In Eye of Horus, the player is Horus and must find the pieces of his father, Osiris, and assemble them in order to defeat the evil Set. The pieces of Osiris are located within a labyrinth where hieroglyphs come alive to prevent the player from completing this task. Horus possesses papyrus darts to destroy the evil that attacks him, and also has he ability to turn into a hawk to fly over certain enemies and to help him complete his mission. Horus can pick up amulets that can increase his weapons' powers or assist him in other ways.
Each game uses different controls, most DOS games use the keyboard arrows. Some will use the mouse , "Alt" ,"Enter" and "Space bar".