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Home of Retro PC Gaming Currently hosting 2 1984 games! |
| Castle Adventure 1984 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| User rating: 9 | DOS Shareware (full version) | Adventure | |||||||||||||||||||
| Developed by Kevin Bales | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Published by Kevin Bales | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Castle Adventure is an early attempt at adding ASCII graphics to the traditional text adventures of early computers. The game accepts typed instructions of two words, such as "drink water", and many of the room names, treasures and items seem inspired by Colossal Cave. It differs by eliminating the rich descriptions that are necessary in a text adventure and allows you to actually see the room. You navigate and fight using the arrow keys. Exploration is important and there is definitely some problem solving, but not on the scale of a text adventure. There are only 83 rooms and relatively few commands, making the game suitable for players of any age. I enjoy it very much, and it is worth playing to completion for the nostalgia and a DOS gaming history lesson. Castle Adventure Shareware (43k) Play online I'm not sure if the author still accepts registration for this game, but I will find out.
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| DND 1984 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| User rating: 9 | DOS Shareware (full version) | RPG | |||||||||||||||||||
| Developed by RO Software | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Published by RO Software | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Based on Daniel Lawrence's dungeon crawl game for mainframe computers, DND is widely regarded as the first computer role-playing game. DND was ported and rewritten for many different computer systems, sometimes by the author, and sometimes without his knowledge. Bill Knight discovered the game and ported it to the PC. Two new dungeons have been added, but it is otherwise faithful to the original. There are three character types: fighter, magician, and cleric. Your character has attributes such as strength, intelligence, and agility, which can change throughout the game. The dungeons are rendered in ASCII text, and form a 20×20×20 maze. You can pick up magical items, fight monsters, cast magic, and find treasure. Hit points and skill at casting magic increase as you gain experience points and level up. Your goal is to find an ORB that grants immortality, hidden somewhere in each dungeon. If one dungeon proves too challenging, your character can leave via the entrance and enter a different dungeon. One of the most addictive games ever, DND is a classic. There are 5 dungeons in this game. The Cavern
I have found no ordering information for this game.
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