A primitive RPG set in an 8x8x8 dungeon with randomized contents. Accepts one-word commands and usually only pays attention to the first letter. Way retro, and exists in many variants (most of which are not at the Archive). If Wumpus is the antecedent of text adventures, this is the antecedent of Roguelike games.

Rating: **

Reviewed by Carl Muckenhoupt (30 Sep 2000)

wizards-castle.zip (33.15 KB)

MS-DOS executable (ported by J. F. Stetson)

temple.zip (21.01 KB)

BASIC source code (version: 4.2, by John Belew, optional graphics, sound, compatible with GWBASIC)

wizard.zip (9.88 KB)

BASIC source code (ported by J. F. Stetson)

wcastle.inf (57.03 KB)

Inform source code (version: initial release)

wcastle.z5 (33.50 KB)

Z-code 5 executable (version: initial release, ported by Adam Biltcliffe)