Subterranean realm
Locations theme
40
games
16platforms
Not simply subterranean locale but a vast network of tunnels, caverns and such underground.
Notable people involved: Charles Deenen, Mark Nau, Alan Pavlish, Travis Baldree and Max Schaefer
ST 1989
WIN 1998-02-28
W31 1995
WIN 2012-04-11
MSX 1989
WIN 2009-10-27
X360 2011-03-09
PS2 2001-11-15
WIN 2002-06-28
WIN 2009
X360 2006-11-17
CPC 1989
Examples:
* A Journey to the Center of the Earth (a story by Jules Verne)
* The Underdark (D&D Forgotten Realms)
* Moria (Middle-earth)
* A Journey to the Center of the Earth (a story by Jules Verne)
* The Underdark (D&D Forgotten Realms)
* Moria (Middle-earth)
This is a relatively common way to provide players with an alien like environment as there are no such things on Earth occurring naturally or even semi-naturally beyond subways and other tunnels through mountains or other geographical formations. Nothing on the scale this tag is for anyway.
This tag mostly indicates the difference in scope between natural caves and the vastness of things like Moria and the Underdark.
This tag mostly indicates the difference in scope between natural caves and the vastness of things like Moria and the Underdark.
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Games by year
The first Subterranean realm video game was released in 1988.
Topo Soft, Failbetter Games, Chip and Atomic Blue Corporation published most of these games.