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Dungeon Keeper (1997) PC

An innovative real-time strategy game set in a fantasy universe. Dungeon Keeper was created by Peter Molyneux’s Bullfrog Productions, the studio known for the Populous and Syndicate series.

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Dungeon Keeper (1997) Release Date PC

26June1997

07March2024

Steam

developer: Bullfrog Productions publisher: Electronic Arts Inc.

English language game language: English

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Dungeon Keeper is an innovative strategy game created by Peter Molyneux and his studio Bullfrog Productions. Since its release in 1997 for PC, the title gained a cult status. Unlike many dungeon crawlers popular in 1990s, Dungeon Keeper lets you build and defend a network of dungeons, while playing as an evil overlord.

Plot

Dungeon Keeper for PC is themed around ages-long struggle of heroes exploring dungeons filled with hideous monsters. This time, however, you do not assume the role of a noble knight, but a demonic lord of dungeons, who is trying hard to protect his domain from other tyrants as well as daring adventurers.

Mechanics

Gameplay in Dungeon Keeper is an original combination of economic real-time strategy and RPG elements. In order to protect your realm, you have to expand the dungeons and make space for specific rooms, such as torture chamber, training ground, henhouse, etc. All this effort is needed in order to make the compound greater and greater, and to make new allies from among merciless monsters. At the same time you have to keep an eye on your economy, by looking out for new lodes of gold and diamonds, needed for dungeon expansion as well as recruiting and training warriors. As you expand, you should also remember about technological development in order to gain access to many useful items, such as traps, trapdoors, solid gates, etc.

Game modes

Dungeon Keeper for PC offers a single player campaign made up of 20 main missions and 5 extra missions, each one with specific objectives. If you enjoy playing with other people, you can play at 15 dedicated multiplayer maps. Up to 4 people can play Dungeon Keeper together via LAN or online.

Technical aspects

Back in its time Bullfrog Productions’s Dungeon Keeper for PC stood out with excellent visuals that used 3D accelerators. The graphics is still clear. The game uses isometric view, but there is an option of switching it to first-person perspective.

Last updated on 08 March 2024

Game mode: single / multiplayer   Multiplayer mode: Internet   Player counter: 1 - 4  

Media type: 1 CD

User score: 8.9 / 10 based on 982 votes.

Age restrictions Dungeon Keeper (1997): 16+

Dungeon Keeper (1997) System requirements

PC / Windows

PC / Windows

  • Recommended:
  • Pentium 75 MHz
  • 16 MB RAM
  • Karta grafiki 1 MB
  • 80 MB HDD
  • DOS/Windows 95
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