Dungeon Master – Return to Chaos

Dungeon Master is a bloody brilliant game, period. It’s a game that I’ve spent a lot of time playing over the years on several different platforms (Atari ST, Amiga and PC Engine).

Originally released on the Atari ST in 1987 by the now defunct developer FTL, Dungeon Master was an instant classic as well as being the first real-time 3D roll playing game.

Chaos Strikes Back followed a couple of years later built on the same 3D engine but with some very fiendish level design and tough new monsters. All this produced what was a very challenging game. You could also play Chaos Strikes Back using the characters you’d previously developed whilst playing Dungeon Master which led to many people revisting DM to bulk up their characters.

Finally, after a 6 year wait Dungeon Master II appeared on the PC in 1995 with much improved graphics and sound but with the classic gameplay intact. It was more evolution rather than revolution which is probably why the game didn’t perform well at retail and that was the end for Dungeon Master.

Skip forward to the present day. You can now relive Dungeon Master on your PC thanks to George Gilbert and his Return to Chaos programming project. You can download the latest version of it here (12.6mb). Unfortunately, no Dungeon Master like game has ever appeared on any of the recent consoles (there was Labyrinth on the PSOne, promo screenshots in EDGE in 1995 but the game was never released. Anyone remember this?) Well, maybe Dungeon Siege has been the closest we’ve got to a modern version of DM come to think of it. We’ve really got enough football, driving and GTA games at the moment thanks very much, how about some dungeon action?

Return to Chaos Features:

• Only 8.9mb in size
• No installation required – unzip to a folder and run the RTC.exe
• DM and Chaos Strikes Back both fully playable as well as a zoo level populated by all the monsters in DM
• DM II has recently been added (some levels of the game are still in development though)
• Dungeon Editor – create/edit dungeons/traps/monsters
• Custom dungeons – create your own with the editor or download them from here
• Frequent updates – bug fixes, additional features like new maps and new spells

If you fancy a bit of classic 3D adventuring then Return To Chaos is the game for you.

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9 Comments

1. 

   Tikipod

   6th Jul, 2006 at 10:17 pm

   no one cares :(

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2. 

   Tikipod

   7th Jul, 2006 at 8:30 am

   heheheh – ooonly kidding (was a bit drunk when i posted that) :)

   they are doin a dungeon like thingy on ds – its on magicbox website, but you are in woods instead. But DM on ds wud be coool – link up multiplayer n all, casting spells with touch panel etc…

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3. 

   Josh

   11th Jul, 2006 at 7:16 pm

   I spent probably months of life in that dungeon on the Amiga version.

   There was a Sega CD port as well, which I have but (sadly) have only played with a tad bit.

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4. 

   Rick

   23rd Apr, 2007 at 7:44 pm

   I tried RTC, but several times the game kicks me with some exception. Im on winxp sp2. Might be because I chose RTC instead of the “original”. Who knows…

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5. 

   Robin

   19th Nov, 2007 at 2:54 pm

   Dear Coders or Creator Of RTC,

   Please could you tell me how to make RTC, Fullscreen, as the
   screen is a bit small for my gaming need, i’d be most greatful
   if you could point me in the right direction

   yours hopefully
   Robin
   PS: I finished DM on the amiga twice (took me 12 years)

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6. 

   Nathan Baker

   21st Feb, 2008 at 7:51 pm

   Dungeon Master took my Dad and my Sister’s years to complete Dungeon Master. The only thing is that we only had it on Atari and we use to die every so often not because when did it wrong, it just mest up. Until I downloaded it from this website i have been playing Dungeon Master. I think today it is still Legendary game, if someone made a updated version for the PC like putting realer texture’s and special effect’s it would be a very good game.

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7. 

   TheFluffyFist

   21st Feb, 2008 at 8:01 pm

   Nathan> Yep, I fist played the Atari ST version before I bought an Amiga. DM was the sole reason for buying the 0.5mb RAM upgrade it needed to run. I was worth it!

   I also wish that someone would make a new version on either the PC/360 or PS3. I keep mentioning this to Tikipod as a good idea for his next game.

   Reply

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