Game Details
The White Barrows
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Released on: BBC Microcomputer System, Atari 8-bit, Dragon 32/64, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum, TRS-80
Developer: ASP Software Ltd.
Publisher: ASP Software Ltd.
Themes: Action, Fantasy
Game Modes: Single player
Perspective: Text
| Platform | Release Date |
|---|---|
| Atari 8-bit | December 31, 1983 |
| BBC Microcomputer System | December 31, 1983 |
| Commodore C64/128/MAX | December 31, 1983 |
| TRS-80 | December 31, 1983 |
| ZX Spectrum | December 31, 1983 |
| Dragon 32/64 | December 31, 1984 |
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About:
This is a text based game that has elements from a multiple genres dungeon crawl, puzzle, logic challenge, and even resource management. The back story is about a bad wizard who's stolen a magic chalice and you play the plucky adventurer who has to get it back. The bad guy is hiding in the ancient burial grounds, or barrows. The game is based on a map of the barrows in which there are 40 or so rooms. You are dropped randomly into a room. In other rooms are gnomes, trolls, dragons etc and in one room is the wizard. The game is played by moving from room to room exploring. You may view connecting rooms. You may raise a magic wall in an adjacent room. However you have only 400 magic points and viewing or raising a wall costs points so it's important to find the wizard before points run out. The game is a text game. There is only one graphic which is the map that shows how the rooms are connected.
Story:
No storyline available