PLATFORMS

Swords and Sorcery is a Star Trek variant in a fantasy setting and it is also turn based. The game became available on the PLATO network in 1977 and was updated until 1979. Instead of the Enterprise the player controls a hero. The game retains the game world of a 10×10 universe with each quadrant consisting of 10×10 … Continue reading “Swords & Sorcery”

Moria is a dungeon style role-playing game first developed for the Plato System around 1975. There are a number of firsts here: It is the first time a dungeon crawler has switched from an overhead view to a first-person grid based 90 degree turn view. Your food and water has to be monitored closely or … Continue reading “Moria”

A dungeon crawler that is a vast improvement to 1975’s Dungeon. There are 10 total dungeon levels to explore providing a greater variety of monsters. The dungeon levels are static and can be mapped out; however an automapping feature is introduced. You can read about my experience with Orthanc in the following blogpost: Orthanc – … Continue reading “Orthanc”

A dungeon crawler with 20 levels to explore. This is the first game to introduce the idea of a big boss. The object of the game is to defeat a dragon located somewhere between levels 17 through 20, obtain the orb it is guarding, and then bring it back up to the surface. You can … Continue reading “Game of Dungeons”

The earliest known dungeon crawler; your quest is to explore the dungeons beneath the Castle Ramething. The dungeon is not random and can be mapped out. In order to win the game, you have to accrue 20,000 experience points. You can read about my experience with Dungeon HERE