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Dragon FireĀ is an early RPG for Apple II computers. It follows the standard concept of early fantasy games – shops to buy equipment, moving around with keyboard, and fighting monsters to win treasures, with which to buy better equipment. There are 5 character classes to choose from: Warrior, Huntress, Wizard, Dwarf or Elf. There are … Continue reading “Dragon Fire”

Year: 1981

Platforms: Apple II

Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)

Theme: Turn-based strategy


Dragon’s Eye is a fantasy RPG in which you are cast as a valiant warrior tasked with saving the lands by completing an epic quest. The lands in question are the “Seven Provinces” and the quest itself involves finding and retrieving the “Dragon’s Eye” amulet before its evil power corrupts the entire countryside. The game is … Continue reading “Dragon’s Eye”

Year: 1981

Platforms: Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore PET/CBM

Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)

Theme: Turn-based strategy


Thunder Road Adventure is a text adventure game for multiple systems. The player is a moonshiner, who must deliver their load of illicit white lightning through the hills and hollows from their farm in Georgetown to the town of Knawbone. This is your official last run, trying to raise money for college before going straight. Along … Continue reading “Thunder Road”

Year: 1980

Platforms: TRS-80, TRS-80 CoCo

Genre: Adventure

Theme: Interactive fiction / text adventure


The Deadly Dungeon is a text adventure for the TRS-80. The player has entered a deadly dungeon, and must collect the seven treasures held within, and return them to the starting sign in an old temple. All commands are via VERB + NOUN text entry. There is no save and restore feature, and the maximum score … Continue reading “Deadly Dungeon”

Year: 1980

Platforms: TRS-80

Genre: Adventure

Theme: Interactive fiction / text adventure


Curse of the Sasquatch is a text adventure for the TRS-80. The player has been carried to a small shack somewhere in Alaska, the reason and means for this unclear. The player must survive the freezing cold of the Alaskan winter, and explore the nearby mountains and caverns beneath the shack they start in. Ultimately, the … Continue reading “Curse of the Sasquatch”

Year: 1980

Platforms: TRS-80

Genre: Adventure

Theme: Interactive fiction / text adventure


Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves is an overhead dungeon crawler with strong RPG elements that sends you on a search for the Sultan’s kidnapped daughter, Princess Buddir-al-Buddoor. You journey into the (often trapped) underworld to fight the nefarious thieves. Your party is chosen from a range of 17 characters, and can feature humans, dwarves, elves, … Continue reading “Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves”

Year: 1981

Platforms: Apple II, Atari 8-bit, FM-7, PC-88

Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)

Theme: Turn-based strategy


Over a thousand years ago, the wizard Mondain, intent on world domination, created an evil gem which made him invincible and immortal. The protagonist, known as the Stranger, has to travel the lands in search of a time machine, go back in time to the days before Mondain created the gem, and then destroy him. … Continue reading “Ultima I”

Year: 1981

Platforms: Apple II, Atari 8-bit

Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)

Theme: Turn-based strategy


Adventure 2: The Great Pyramid, like itsĀ predecessor, is a text adventure game with little to no story. The aim in the game is to find a number of treasures that are scattered around the game world. The world comprises a great pyramid and its immediate surrounding desert. The game features save and restore functionality. You … Continue reading “Adventure #3: The Great Pyramid”

Year: 1980

Platforms: Commodore PET/CBM

Genre: Adventure

Theme: Interactive fiction / text adventure


Temple of the Sun is a text-based adventure game for the TRS-80. As a student of ancient magical orders, you have accidentally discovered clues leading you to the long buried Cult of the Shaman, an extremely powerful order of wizards whose influence shaped Indian culture in the Western Hemisphere for countless centuries. Now, standing before the … Continue reading “Temple of the Sun”

Year: 1980

Platforms: TRS-80

Genre: Adventure

Theme: Interactive fiction / text adventure


Reality Ends is a text-based adventure game for the TRS-80. Reality has been shattered by the forces of the Citadel of Baldir, divided up into over 200 separate realities. The player must travel between realities to build an army strong enough to conquer the city of Margon to free the Amulet of Sangi. With the Amulet … Continue reading “Reality Ends”

Year: 1980

Platforms: Apple II, TRS-80

Genre: Adventure

Theme: Interactive fiction / text adventure