History VideoGame / DungeonMaster

''Dungeon Master'' is a 3D [[ActionRPG action CRPG]] published in 1987 by Creator/FTLGames for the UsefulNotes/AtariST (and subsequently for a plethora of other platforms including MS-DOS and the [[Platform/{{Amiga}} Commodore Amiga]]).

''Dungeon Master'' is a 3D [[ActionRPG action CRPG]] published in 1987 by Creator/FTLGames for the UsefulNotes/AtariST (and subsequently for a plethora of other platforms including MS-DOS and the UsefulNotes/CommodoreAmiga).

* TheDoorSlamsYou: A closing door will cause some damage to creatures standing within the doorway, and the door will attempt to close again.

** This does not apply to Chaos Strikes Back, as reincarnation will significantly reduce the character's stats before applying the minor attribute bonus.

* FetchQuest: The quest is to retrieve the Firestaff, but you also learn that it isn't complete.

* LockAndKeyPuzzle: There's plenty of locked doors, and the party needs to locate the various keys scattered throughout the dungeon. Some of these doors can actually be moving walls, and some of these locks require using gems or coins. As usual, they're consumed upon use.

* OpenSaysMe: Plain wooden doors may be hacked open. Two doors on the second level can be hacked open, one of which is opened by a gold key (a common key type in the early dungeon.)

* WizardNeedsFoodBadly: Food and water meters for each character. There's technically an infinite supply of food (from the edible respawning monsters on level 4) and water (the water fountains scattered through the dungeon never run dry) available. Even without the infinite supply, there's plenty of food laying around. There's also a large stretch of floors where there's no supply of water. Concerning water, there are only four water skins in the entire game, and you have more important things to do with flasks.

%%* FragileSpeedster: Giant wasps.

%%* LightningBruiser: Giant scorpions.

%%* MacGuffin: The Firestaff and the Power Gem.
%%* MightyGlacier: Stone golems.
%%* MiniBoss: The red dragon edged into this territory.

* NoBodyLeftBehind: All monsters disappear in a puff of smoke cloud upon death.

''Dungeon Master'' is a 3D [[ActionRPG action CRPG]] published in 1987 by FTL Games for the UsefulNotes/AtariST (and subsequently for a plethora of other platforms including MS-DOS and the UsefulNotes/CommodoreAmiga).

* CopyProtection: With the Amiga and Atari ST version, there's the usual "fuzzy bit" disk check, but this is supported by a few cracking countermeasures. If they're triggered, all game animations will stop a few minutes (seemingly after entering a new floor), and the party can get insta-killed simply by walking around (requiring a full restart rather than being able to reload). The former could provide some benefit in certain puzzles where a door may close. This may become more significant in Chaos Strikes Back, due to the increased use of cross-level activity.

%%* FauxFirstPerson3D

* RareCoins: Despite being a large dungeon filled with monsters, there's only the rare coin or gem. Most of these are used for puzzles, not for wealth or barter.

* WizardNeedsFoodBadly: There's an infinite supply of food (from the edible respawning monsters on level 4) and water (the water fountains scattered through the dungeon never run dry) available, but you can't carry it all (there are only four water skins in the entire game, and you have more important things to do with flasks).

* NonEntityGeneral: Literally. The Player is Theron; the Grey Lord's apprentice; and you are invisibly guiding the PCs. The ending of the second game implies the same.

* StandardStatusEffects: Poison. Not a major problem most of the time - the recipe for the Unven (cure poison) potion is provided on level 2, before you even meet anything that inflicted poisoning.

* {{Magitek}}: Magic-powerd machines appear throughout this game.

* {{Magitek}}

* DoorToBefore: After the floor containing the firestaff is a stairwell that provides quick passage through the lower levels. Opening the stairs on a given level requires opening it from the outside with a skeleton key, except for the bottom-most floor which requires a winged key from the inside.