Orthanc

published by University of Illinois in 1975, developed by Author, running on PLATO

type: adventure, role-play
genre: Fantasy, Multiplayer, Dungeon Crawler
perspective: side view
player options: Internet

other: Freeware
languages: eng

Description

Orthanc, as I've said, is an update of the earliest extant RPG, The Dungeon. It offers a revised interface but almost identical gameplay. Demonstrating stark originality, the developers drew the name of the game from The Lord of the Rings--specifically, the black tower that sticks up out of the fortress of Isengard. In the game, however, "Orthanc" is a dungeon to which the player, a knight, has come to make a name for himself and "retire with honor near the seat of the king."

Becoro # 2023-09-10 22:22:46 - source