Dungeon Master: Theron's Quest

Dungeon Master: Theron's Quest

Developer(s) FTL Games, Software Heaven Inc.
Publisher(s) Victor Entertainment Inc.
Platform(s) TurboGrafx CD
Release date(s)
  • JP September 18, 1992
Genre(s) Role-playing video game
Mode(s) Single player
Media/distribution CD

Dungeon Master: Theron's Quest is a modified version of Dungeon Master for the TurboGrafx/PC Engine video game console.[1] It was released on September 18, 1992 and available in English and Japanese.[2]

The main goal of the game is Theron finding seven parts of a blue knight's armor (Shield Defiant, Taza Poleyn, Tazahelm, Taza Boots, Taza Armor, Soulcage, The Retaliator), each of which is located in one of seven mini dungeons.[3]

Contents

Differences from the original

It has a different story, but can be considered as a light version of Dungeon Master. Theron's Quest doesn't contain all of the items, spells and monsters featured in Dungeon Master. Theron's Quest contains seven small dungeons instead of one big dungeon, which however are partially identical or inspired by the original dungeons of Dungeon Master and Chaos Strikes Back. As in the original, the player goes on a quest with a team of up to four champions fighting through dungeons gaining experience and finding items. In contrast to the original, the player takes the role of a character named Theron and three other champions. After successful completion of each dungeon, the whole party loses its collected items and the three champions lose their skills and statistics. Further, the game can only be saved between dungeons. The lack of the original save option during a level has been replaced by many resurrection 'Altars of VI'. There are also less monsters to fight which renders the game easier than the original.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ McFerran, Damien (2006). "The Making of Dungeon Master". Issue 34. Retro Gamer Magazine. pp. 30–31. http://www.meanmachinesmag.co.uk/upload/media/scans/retrogamer_dungeonmaster.pdf. Retrieved 2011-01-19. 
  2. ^ Dungeon Master: Theron's Quest at MobyGames
  3. ^ a b Dungeon Master Encyclopaedia

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