CGA game similar to Atari Adventure [Dungeon Of Shalan]

x0rcyst · Post by **x0rcyst** » Wed Mar 27, 2013 11:36 pm

I remember playing this old game that was very similar to Adventure for the atari 2600, from the way you could only hold one item at a time, right down to the bat that came and stole your stuff.

It was in CGA (i think mostly the red/green mode) but it had more advanced features than atari Adventure, like terrain that could kill you. The player actually looked like a person running around, not a square.

One of the items I seem to remember carrying around looked like a spider web or a puff ball.

Quadko · Post by **Quadko** » Thu Mar 28, 2013 12:08 am

I see some remakes of adventure, like Indenture or items on this list.

There's the ASCII Castle Adventure.

These seem like long shots, but maybe it gets us started?

There are also DND / Telengard clones like Temple of Apshai or this list. More RPG than pure action, but similar in presentation.

Or the very action oriented Shamus.

x0rcyst · Post by **x0rcyst** » Thu Mar 28, 2013 12:35 am

No, it was only similar to Adventure, not really a direct copy. The screens I remember seeming more like a designed levels, with obstacles in some cases.

I don't recall it being as shooty as shamus. The closes thing I can think of that is graphically similar is Pyramids of Egypt

www.mobygames.com/game/pyramids-of-egypt/screenshots

Quadko · Post by **Quadko** » Thu Mar 28, 2013 9:07 am

Paganitzu, Catacomb, Monuments of Mars

It's hard to stay away from shooty games.

On the puzzle side, maybe it could be something like Super Boulder Dash, Rockford, Wanderer or other Boulder Dash variants; Soko-Ban, or Chip's Challenge?

x0rcyst · Post by **x0rcyst** » Thu Mar 28, 2013 11:19 am

Nope. Not as puzzle oriented as boulderdash, or chip's challange, and no scrolling, It was a flick screen game, also similar to adventure, you could explore connected screens. It was certainly topdown, not a platformer as mouments of mars and those related game.

It wasn't shooty but it was more dexterity oriented than puzzle oriented. As far as i remember the "puzzles" really only amounted to carrying the proper object for the right obstacle/room.

I fear it is very obscure. I'm pretty sure I have the platform right. I only owned a c64 and a NES around this time, and I still have all my old games to look through!

x0rcyst · Post by **x0rcyst** » Thu Mar 28, 2013 11:21 am

*only owned as in other than the DOS PC, natrually

Quadko · Post by **Quadko** » Thu Mar 28, 2013 1:30 pm

I'm running out of ideas, I thought Paganitizu would be close.

But others may have some ideas.

Some final long shots that come to mind:
Robot Odyssey, Rocky's Boots, Castle Wolfenstein

x0rcyst · Post by **x0rcyst** » Thu Mar 28, 2013 3:42 pm

Nope sorry. Thanks for the guesses everyone.

Thinking it was some shovelware game. Ah well.

Quadko · Post by **Quadko** » Thu Mar 28, 2013 3:51 pm

Don't give up yet.

Lots more brains still to take a look and pitch ideas than just mine. We get lots of evening and weekend posters, too, so keep checking back.

Frenkel · Post by **Frenkel** » Sat Apr 06, 2013 4:10 pm

Dungeon Of Shalan

x0rcyst · Post by **x0rcyst** » Sun Apr 07, 2013 8:48 am

Wow! That's it! What a weird yet generic name, no wonder i've never been able to find it.

Thanks a bunch!