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Posted November 06, 2012
I was a kid when I played this old game on my 386. I know I bought it from Radio Shack. It was one of those bargain games that came on a single floppy disk. I know it was not from a large publisher. It was an RPG game that automatically generated levels in the dungeon. It had very simple graphics. Definitely 2D. I wonder if anyone else remembers its name. I've gotten nostalgic lately and would love to find it.

I know its a big ask, but maybe there is someone else out there that remembers it.
Posted November 06, 2012
Was it Dungeon Hack by SSI?
Posted November 06, 2012
Can you explain the type of graphics a little bit better? Were they like ASCII graphics, or just simple 2D? Was it a rogue-like RPG? (Wasn't Dungeon hack an ASCII rogue-like?)

I remember a real simple RPG that I had back in the 386 days called Castle of the Winds, I believe. It was a very basic game graphically, though I can't recall if it had randomly generated dungeons or not.
Posted November 06, 2012
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tksolway: snip
Pool of Radiance?
Posted November 06, 2012
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Qwertyman: Can you explain the type of graphics a little bit better? Were they like ASCII graphics, or just simple 2D? Was it a rogue-like RPG? (Wasn't Dungeon hack an ASCII rogue-like?)

I remember a real simple RPG that I had back in the 386 days called Castle of the Winds, I believe. It was a very basic game graphically, though I can't recall if it had randomly generated dungeons or not.
Dungeon Hack below:

http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/dungeon-hack.

Nethack was the freebie ASCII roguelike :D
Posted November 06, 2012
Do you remember anything about the controls? Mouse driven, some keys, or tons of keys? There's a whole family of RPGs with procedurally generated dungeons that's already been mentioned (roguelikes). They typically had quite convoluted controls.
Posted November 06, 2012
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Qwertyman: I remember a real simple RPG that I had back in the 386 days called Castle of the Winds, I believe. It was a very basic game graphically, though I can't recall if it had randomly generated dungeons or not.
I don't think it was randomly generated - the gardens were always to the East anyway, with the fountain in the North section of the garden. I still have this somewhere! :)
Posted November 06, 2012
I think Dungeon Hack was the only SSI AD&D game I never played
Posted November 06, 2012
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JudasIscariot: Was it Dungeon Hack by SSI?
Nope, not 3d. It was displayed as a dungeon map with an overhead view.
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Qwertyman: Can you explain the type of graphics a little bit better? Were they like ASCII graphics, or just simple 2D? Was it a rogue-like RPG? (Wasn't Dungeon hack an ASCII rogue-like?)

I remember a real simple RPG that I had back in the 386 days called Castle of the Winds, I believe. It was a very basic game graphically, though I can't recall if it had randomly generated dungeons or not.
I love you forever, Caste of the Winds THAT IS THE NAME!!!!!
Post edited November 06, 2012 by tksolway
Posted November 06, 2012
Heh, lucky guess.

I still have both #1 and #2 on a backup drive. I think it's legal to download them for free, now.
Post edited November 06, 2012 by Qwertyman
Posted November 06, 2012
Since Dungeon Hack was brought up in this thread, I'd like to hijack it with this:

Okay so, I missed out on a lot of the old first person view dungeon crawlers from back in the day. Here's what I'm looking for: Does anyone off the top of their head (yeah right), have a list of all the dungeon crawlers like Dungeon Hack that do not use a 3D engine? I want to play some of the old ones but only the ones that use a frame-by-frame system. The problem with old games, and the reason I can't go back and play games like Might and Magic, is that the old 3D graphics really ruins it for me. I know that graphics don't make a game, but when a game is designed to be immersive (i.e. using a real-time first-person 3D game engine), then graphics play a large role, at least for me.

As you can see, I played Castle of the Winds, so I clearly don't care about graphics in the general sense. I played Wolfenstein 3d, The Doom games, Duke 3d, etc., all when they were relevant. But as much as I loved them, I can't really go back and play them for more then 5 minutes as a little nostalgic trip. I can however handle any old isometric RPGs, or dungeon crawlers that are frame-by-frame (screen-by-screen?), so I'd like to get a list of all of those types of dungeon crawlers (including ones available on GoG) so I can check 'em out.

Just to clarify in case my point was missed: I'm interested in first-person dungeon crawlers that use a frame-by-frame movement system, and not a real-time movement first-person 3d engine. Hopefully that makes sense.

Thanks in advance!
Post edited November 06, 2012 by Qwertyman
Posted November 06, 2012
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Qwertyman: Since Dungeon Hack was brought up in this thread, I'd like to hijack it with this:

Okay so, I missed out on a lot of the old first person view dungeon crawlers from back in the day. Here's what I'm looking for: Does anyone off the top of their head (yeah right), have a list of all the dungeon crawlers like Dungeon Hack that do not use a 3D engine? I want to play some of the old ones but only the ones that use a frame-by-frame system. The problem with old games, and the reason I can't go back and play games like Might and Magic, is that the old 3D graphics really ruins it for me. I know that graphics don't make a game, but when a game is designed to be immersive (i.e. using a real-time first-person 3D game engine), then graphics play a large role, at least for me.

As you can see, I played Castle of the Winds, so I clearly don't care about graphics in the general sense. I played Wolfenstein 3d, The Doom games, Duke 3d, etc., all when they were relevant. But as much as I loved them, I can't really go back and play them for more then 5 minutes as a little nostalgic trip. I can however handle any old isometric RPGs, or dungeon crawlers that are frame-by-frame (screen-by-screen?), so I'd like to get a list of all of those types of dungeon crawlers (including ones available on GoG) so I can check 'em out.

Just to clarify in case my point was missed: I'm interested in first-person dungeon crawlers that use a frame-by-frame movement system, and not a real-time movement first-person 3d engine. Hopefully that makes sense.

Thanks in advance!
I know what you mean, I think the sort of games you're looking for are Mordor.
http://www.decklinsdomain.net/orders/Mordor-Original.htm

It's probably one of the best of the genre. I remember playing it back in the late '90s. The pay version is quite expensive though at $20, There is a shareware version that you should be able to find.

I'm too lazy to check, but I thought that Stonekeep is also a frame by frame deal. I could be wrong about that as I haven't bothered to install it yet.

EDIT: Apparently Mordor is DRM free on Gamersgate for $10. I guess when I think about i, $20 for a physical box edition isn't that bad.

http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-MORDOR/mordor-the-depths-of-dejenol
Post edited November 06, 2012 by hedwards
Posted November 06, 2012
hahaha, Castle of the Winds! That brings back memories..
Posted November 06, 2012
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tksolway: I know its a big ask, but maybe there is someone else out there that remembers it.
You can (legally) download both 1 and 2 here: http://lkbm.ecritters.biz/cotw/
Posted November 06, 2012
Yes, I also played some CotW

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_of_the_Winds
Post edited November 06, 2012 by Protoss
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