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Dungeon Master established several new standards for role playing and computer games in general. Dungeon Master was a realtime game instead of the traditional turn-based approach that was prevalent until then. Instead of using text-based commands to interact with the environment, players directly manipulated objects and the environment by clicking the mouse in the enlarged first-person view. Abstract Dungeons and Dragons style experience points and levels were eschewed in favor of a system where the characters' skills were improved directly via using them. It also introduced some novel con…
- Released
- 1987
- Genres
- Role-playing (RPG)
- Platforms
- Apple IIGS, Sharp X68000, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Atari ST/STE, DOS, FM Towns, Amiga, Super Famicom
- Game modes
- Single player
- Developer
- FTL Games
- Publisher
- Psygnosis, JVC Musical Industries, FTL Games, Victor Musical Industries
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- video game
- Country of origin
- United States
- Publisher
- SCE Studio Liverpool
- Followed by
- Dungeon Master II: The Legend of Skullkeep
- Developer
- FTL Games
- Platform
- Sharp X68000
- Game mode
- single-player video game
- Distribution format
- ROM cartridge
- Designed by
- Doug Bell
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- publication date
- 1987-01-01
- input device
- computer mouse
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