Deep Dungeon
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Games in the series
Madō Senki
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Madō Senki is set in the town of Dorl. One day, monsters raided the town, stealing both the treasures and Princess Etna's soul. Despite the attempts of brave warriors to retrieve her soul, none have been successful.
In the dungeon, the player is given a command list. The player can choose to attack if an enemy is in the vicinity, view allocated items, escape from battle, examine the area for items, and talk if there are people nearby. The character's effectiveness in battle is largely determined by numerical values for attacking power (AP), defensive power (AC), and health (HP). These values are determined by the character's experience level (LEVEL), which raises after the character's accumulated experience (EX) reaches a certain point.
Reception
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In Famicom Tsūshin two reviewers compared it to Wizardry with one saying that it was a miniature version of that game and another saying "for better and worse", the games were similar.[2] While one reviewer said it lacked originality and another said the game felt a bit empty another said its a game players would not get bored of.[2] One reviewer complimented the extra features such as being able to turn off the games music allowing them to play after hours.[2]
Yūshi no Monshō
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Yūshi heno Tabi
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Kuro no Yōjutsushi
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The game has removed the custom character feature of the previous game. Through this game, the player will meet up to two additional playable characters with a predetermined class. This game also reverts to the standard practice or randomizing characters' stat growth when gaining an experience level. New to this engine is that the player can learn to summon two monsters to function as a temporary additional party member for a single battle. It also removed the feature that stops random battles when the player is significantly more powerful than the enemies. The maps in this game are also much smaller (whereas the previous games used multi-floor dungeons up to 32x32 tiles, the dungeons in this game are either single floor, or multiple floors that can fit within a single 32x32 map). In this game, the player can accept "requests" from the non-player characters. These are optional tasks that will reward the player with bonus items, experience or money when finished.
Notes
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Fami-Com Soft Scramble". Famicom Hisshoubon (in Japanese). No. 16. JICC Publishing Bureau. February 6, 1987. p. 62.
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References
External links
- Square Enix Deep Dungeon page Template:In lang
- Deep Dungeon at RPGClassics
- Deep Dungeon IV: The Black Sorcerer at MobyGames
- Deep Dungeon Fan Translation at Romhacking.net
