![]() ![]() Any player who managed to accomplish that feat and escape back to the surface was rewarded by seeing her name along with her character’s immortalized on the game’s public wall of fame. The ultimate goal, guaranteed to consume many hours - not to mention a small fortune in connection charges - was to kill Asmodeus, the black dragon of the title, who lurked down on the tenth level. Only the character’s immediate surroundings were described on the scrolling, text-only display, so careful mapping became every bit as critical as it was in Wizardry. ![]() The player created a character - just one, not a full party as in Wizardry - and then began a series of expeditions into the game’s ten-level labyrinth, fighting monsters, collecting equipment and experience, and hopefully penetrating a little deeper with each outing. Black Dragon, written by a programmer of telephone switching systems named Bob Maples, was at bottom a simplified version of Wizardry - not a hugely surprising state of affairs, given that it made its debut in 1981, at the height of the Wizardry craze. The first CRPG to go online appeared on The Source, CompuServe’s most prominent early competitor. ![]()
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