The Keys to Maramon

The Keys to Maramon is a video game published by Mindcraft in 1990 for MS-DOS. It takes place in the same universe as The Magic Candle.

Developer(s)Knight Tech
Publisher(s)Mindcraft
Platform(s)Amiga, Commodore 64, MS-DOS
Release1991
Genre(s)Role-playing

Plot

The Keys to Maramon is an adventure role-playing game where the mission of the characters is to rescue the town of Maramon.[1] Initially, the player can choose from one of several adventurers who have different strengths and weaknesses. The protagonist begins by accepting a position from the mayor of Maramon to protect the town from monsters. The daytime is peaceful and can be spent exploring or resting to recover health. Every night, monsters come from some of the towers and attempt to loot and pillage Maramon. Initially, the player doesn't have any keys to access the locked towers, but by carefully searching and fighting, the player can discover the keys. The towers contain some mysteries, treasure, and ultimately the "source" of the monsters. The game is won by exploring the towers and eliminating the source, which will end the relentless nightly cycle of monster attacks.

Other information

The game utilizes a basic copy protection method of prompting the player at several points during the game to input specific words from certain pages of the instruction manual.

Reception

Computer Gaming World stated that Maramon was "not an epic quest for the jaded adventurer", but a "manageable quest for new adventurers" despite, or because of, its short length.[2] The game was reviewed in 1990 in Dragon #163 by Hartley, Patricia, and Kirk Lesser in "The Role of Computers" column. The reviewers gave the game 3 out of 5 stars.[1]

Reviews

References
  1. Lesser, Hartley; Lesser, Patricia; Lesser, Kirk (November 1990). "The Role of Computers". Dragon (163): 47–50.
  2. Emrich, Alan (September 1990). ""Books" Are The Keys To Maramon". Computer Gaming World. p. 20. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.