Caverns of Xaskazien

Moby ID: 1471
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A one player hack and slash role-playing game, this one depicts an adventurers struggle through thirty levels of randomly generated dungeons to confront the arch-demon, Xaskazien.

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Average score: 2.7 out of 5 (based on 5 ratings with 2 reviews)

Retro, turn-based RPG - A quick jolt of fun

The Good
There is a good deal of variation in the game, no two dungeon levels are the same. The game is extremely challenging.

The Bad
The low-technology of the game (DOS-based, 16-colour graphics, etc).

The Bottom Line
A simple, turn-based RPG with matching graphics and sound. Provides a quick jolt of fun on a rainy day. Has been recently (2004-03) updated to work with Windows and can be downloaded for free at http://www.codedread.com/games.php.

DOS · by jeff_schiller (5) · 2004

A simple game based on a legacy of similar games.

The Good
Again, biased, since I designed it.

My ex-girlfriend, who doesn't like computer games, actually got quite addicted to this one, because of it's simplicity. It is based on earlier games like "Dungeon" for the PET and "Sword of Fargoal" for the Commodore 64. Each level of the dungeon can be depicted on a single screen, though it is only revealed as your character explores it.

The random dungeons and monsters and events make for a game that is always different. Really, boiled down, this is Diablo minus all of its fancy graphics and beautiful music.

And the game periodically gets updated/evolves, always fun, even for me.

The Bad
The graphics leave a lot to be desired.

The Doppelgangers, which start popping up around levels 10 through 14 or so mean that unless you are either very lucky, or have devoted a lot of training in your character to magic, you're gonna bite the dust when you meet more than one of them.

Mummies should cause disease, not poison.

The Bottom Line
Ultra simple hack and slash adventuring, but, similar to what I said about Bard's Tale - sometimes that can be relaxing.

DOS · by Jeff Sinasac (391) · 2000

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Game added by Jeff Sinasac.

Windows added by Pseudo_Intellectual.

Game added May 27, 2000. Last modified February 22, 2023.