Dungeon Master: Gameplay, Platforms and Key Facts

Dungeon Master (1987) is a role-playing (rpg) video game developed by FTL Games, available on SNES, Atari-ST, DOS, Amiga, SFAM. It holds an aggregated critic and player score of 86/100 on IGDB.

What is Dungeon Master about?

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 control methods including the spell casting system, which involved learning sequences of runes which represented the form and function of a spell's effect. For example, a fireball spell was created by mixing the fire symbol with the wing symbol. This kind of attention to detail and focus on the user inter

Key details

Dungeon Master was released in 1987 and supports single player. Platforms: SNES, Atari-ST, DOS, Amiga, SFAM. Developer: FTL Games.

Should you play Dungeon Master?

With a 86/100 aggregate score, Dungeon Master ranks among the best-reviewed games in its genre and is widely considered a must-play.