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Dunjonquest: Upper Reaches of Apshai

An expansion module for "Dunjonquest: Temple of Apshai" containing 150 more rooms split into four episodes.

31 December 1981

Dunjonquest: Upper Reaches of Apshai is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Automated Simulations, released 31 December 1981 on Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX and DOS.

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What Dunjonquest: Upper Reaches of Apshai is

Dunjonquest: Upper Reaches of Apshai is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Automated Simulations and released in 1981. It is available on Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX, DOS and TRS-80.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Walking at last! After four long months of pain and limping and crutches and foul medicine, I finally stood up and walked around without aid. I was beginning to think I'd be holed up in this foul-smelling, disease-ridden infirmary forever. I was one of the original thousands of adventurers who poured into the small town above Apshai a few months ago. When word of the treasure to be had in the gloomy dunjons of Apshai got out, just about every young lad (and lassie) with any spirit of adventure at all came running here. By boats they came, mainly, but also by land, afoot, or on horseback. I came over 200 leagues by boat . . . for what? As I stepped off the boat and walked down the…
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How it plays

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

What it launched against

Dunjonquest: Upper Reaches of Apshai launched on 31 December 1981, within three weeks of Ms. Pac-Man, Zaxxon, Gorf and Robotron: 2084.

Released around the same time: Ms. Pac-Man, Zaxxon, Gorf, Robotron: 2084.

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When did Dunjonquest: Upper Reaches of Apshai come out?
Dunjonquest: Upper Reaches of Apshai was released on 31 December 1981 for Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX, DOS and TRS-80.

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