Talk:Dungeon Master (video game)

message: I don't really see any direct J.R.R. Tolkien Influence on Dungeon Master. IMHO it's the same as saying that it is influenced by D&D because the story takes place in a dungeon, and there is a dragon in the deepest level of the dungeon. Izwalito 10:03, 24 Jan 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Here's a bit of trivia from someone who was there.  Dungeon Master doesn't have anything to do with Tolkien, at least not directly.  There are some loose associations with D&D that came from Andy Jaros, the graphic artist.  Andy was the only one on the development team that ever played D&D and at least the concept for the Wizard's Eye (the floating eye creature) and the Shrieker were borrowed from D&D.  The character classes (fighter, wizard, priest, ninja) were also modeled on D&D.  There were probably some other subtle influences, but really not as much as is probably perceived.  What we did take directly from D&D was the name Dungeon Master after realizing that TSR never copyrighted or trademarked the term.  It was an admittedly blatant attempt to gain some name recognition, although for a while at least, the term Dungeon Master was better known because of the computer game than because of D&D.  (As a side note, FTL had brief discussions with TSR about having TSR market the game. During these discussions we showed a prerelease version of Dungeon Master to TSR, so TSR had their opportunity to object to the name and didn't.) -- Doug Bell 07:42, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: To be fair, Dungeon Master (the computer game) didn't play at all like D&D. It was a world all to itself :). --Pelladon 23:31, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

text: There is not much of conflict, actually. Chaos Strikes Back was an expansion to Dungeon Master, not a sequel. At least it was marketed as such - "Expansion Set #1" is written on the front cover and the back cover says "requires Dungeon Master". Still, the game could be run without DM, but the documentation of the original game was required to play it. TerokNor 12:52, 30 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Tolkien Influence on ''Dungeon Master''

message: User:Doug Bell (apparently the Doug Bell, nice) added Sega Genesis as a platform. Can Doug or anyone else prove the existence of a Genesis version? I have never heard of one. Various collector's lists (like Digital Press) don't mention one. There are no ROM dumps available. If a Genesis/Mega Drive version exists, where was it released? US, Europe, Japan, somewhere else? I know that DM2 exists for the Sega CD, but that is a different game and a different system. Unless I see some box art, I'm not ready to believe that the Genesis version exists. TerokNor 12:43, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually, you are correct, the Sega Genesis was only released for DM II for the Sega Genesis Mega Drive.  I don't know what I was thinking :-) I've removed the reference. Doug Bell 16:32, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Sega Genesis?

message: This article mentions that the game was translated from English into German, French, Japanese, Chinese and Korean.
I have never heard of any Chinese or Korean versions. Doug, can you confirm if these translations ever existed? on which platforms?
Thanks,
Christophe (from The DM and CSB Encyclopaedia web site)
:I can definitely confirm it.  These two versions were handled by two different companies, respectively, and I no longer recall the names of the companies.  These were only PC-based versions, although the exact machines and configurations I'm unsure of.  If I can get a hold of Wayne Holder, who is the world's worst person about answering the phone and responding to email, he would probably know.  I "think" the Chinese company (although perhaps this is the Korean company) was named Unalys (or something phonetically close to it).  I think I even have a copy of the Chinese version, but I'll have to dig it out of the box in my closet.  But yes, I can unequivacably state that these versions exist. —Doug Bell talk•contrib 18:58, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Languages 

message: I got a question about the playfield style of Dungeon Master. Is there a common term which the pseudo 3D 90degree flip graphic style is called? I would call it just flip3D but maybe there's a better word how this style is called? --sys2074 03:59, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't know if it has a formal name, but flip3D is pretty similar to how we referred to it.  There's even a function in the code with that name.  The algorithm for drawing it is a painter's algorithm, although generalized for 2D.  (The painter's algorithm as described in Wikipedia is not the generalized one.) —Doug Bell talk 12:44, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  What is this playfield style called? 

message: Interesting.  I have no idea where/when Peter Olafson got that information, but it's correct.  The Macintosh version was later released for Dungeon Master II: The Legend of Skullkeep. —Doug Bell talk 12:44, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
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message: Belem tower 11:23, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
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message: I checked the reference given for "the game received the second-highest number of votes" in this survey and found that it looks like a very small survey, with perhaps under 100 people voting. If 60 people voted in the survey, possibly every single person cited Dungeon Master in their top-5. Still, is this really note-worthy? Brilliant game either way. Robertbyrne (talk) 01:25, 3 November 2015 (UTC)
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message: The link itself does not support this. This is 100% opinion based source, and it's pointed out in the comments that the same features already exist in other games, such as Times of Lore. There's also no citation of Garriot's comments which would be nice.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:8801:2989:5E00:89F5:6851:C942:AFAF (talk) 16:39, 9 April 2017 (UTC)
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