Dungeon Master

Information

Genre

Adventure - RPG (3-D)

Language

Compiled C

Controls

Mouse

Players

1

Resolution

Low

Programmer(s)

Walker, Dennis, Newton, Mike, Bell, Doug

Graphic Artist(s)

Jaros, Andy

Game design

Walker, Dennis, Bell, Doug, Newton, Mike

Musician(s)

[n/a]

Sound FX

Holder, Wayne

Cover Artist(s)

Darrow, David

Year

1988

Publisher

Faster than Light (FTL)

Distributor

-

Developer

Software Heaven

Licensed from

-

Country

USA

Software

English

Box/Instructions

English

License

Commercial

ST Type

ST, STe, 0.5MB

Number of Disks

1, Single Sided

Votes / Statistics

Rating: 7.9/10 · Votes: 1,042 · Downloads: 15,683 · Hits: 178,667

Additional Comments

Screenshots (4)

Cover Art (3)

Instructions (128)

Article (2)

Tips (5)

ST Action

<br>Ancient Corridors Guide

Maps

Thanks to Paul Neiland and AtariCrypt for these maps.

Trivia (5)

Book / Magazine Reviews (3)

Génération 4 · Mars / Avril, 1988 · Rating: 100 %

ST Action · May, 1988 · Rating: 90 %

ANALOG · June, 1988

Comments (16)

• PeyloW — 30 Jul 2025

  The Atari ST game I keep getting back to almost every year. Spent too many hours discussing this one at the school yard. Drawing maps on paper. Just brilliant.

• ostjak — 22 Jan 2025

  Godlike game, ahead of its time by 5 years and the most notable ST original by far. Easy 10/10

• renaud — 1 Mar 2015

  souvenirs inoubliables de ce jeu ! ma madeleine de proust

• Maartau — 4 Feb 2015

  Excellent comment below ;) !

• Hillsy_ — 11 Oct 2013

  @Aimee - No it didn't. It used 620K to have more sound which required a 1mb Amiga. Also, the AtariST version was more difficult. Give credit to the ST on this one. The Amiga had plenty of other great games.

• Aimee — 11 Aug 2013

  It was well worth the wait for the Amiga version which improved quite a bit on an all ready great game !

• Jeff Fulton — 19 Nov 2012

  Best ST game of all time. Should have been the game packed in tither a "blitter" charged Panther Atari Console that would have had a real chance in 1988.

• eric G — 24 Oct 2012

  I had a 1040ste and played that game. I think I got to the 5th floor only. That game was a complete experience. It was totally self learning. It was truly scary. you were locked in an underground dungeon and each floor had more scary things happening to you. The games was your eyes and ears which put you entirely in the game. I remember turning around to make sure there was nothing behind me. You never knew what awful creature was lurking somewhere in the maze and you really felt them attacking and making you hurt and close to death. it was no joke. I actually believed that these things really existed in that world of dungeon master.

• Hillsy_ — 29 Oct 2011

  typo...the game which made Amiga owners jealous...

• Hillsy_ — 29 Oct 2011

  There are so many great things about this game. The magic system was genius, the idea of the torch, the puzzles, the combat, the inventory system. The thought which went into this title was so well done. The monsters looked terrific, the scorpions, the giant rats, the dragon, the snakes etc..etc.. Pure classic is Dungeon Master and the best AtariST game. It was the made which made Amiga owners jealous, for a year at least :) Oids is great too!

• Htom_Sirveaux — 2 Jul 2011

  Not only did no one own an ST and not play this, people bought the ST *just* to play this.

• Drake — 22 Jul 2010

  Hands down the best game written for the ST. Truly groundbreaking for its time - the "Doom" of that era. It would be a whopping 6 years - an eternity in the computer marketplace - before Wolfenstein 3D was released and really advanced the first-person genre to the next level.

• atarstfan5000 — 7 Mar 2010

  I played this when I was 5 years old awesome game dudes I only wished my floppies didn't get ruined and I would love to play it again on a emulator if I can

• Kris — 23 May 2009

  Worth the price of the ST alone, of course. I just couldn't believe the sheer scope of this game - it felt like my party really was getting deep into the ground and far away from home! Loved mapping the huge level with the fireballs and the little gremlins.

• JeCO — 18 Mar 2009

  Hello Guys! This is No.1 Game!

• Scooby McGee — 14 Mar 2009

  Did anyone own an ST and not play this? This game is solely responsible for my piss poor grades as a high school sophomore.