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Which controls does this version use?

Control notes

  • Infidel is controlled through typed text commands.

  • The DOS version does not use a conventional action-button control scheme.

How it plays

How does Infidel play?

The game uses a first-person text-adventure perspective. Each turn presents a description of the current location, and the player types commands such as examining objects, taking items, opening containers, or moving in a direction.

The objective is to explore the pyramid, discover how its mechanisms work, and recover the treasure. Progress depends on interpreting room descriptions, combining inventory items, and avoiding traps or irreversible mistakes. There are no action modes or character statistics; advancement comes from solving environmental puzzles.

Plan your run

What is the best way to play Infidel?

Examine every location carefully and repeat searches after changing the environment. Keep useful objects instead of discarding them, and record unusual descriptions, symbols, and locked mechanisms.

Save before testing unfamiliar actions. The game can punish experimentation with death or a permanently damaged solution path, so use incremental saves and revisit earlier locations when a clue does not yet make sense.

Before you begin

What should you know before playing?

  1. 1

    Read room descriptions closely; important clues may be hidden in ordinary wording.

  2. 2

    Save frequently before entering dangerous areas or manipulating mechanisms.

  3. 3

    Map the pyramid and track every portable object.

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