and presented by Ariolasoft's Reaktor label. The preserved title screen provides direct contemporary credit for the production: the game was written by Chris Sawyer, designed by Tigress Designs, and features graphics by ALK.
Players explore a maze-like structure on a treasure hunt, navigating interconnected rooms while avoiding their inhabitants and making use of a selectable inventory. The controls include jumping, firing, laying a lure, reversing direction and manipulating objects. Contemporary coverage advised players to draw a map as they explored.
The surviving credit screen is particularly valuable because it distinguishes Tigress Designs' design role from Sawyer's programming credit, explicitly displaying the words 'Written by Chris Sawyer'.
Sources reviewed: Original Ziggurat title and credit screen preserved by CPCWiki: 'Written by Chris Sawyer'; CPCRulez preservation record and contemporary ASM review transcription.