The Adventurer

Caught stealing, a thief is sentenced to go underground and return alive. You are shut in a stone maze of twelve rooms. Twelve gold coffers lie in the rooms and must be opened in order; a coffer out of turn blocks your way like a wall. Each room that still holds its coffer is guarded by a gargoyle that stalks straight at you, and its touch costs one of your three lives. Press the button to throw your stiletto, which flies five cells and drives the gargoyle off until you return. With every coffer open, the gargoyles all come back: fight your way to the first room, where the door opens.

Controls: Either controller; the stick walks (hold to keep walking), a button shoots.

ColecoVision version credited in the source to Claude (an AI made by Anthropic) for Amy Studio, in Amy, the language by Amy Bienvenu, 2026: a reimagined adaptation of the published rules. From Ahoy! magazine, February 1987, page 89: original Commodore 64 program by Jean-Francois Heon. This is a modern homebrew adaptation, not a commercial Coleco release.