PLATFORMS
A hero saved the human race from utter annihilation by the gods. This same hero then was charged by the heavens to take care of a young seed dropped from there. This seed becomes his daughter, and her guardian will be watching her progress. In Princess Maker 2 the player assumes the role of a father to … Continue reading “Princess Maker 2”
Year: 1993
Platforms: 3DO, DOS, FM Towns, GP32, Macintosh, PC-98, SEGA Saturn, TurboGrafx CD, Windows
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Turn-based strategy
NetHack is a roguelike role-playing game with both traditional ASCII graphics and a graphical tileset. The objective is to find the Amulet of Yendor and sacrifice it to your deity. In the beginning, you choose one of the classes – there are some traditional ones, like Priest or Knight, but also unusual ones like Tourist or … Continue reading “Nethack”
Year: 1999
Platforms: Acorn 32-bit, Amiga, Android, Atari ST, Browser, DOS, GP32, Linux, Macintosh, OS/2, PC-98, Windows, Windows Mobile, iPhone
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Roguelike
Rogue is a turn-based dungeon crawler in which the player controls an adventurer who must explore the dangerous Dungeon of Doom in order to retrieve the precious Amulet of Yendor and make it out alive. The player character starts on the upper-most level and slowly makes his way downwards. The game uses ASCII characters to represent … Continue reading “Rogue”
Year: 1980
Platforms: Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Android, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, GP2X, GP32, Linux, Macintosh, Mainframe, PC-88, PC-98, Roku, TRS-80 CoCo, Windows, ZX Spectrum
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Turn-based strategy