Dungeon Hack

MS-DOS · 1993 · WOR

Also known as: ダンジョンハック (JP)

Publisher: Strategic Simulations · Developer: DreamForge Intertainment · Genre: Role-Playing

The game is based in the Advanced Dungeons and Dragons world of Forgotten Realms. Dungeon Hack features a three-dimensional, randomly generated dungeon; SSI claimed that "over 4 billion" different dungeons were possible. The game features a pseudo-3D game screen based on Eye of the Beholder series. Like Rogue, dungeons are randomly generated whenever a new game is started. As a result, virtually no two dungeons generated by the game are identical. That said, players can play identical dungeons by sharing "dungeon seed" codes that are generated by the game. Dungeon Hack uses the rules mechanics of AD&D 2nd Edition. Most notable about this game is the option to have "real character death", unlike other such graphical AD&D games (such as Pool of Radiance). When this option is turned on, restored saves are erased upon character death, just as with traditional roguelike games.