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1987 video game

Game details · IGDB

86User score · 26 ratings

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