77
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100 point score based on reviews from various critics.
3.4
MobyScore
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Description

This is an official Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, 2nd edition computer product. Here's the introductory story the game gives you...

As the youngest son of a Noble Merchant, an easy life lay before you. But the call of adventure beckoned, and so, you left your home for a life of action and danger.

Sea serpents, storms and tattered sails have all proved perilous as the years passed. You've taken ships and defeated fiends, at the side of your instructor, the Master Corsair Sinbar.

But your thoughts always return to Kara, the Caliph's beautiful daughter. It is for her you devote your skill and honors. And it will be her hand in marriage that will be your reward for attaining your goal of becoming a Corsair.

Your adventure begins now, on the hidden isle where Sinbar tests his pupils.

As the game starts, you see your character from the top-isometric viewport, and you must first prove youreself worthy by defeating all the traps placed in the testing maze. Then you will come home, awaited by your sister, and town guards, and you're ready to role your dice and step into the unknown.

Alternate Titles

  • "Al Quadim: Der Fluch des Dschinn" -- German title

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User Reviews

A decent game with two near-fatal flaws emerging_lurker (181) 4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars
A cool single-player RPG willyum (812) unrated

The Press Says

High Score Sep, 1994 5 out of 5 100
PC Games (Germany) Jul, 1994 78 out of 100 78
PC Gamer Jul, 1994 76 out of 100 76
Power Play Aug, 1994 74 out of 100 74
PC Player (Germany) Jul, 1994 74 out of 100 74
Abandonia Nov 28, 2004 3 out of 5 60

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Trivia

The game box's cover features a painting by artist Jeff Easley, earlier used as the front cover to Jeff Grubb's 1992 "Arabian Adventures" RPG sourcebook.


This entry to the MobyGames database was contributed by MAT Bronze Star Contributing Member (35183) on Mar 27, 2000.
 

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