Dungeon Master II: The Legend of Skullkeep
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Dungeon Master II: The Legend of Skullkeep is the sequel to the dungeon crawler computer role-playing game Dungeon Master. It was released in 1993 in Japan and in 1995 in other countries. It is available on PC
as a DOS
program, Amiga
, Macintosh, Sega CD (North America
) / Mega CD (Europe
and Japan), PC-9801
, PC-9821 and FM Towns
.
Personal computer
A personal computer is any general-purpose computer whose size, capabilities, and original sales price make it useful for individuals, and which is intended to be operated directly by an end-user with no intervening computer operator...
as a DOS
MS-DOS
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program, Amiga
Amiga
The Amiga is a family of personal computers that was sold by Commodore in the 1980s and 1990s. The first model was launched in 1985 as a high-end home computer and became popular for its graphical, audio and multi-tasking abilities...
, Macintosh, Sega CD (North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
) / Mega CD (Europe
Europe
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and Japan), PC-9801
PC-9801
The NEC PC-9801, part of the PC-98 series, is a Japanese 16-bit microcomputer manufactured by NEC.- History :It first appeared in 1982, and employed an 8086 CPU. It ran at a clock speed of 5 MHz, with two µPD7220 display controllers , and shipped with 128 KB of RAM, expandable to 640 KB...
, PC-9821 and FM Towns
FM Towns
The FM Towns system is a Japanese PC variant, built by Fujitsu from February 1989 to the summer of 1997. It started as a proprietary PC variant intended for multimedia applications and PC games, but later became more compatible with regular PCs...
.
Platform comparison
- Graphics: There are many graphical differences between the PC and Amiga versions. For example, the title and endgame animations are very different. Items graphics also change: the Amiga version uses many "old" 16 colors graphics from the first Dungeon Master, whereas the PC version has new 256 colors graphics. While the PC-9821 has normal graphics, the PC-9801 version has bad quality dithered graphics.
- Credits: The PC version has an animation for credits.
- Music: The game music is different in each version of the game: the PC version uses MIDI music (which therefore sounds different on different sound cards), the Amiga version uses MODulesMOD (file format)MOD is a computer file format used primarily to represent music, and was the first module file format. MOD files use the “.MOD” file extension, except on the Amiga where the original trackers instead use a “mod.” prefix scheme, e.g. “mod.echoing”...
, and the SegaCD version uses CD Audio tracks. - Screen layouts: The Macintosh version includes two screen layouts: a normal and a compact layout.
See also
- Dungeon Master
- Dungeon Master: Chaos strikes back
- Dungeon Master: Theron's QuestDungeon Master: Theron's QuestDungeon Master: Theron's Quest is a modified version of Dungeon Master for the TurboGrafx/PC Engine video game console. It was released on September 18, 1992 and available in English and Japanese....
- Dungeon Master NexusDungeon Master Nexusthumb|left|Approaching a potential adventurer in the Hall of ChampionsDungeon Master Nexus is a Dungeon Master sequel released only in Japan, solely for Sega Saturn and only in Japanese. This is the first game in the series using a 3D graphics engine...
- FTL GamesFTL GamesFTL Games was the video game development division of Software Heaven Inc. FTL created several popular video games in the 1980s and early 1990s. Despite the company's small size, FTL products were consistently number-one sellers and received the highest critical acclaim and industry awards.FTL was...