And one of my favorites, the Sega Genesis (Mega Drive) classic Shining in the Darkness. And Menzoberranzan. And Wizards and Warriors. Besides the others mentioned I missed, there are these, and I'm sure more I missed besides. I never realized I was such a fan of 1st person grid-based dungeon crawlers... I always thought I was more a fan of isometric games and 3/4 style games like BG and Divinty:OS.

Now that you make me think about it, it's really a shame that the genre is so unpopular.
Even the brilliant Legend of Grimrock 2 (imo the best dungeon crawler ever made) had awful sales numbers, so I suspect we won't see a game of such quality anytime soon. So sad. :(

I would be all over Grimrocks if they had free movement. Am i the only one that likes the free movement of M&M 7, 8, and 9 more than the grid based stuff? It just seems to me like they are reintroducing a needless limitation just because "retro".

As much as grid movement was popular, I'm going to admit I'd be more into a more freeflow crawler that's more about exploring than click this monster 80 times to kill it.

I guess I could mention Mordor: The depths of Denjol, but it's a crufty old game that works weirdly, and the rights holder is charging nearly 20 dollars for a game that basically doesn't work anymore. (The last effort had was to update it so it worked better with Windows XP)

Oh wow, the list grows and grows... Thanks for the suggestions!

Mary Skelter is one possibility on GOG.

The best of the Japanese grid-crawlers tend to be found on the PSP Vita and the (3)DS. Strange Journey and the Etrian series, for example.

Why not start with the original Dungeon Master? One of the many ports here: http://www.ragingmole.com/RTC/

eh let me think a bit. I'll just focus on japanese made ones since other people can cover the western ones.

now, I haven't played all of these and some of these might not be to your taste in terms of aesthetics or mechanics or be for a system you have but I'm trying to be reasonably thorough.

Wizardry Tale of the Forsaken Land (ps2)
Wizardry Labrynth of Lost Souls (ps3)
Etrian Odyssey (ds/3ds)
Class of Heroes 1 and 2 (psp/ps3)
Unchained Blades (psp/3ds)
Persona (ps1/psp)
Persona Q (3ds)
Strange Journey (ds/3ds)
Soul Hackers (3ds)
The Dark Spire (ds)
Elminage Original (psp/3ds/pc)
Elminage Gothic (pc)
MeiQ (vita)
Mary Skelter (vita/pc)
Moe Chronicle (vita/pc)
Labrynth of Refrain (ps4/switch/pc)
Dungeon Travelers 2 (vita)
Ray Gigant (vita/pc)
Demon Gaze 1 and 2 (Vita/ps4)
Operation Abyss and Operation Babel (vita/pc)
Stranger of Sword City (vita/pc)

It was working for me relatively recently, I'll have to load it up and see.

But, I think it does work on React OS if necessary.

But then again I am on Win 7

Maybe I should have Wine take a whack at it.

That'll probably work, it's not a particularly complicated game.

Well, it isn't quite working. Scrollbars don't exist, and the dungeon can't be navigated.

If you want to go to Steam, Stranger of Sword City and Elminage Gothic are good.

And again a
thank you!!!
for all the suggestions!