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Sword of Fargoal

The pawn has to climb down into an underground dungeon and search for a sword between the fifteenth and twentieth level. He shall hand over this "Sword of Fargoal" to the blind knight Gedwyn, so he can fight…

31 December 1982

Sword of Fargoal is an adventure developed by Epyx, released 31 December 1982 on Commodore C64/128/MAX, Commodore VIC-20 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Sword of Fargoal is

Sword of Fargoal is an adventure game developed by Epyx and released in 1982. It is available on Commodore C64/128/MAX, Commodore VIC-20 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

The pawn has to climb down into an underground dungeon and search for a sword between the fifteenth and twentieth level. He shall hand over this "Sword of Fargoal" to the blind knight Gedwyn, so he can fight the devilish Umla. As soon as the player has found the sword in the depths of the dungeon, there are about 30 minutes left to take it out. If it gets lost on the way he must return to the level where he found it. Same as in other fantasy role games, the player improves his abilities by collecting experience points. As soon as he has reached 200 experience points, the player goes up one level and his resistance against wounds is raised. The next stage is at 400, the third at 800 and so…
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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

Sword of Fargoal launched on 31 December 1982, within three weeks of Trashman, King Kong and Xevious.

Released around the same time: Trashman, King Kong, Xevious.

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When did Sword of Fargoal come out?
Sword of Fargoal was released on 31 December 1982 for Commodore C64/128/MAX, Commodore VIC-20 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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