Montezuma’s Revenge The 40th Anniversary Edition Review (Steam)

by Jim Smale · Published January 16, 2025 · Updated January 14, 2025

Montezuma’s Revenge The 40th Anniversary Edition Review, The 1983 classic multi-room platformer Montezuma’s Revenge returns in 2.5D glory, and now Pedro’s adventure is bigger than ever with 100 tricky rooms to explore! For its 40th anniversary, what was once an unfinished game is now resurrected to match the full vision of creator Robert Jaeger. This time you can choose between male and female explorers, Pedro or his sister Rosita, to delve deep into the dangerous ruins and hunt for treasures untold!

Montezuma’s Revenge The 40th Anniversary Edition Review Pros:

Decent graphics.
3.39GB Download size.
Steam achievements.
Graphics settings – resolution.
Keyboard support.
Full controller support.
Two playable characters – Pedro and Rosita.
Three game difficulties – Apprentice, expert, and Archeologist.
Local leaderboards.
Director cut lets you play the original 80s classic version of the game.
Action platformer gameplay.
How To Play option before starting to play.
Earn extra lives every 10,000 points.
Handy to save the game on the exit option.
The goal is to get to the top of the temple and you do this by collecting keys to open up doors and avoid enemies and obstacles.
Collect gems to earn bonus points.
Difficult game to master as it’s one-hit deaths, fall too far (which isn’t much), and die.
A 2D game world with 3D characters in the world.
Nice soundtrack.
Simple controls with it being just movement and jump.
Basic puzzle elements will appear.
After losing all your lives you can start again or use continues.

Montezuma’s Revenge The 40th Anniversary Edition Review Cons:

No actual graphics options.
Cannot remap the controls for the controller or the keyboard.
The mouse cursor stays on the screen.
Horrible delay when pressing the pause button.
The Fall distance is so small and causes many cheap deaths.
Had it where I respawned straight into death.
You don’t get any help in terms of how to play the game as the instructions are way too basic.
The controls don’t feel that tight and responsive.
The background and obstacles all blend together making it difficult to know what is an o stacked and what is scenery.

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