History VideoGame / DeathtrapDungeon

* CaptainErsatz: Red Lotus is [[Comicbook/RedSonja Red Sonja]] wearing a [[{{Stripperific}} leather leotard and tight high boots]] while Chaindog is [[Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian Conan]] wearing an armor.

* CircusOfFear: The Circus Of the Damned, a legion of hellish clowns and performers that serve Agrash and the other demon lords of Hell.

''Deathtrap Dungeon'' (or ''Ian Livingstone's Deathtrap Dungeon'') is an action-adventure game released in 1998 for the PlayStation and Microsoft Windows. It is based on the adventure gamebook of the same name (the sixth in the ''[[Literature/FightingFantasy Fighting Fantasy]]'' series) written by Ian Livingstone, and published by Puffin Books in 1984.

* StockScream: There are plenty of these.

* StockScream

* {{Dragon}}: Three of them. The main villain of the game, Melkor The Red Dragon, Rend Rip Roar the Hydra and Vilefor the Purple Dragon.

''Deathtrap Dungeon'' (or ''Ian Livingstone's Deathtrap Dungeon'') is an action-adventure game released in 1998 for the PlayStation and Microsoft Windows. It is based on the adventure gamebook of the same name (the sixth in the ''Fighting Fantasy'' series) written by Ian Livingstone, and published by Puffin Books in 1984.

* WeaknsauceWeakness: Ugluk Stormfart, the shaman who leads the orcs, is resistant to nearly all forms of magic. His weakness? Your weapon, the normal sword.

* BigCreepyCrawlies: The Hive, a race of giant insect beings that lived in the caves before Sukumvit constructed the dungeon. Consists of the [[Mook Insect Warriors]], the [[FlyingMook Flying Insect Warriors]] and the gargantuan Insect Queen. There's also the Scorpion Automaton created by the Alchemists, as well as the Giant Scorpions and Giant Spider enemies.

* GiantMook: The Giant Hand and Giants Boot enemies, the hands and feet respectively of a dead race of giants who's body parts have been animated by magic to patrol the dungeon. There's also the Giant Rats, Giant Scorpions and Giant Spider enemies.

* Infinity+1Sword: The Red Sword, a weapon specifically forged to combat firebased creatures like Melkor or Agrash, as well as the Magic Warhammer, the only weapon that can harm the Rockmen.

* TyrannosaurusRex: The Pitfiend.

* AdaptationExpansion: The overall theme of the original gamebook stays, altough the backstory changes a bit, several villains are added as boss characters, and Baron Sukumvit himself recieves a bit of an AdaptationVillainy (See below).
* AdaptationVillainy: While not exactly a saint in the original gamebook, the Baron Sukumvit present in the game is a [[AristocratsAreEvil tyrannical overlord who opresses the city of Fang]] and part of the prize of making it through the dungeon is that he will relinquish his grip on the city.

* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: The Pit Fiend, a Tyrranosaur-like monster.

* BigCreepyCrawlies: The Hive, a race of giant insect beings that lived in the caves before Sukumvit constructed the dungeon. Consists of the Insect Warriors, the Flying Insect Warriors and the gargantuan Insect Queen. There's also the Scorpion Automaton created by the Alchemists.

The game is a third-person adventure, with the player taking the role of an adventurer (either the Amazon "Red Lotus" or the Barbarian "Chaindog"), who at the invitation of a wizard explores a series of dungeons and must overcome both monsters and traps to find riches.

* BeastMan: The Ratmen, similar to the Skaven from Warhammer, uses a mix of primitive steampunk weapons, and classic iron weaponry. They also have a ruling class of mutated Rat Ogres, including their king, Skabulus.

* BigCreepyCrawlies: The Hive, a race of giant insect beings that lived in the caves before Sukumvit constructed the dungeon. Consists of the Insect Warriors, the Flying Insect Warriors and the gargantuan Insect Queen.

* TheUndead: A classic mix of Skeletons, Zombies and Ghosts.

* MonsterClown: The Death Jesters and Mad Jugglers of The Circus level.
* HalfHumanHybrid: Several. There's the Snake Girls, half breeds between human men and the {{Medusa}}, as well as the High Priestesses Of Agrash, the daughters of human female cult members and the demon lord Agrash.

* SteamPunk: The Automata enemies, steampunk automatons created by the Alchemists Of Chaos, as well as some of the obtainable weapons of the game such as the Blunderbuss and the Flame Lance.

* RaceLift: BaronSukumvit and the city of Fang overall. In the original book, the setting carries a distinct Pacific Island feel, and the illustration shows both Sukumvit and his subject as asian, while the game cutscenes portray Sukumvit as white, and Fang as a generic SwordAndSorcery township.

* AdaptionExpansion/AdaptionDistillation: The overall theme of the original gamebook stays, altough the backstory changes a bit, several villains are added as boss characters, and Baron Sukumvit himself recieves a bit of an AdaptionVillainy.
* AdaptionVillainy: While not exactly a saint in the original gamebook, the Baron Sukumvit present in the game is a [[AristocratsAreEvil tyrannical overlord who opresses the city of Fang]] and part of the prize of making it through the dungeon is that he will relinquish his grip on the city.

* RaceLift: BaronSukumvit and the city of Fang overall. In the original book, the area carries a distinct Chinese feel, and the illustration shows both Sukumvit and his subject as asian, while the game cutscenes portray Sukumvit as white, and Fang as a generic SwordAndSorcery township.