Description
Select your 4 adventurers and descend into the depths of the dungeon.
Dungeon Master was a significant enhancement to the 3D dungeon crawl type of role-playing adventure game started by
Wizardry and
The Bard's Tale. The addition of a mouse-based (real-time) combat and inventory system in Dungeon Master has been repeated by the
Eye of the Beholder Trilogy,
Lands of Lore series, and other late-classic-era RPG games.
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Trivia
Apple IIgs version
The first port of
Dungeon Master was for the Apple IIgs. This port was done while the original Atari ST version was in development.
DOS version
The DOS version contains some individual marks: it has an extra animation at the end of the game and plays music in the starting screen.
Speaker
In the United States FTL released an sound adapter along with
Dungeon Master.
It connected to the computer's joystick port and plugged into any speaker or amplifier to add digital sound to the
Dungeon Master game. Built into the device was a 9-pin joystick adapter.
Awards
- Computer Gaming World
- 1989 - Hall of Fame member
- November 1996 (15th anniversary issue) - #49 on the "150 Best Games of All Time" list
- Power Play
- Issue 01/1989 - Best Role Playing Game in 1988
Information also contributed by
Macintrash,
PCGamer77,
Rantanplan,
The Real DJ and
Ye Olde Infocomme Shoppe.
