This article seems to mix and match information about the trilogy re-release throughout. That is somewhat understandable, as information from the re-release completely drowns it out. The original was in textmode, and released for systems like the Apple I, TRS-80, and the Commodore PET. I would make a screenshot from inside the game, but I've yet to find a working copy for any of those systems. Other than the title screen or initial character setup, the game seems to crash afterwards. This might be because of the mixture of floppy and cassette, and the emulators might not like that. Or it might be because there isn't a proper copy available. The closest you'll ever get to seeing it is from the Strongbad email, but that is simply a re-creation from either the back of the box or the manual (I can't remember).
Anyways, if someone has more information about the ORIGINAL game, please add this information! And also please separate the two versions of the games, as they look and play different. 24.165.203.79 03:55, 22 April 2006 (UTC) edited 24.165.203.79 03:59, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
The release date is given as 1980, but I have an earlier version (1978 or 1979, can't remember which) released by 'Automated Systems' (the old name for Epyx). Sometime I'll find the disk and check it out so I can maybe make some edits.
The screenshot is from Gateway to Apshai, not from Temple of Apshai. JIP | Talk 07:11, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
Is there anyway to access the old screenshot? The Gateway to Apshai article lacks one. Night1stalker 22:25, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
MobyGames lists this game as Dunjonquest: Temple of Apshai. Which is the correct title? SharkD ( talk) 02:23, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
Isn't Temple of Asphai a roguelike? JAF1970 ( talk) 04:33, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
I've removed this sentence from the article (forgot to login, so it shows as an IP edit), because it seems very likely that the quoted magazine got things mixed up:
In 1982 it won the Origins Award for "Best Adventure Game for the Home Computer". [1]
The official homepage of the Game Manufacturers Association lists:
1980 Temple of Apshai 1981 Eastern Front 1982 Wizardry: Knight of Diamonds 1983 Knights of the Desert
Softline claims Temple of Apshai won 1982 and Knight of Diamonds 1983. There are sources that predate the 1982 awards that talk about Temple of Apshai being the winner, and Automated Simulations promoted it as the first. It would be very odd for an award like this to go to the same game twice, too. Derboo ( talk) 17:36, 29 July 2014 (UTC)
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This article is written in such a way that it suggests Dungeonquest was a sort of stand-alone concept, a framework used to build the various games. I do not believe this is the case, I'm pretty certain this was simply a marketing name dreamed up circa 1980 as part of AS's Epyx re-branding.
I cannot find any reference to the term before this period and none of the original ToA advertising uses the term. It appears, suddenly, around 1980 in ads that match the Starquest branding of RaR and SW. For those who are unfamiliar with those games, they are completely different from each other, and the name "Starquest" appeared when SW was released (after RaR) and both were branded as a group.
So, I propose re-wording the various mentions of Dungeonquest to make this distinction clearer. But on the chance I'm wrong, I'd like to see if anyone can Goolge-fu up some counterexamples?
Maury Markowitz ( talk) 20:43, 11 August 2015 (UTC)
The name is definitely as old as the game itself. The magazine Compute has an overview in its Fall 1979 issue (page 86), which already refers to the Dunjonquest series, even though Temple of Apshai was the only title at the time. Also, 1979 advertisement is headlined by "DUNJONQUEST(tm) Presents" (for example in BYTE 11/1979, page 209). Quote: "DUNJONQUEST(tm) is a complete game system (...)"
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This article seems to mix and match information about the trilogy re-release throughout. That is somewhat understandable, as information from the re-release completely drowns it out. The original was in textmode, and released for systems like the Apple I, TRS-80, and the Commodore PET. I would make a screenshot from inside the game, but I've yet to find a working copy for any of those systems. Other than the title screen or initial character setup, the game seems to crash afterwards. This might be because of the mixture of floppy and cassette, and the emulators might not like that. Or it might be because there isn't a proper copy available. The closest you'll ever get to seeing it is from the Strongbad email, but that is simply a re-creation from either the back of the box or the manual (I can't remember).
Anyways, if someone has more information about the ORIGINAL game, please add this information! And also please separate the two versions of the games, as they look and play different. 24.165.203.79 03:55, 22 April 2006 (UTC) edited 24.165.203.79 03:59, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
The release date is given as 1980, but I have an earlier version (1978 or 1979, can't remember which) released by 'Automated Systems' (the old name for Epyx). Sometime I'll find the disk and check it out so I can maybe make some edits.
The screenshot is from Gateway to Apshai, not from Temple of Apshai. JIP | Talk 07:11, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
Is there anyway to access the old screenshot? The Gateway to Apshai article lacks one. Night1stalker 22:25, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
MobyGames lists this game as Dunjonquest: Temple of Apshai. Which is the correct title? SharkD ( talk) 02:23, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
Isn't Temple of Asphai a roguelike? JAF1970 ( talk) 04:33, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
I've removed this sentence from the article (forgot to login, so it shows as an IP edit), because it seems very likely that the quoted magazine got things mixed up:
In 1982 it won the Origins Award for "Best Adventure Game for the Home Computer". [1]
The official homepage of the Game Manufacturers Association lists:
1980 Temple of Apshai 1981 Eastern Front 1982 Wizardry: Knight of Diamonds 1983 Knights of the Desert
Softline claims Temple of Apshai won 1982 and Knight of Diamonds 1983. There are sources that predate the 1982 awards that talk about Temple of Apshai being the winner, and Automated Simulations promoted it as the first. It would be very odd for an award like this to go to the same game twice, too. Derboo ( talk) 17:36, 29 July 2014 (UTC)
References
{{
cite news}}
: CS1 maint: date format (
link)
This article is written in such a way that it suggests Dungeonquest was a sort of stand-alone concept, a framework used to build the various games. I do not believe this is the case, I'm pretty certain this was simply a marketing name dreamed up circa 1980 as part of AS's Epyx re-branding.
I cannot find any reference to the term before this period and none of the original ToA advertising uses the term. It appears, suddenly, around 1980 in ads that match the Starquest branding of RaR and SW. For those who are unfamiliar with those games, they are completely different from each other, and the name "Starquest" appeared when SW was released (after RaR) and both were branded as a group.
So, I propose re-wording the various mentions of Dungeonquest to make this distinction clearer. But on the chance I'm wrong, I'd like to see if anyone can Goolge-fu up some counterexamples?
Maury Markowitz ( talk) 20:43, 11 August 2015 (UTC)
The name is definitely as old as the game itself. The magazine Compute has an overview in its Fall 1979 issue (page 86), which already refers to the Dunjonquest series, even though Temple of Apshai was the only title at the time. Also, 1979 advertisement is headlined by "DUNJONQUEST(tm) Presents" (for example in BYTE 11/1979, page 209). Quote: "DUNJONQUEST(tm) is a complete game system (...)"
Derboo (
talk) 23:35, 11 August 2015 (UTC)