Telengard
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A grandfather of the "Dungeon crawl" genre, Avalon Hill's Telengard was designed in 1982 by Daniel Lawrence.
Telengard features a huge 50-level/2-million room dungeon, battle with twenty different types of randomly-generated monsters, and thirty-six unique spells that players can cast. Among other things, there are fountains to drink from with varying results, a jeweled throne to sit upon, an altar to donate gold upon, a strange multicolored treasure box, and a misty teleport cube. Magic weapons, armor, scrolls, and potions were available to those who could find them.
Telengard's earliest known commercial release was 1982, for the TRS-80. Its most popular incarnation, however, was via the Commodore 64, released c.1984.
Telengard appeared on the following platforms: Commodore PET, the Apple II+, the TRS-80, the Atari 400/800, the Commodore 64, IBM PCjr and the IBM PC. Many ports and emulations are available for modern computers, however.
