Telengard (1982)
by Dan Lawrence

An early dungeon-crawl RPG, Avalon Hill's Telengard is among the
first Roguelike games ever made for the PC. Since the original version
(for the TRS-80 computer) came out way back in 1982, Telengard should be
considered one of the grandaddies of Roguelike games.

Although the gameplay is extremely simple, Telengard is by no means easy.
You'll die a lot before gaining a level, and new, better weapons are hard to
come by. There is only one character class to play as-- a warrior/wizard
combination, although you can re-roll the starting stats and cast spells
during the game. Telengard features some neat ideas that became commonplace
in Roguelikes, such as scrolls, and teleporters you can use to warp around
the dungeon. All in all, a respectable dungeon hack that didn't set any
standards, but probably inspired a lot of authors to program Roguelikes of
their own.

.- The Underdogs

Download PC Telengard
Daniel Lawrence's cool Telengard page & website
The Unofficial DND Home Page (defunct)
Ray Shoop's Mainframe Classics page (reference example only - defunct)
The Home Of The Underdogs (defunct)