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Dunjonquest: Temple of Apshai

This dungeon crawler is one of the first ever RPGs with graphics and character progression.

1 August 1979

Dunjonquest: Temple of Apshai is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Automated Simulations, released 1 August 1979 on Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX and Commodore PET.

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What Dunjonquest: Temple of Apshai is

Dunjonquest: Temple of Apshai is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Automated Simulations and released in 1979. It is available on Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX, Commodore PET, Commodore VIC-20, DOS and TRS-80.

The premise, in the publisher's words

You are Brian Hammerhand having just a arrived by ship in a small, nameless coastal town. After a quick brawl in the Wallowing Whale Tavern, nearly pennieless, you set out to go exploring the small town. A boy you meet leads you to the house of Meris the Mage. There you learn about the legend of Apshai. Apshai is the ancient god of insects and it is said that its priests, though very knowledgable, were muddling in dark rites. The followers of the earth god Geb drove the Apshaians away who eventually found a new home in an underground cave which over time they relentlessley expanded. They build a huge temple in tribute to the God Apshai and prospered immensely in the time that followed…
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

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When did Dunjonquest: Temple of Apshai come out?
Dunjonquest: Temple of Apshai was released on 1 August 1979 for Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX, Commodore PET, Commodore VIC-20, DOS and TRS-80.

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