Re: Humble Choice February 2025

On 04/02/2025 22:50, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

Dungeon Master was a real time
corridor RPG, the first one I ever remember playing, by FTL Studios.
Loved both of them though.  (Apparently there's a "Dungeon Master" game
on Steam "Coming Soon" but doesn't look like it has anything to do with
the original.) It doesn't appear the original is available digitally
anywhere, which makes me sad.

Yeah, that surprised me too. I could have sworn I owned copies of the
game from GOG, but nope; all I have is images from the floppies I
bought years and years ago (and the manuals, stuck in a
box-in-the-closet). I can't say I'm disappointed by the lack --I was
never a fan of the series-- but I am somewhat taken aback that the
originals haven't been given a second chance on GOG or elsewhere.
 (but feel free add your vote for them on the GOG wishlist
https://www.gog.com/dreamlist/game/dungeon-master. The more votes a
game gets, the more effort GOG puts to getting it back on sale 😉

Burn the heathen, Dungeon Master is on my list of all time classics and I still remember mapping out dungeons, listening for a tell tale noise of a gate opening and trying, rather badly, to work out spell combinations on my faithful Atari ST. It also has the nostalgia factor of browser through games in the owner run game shop (who remembers those) and buying games based on that sounds like fun.
There is even a mod for Grimrock to remake it although how faithful it is to the original I'm not sure.
https://www.nexusmods.com/grimrock/mods/65/