Dungeon Explorer
Dungeon Explorer emphasizes adventure-style puzzle-solving and exploration over traditional RPG elements such as statistics and combat. You can create a character just by naming him/her -- no need for dice rolls for statistics. Once you have a character, the first order of business is to equip the character with armor, weapons and other handy items. Since your starting funds are limited, you must begin the adventure to find gold and gain experience fighting monsters. With additional funds you can buy healing and better weapons, which allow you to explore further and further. As you progress you will find a number of puzzles and devious traps which are quite fun to solve. Most of them are physical puzzles similar to Zelda, requiring you to push blocks around, for example.
I find Dungeon Explorer a fun RPG that fans of adventure genre or anyone who dislikes intense combat in RPGs should take a look. There are enough monsters to hack and slash, but it's the puzzles that distinguish the game from most other freeware RPGs. Two thumbs up for this underdog, and please let me know if you have "full" version with additional adventures!
Average Rating: | 8.4 [55 votes] |
Genre: | RPG |
Designer: | John Murphy |
Developer: | Freeware |
Publisher: | Freeware |
Year: | 1990 |
Software Copyright: | John Murphy |
Theme: | Fantasy, Shareware |
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More Info: | Mobygames | The Web |
System Requirements: | DOS |
If you like this game, try: | Vampyr: The Talisman of Convocation, Ultima IV: Quest of The Avatar VGA, Akalabeth Remake |
Thanks to... | HunterZ |
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