Dungeon
Master's Gallery v1.1 FAQ released by Interactive Fantasies |
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About Dungeon Master's Gallery Gallery was intended to be my first "dungeon" game, since I am a big fan of PC dungeon hacks and crawls, as well as dungeon-based RPGs. I was inspired greatly by Nethack, an age-old dungeon hack, and partially by EarthBound, a console RPG by Nintendo. One of the characters in EarthBound is Brick Road, a "dungeon developer" who eventually creates his masterpiece: "Dungeon Man," the first combination of man and dungeon. This dungeon is filled with philosophy on dungeon creation and jokes about dungeon cliches. It also has some nice touches like a clinic and a "monster zoo." I wanted to make Gallery a comfortable dungeon environment rather that a threatening or scary one. I injected a lot of humor and parody, resulting in the combination of spoof and dungeon crawl you have now. |
Note: Gallery (dm-galry.zzt) should not be
distributed without this file (dm-galry.htm). If for some reason you have this FAQ
but not the game file, download it here. E-mail
the author here (ZZT-related) or here. This game was originally released independently. This version, 1.1 (with FAQ) was released by Interactive Fantasies. Bugs fixed in this version: final board is now light; second-to-final board (battle with vampire-rat) is now dark; various programming bug regarding goblin-eater on level 2 have been corrected, encyclopedia bug fixed, errors with Jovia's merchandise fixed |
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Level 1 Jovia is an experienced human fighter/thief wandering around this dungeon level. He'll sell you some supplies. Shayna, a novice human thief, is trapped in a spider-web in the lower right-hand corner of the level. If you free her, she will appear in Level 5. The bugbear will attack if you approach. If he comes into contact with you, you will lose 6 health. He takes 2 shots to kill and provides 5 points. You can clear his corpse out of your way by moving into it. Six spiders are located to the south-east and will attack when you enter the east fork in the tunnel. Each one will die after one shot and give 2 points. If they come into contact with you, they take 2 health and die. Behind a weak wall destroyed by arrows are three mushrooms. The green one provides 5 health, the red one takes 5 health, and the blue one sings a little ditty and leaves. |
Jovia's merchandise
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Level 2 |
Elman's potions
orcs' merchandise
items destroyed by slime
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Level 3 The naga egg can be destroyed by one arrow for 5 points. If you touch it, it will hatch. The hatchling will attack fiercely for 10 health and provide 15 points when killed. The beanie baby in the northeast will attack slowly for 10 health. When shot, it will give 10 points and spray breakable beans. The fountain sits in the southwest corner of the level. Drinking its water will provide 10 health. Tossing in 3 gems whill change all goblins in the level to gems. Rubbing the lamp will reveal a genie who will allow you to recieve one bonus. |
lamp bonuses
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Level 4 The Web Tourism Bureau will sell an unlimited amount of supplies. Guldan will destroy any goblins and slime on the level. If you shoot him twice, he'll kill you. The hot dog vendor will give you 2 health for 1 gem an unlimited amount of times. Entering the wall of fire will take 2 health. Staying there will kill you. Soon after you exit Guldan's place, a treasure-filled hall will start to fill with slime. Pull the switch or talk to Guldan to stop it. |
Web Tourism Bureau supplies
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Level 5 (Psycadelic Flavor Inn) Malena will sell you a supplies and a room for the night for 10 gems, restoring your health to 200. It can be purchased an unlimited number of times. If you rescued Shayna on Level 1, she will be here. Talk to her thrice and she will run to the bathroom, leaving behind the key to the storeroom. There are cameos of characters from Castlevania, Diablo, Nethack, Angband, The Legend of Zelda, Tomb Raider, Zork, and Rogue. |
Malena's supplies
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Level 6 (rat lord's domain) 4 rat-thingies will attack when you approach the campfire. 3 will attack when you approach the storeroom. 7 will attack when you open the door to the throne room. |
Level 7 (catacombs) A submerged hand will attack if you touch it. Invisible barriers abound! |
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Level 8 (vampire-rat's tomb) The vampire-rat will attack for ten health when his tomb is opened and takes five shots to kill for 25 points. |
After your quest is done, enter the ninth level of the dungeon and win the game! | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Download Gallery's companion game Asmodeus!