Hellfire Warrior

Hellfire Warrior
Developer(s) Automated Simulations
Platform(s) Apple II, TRS-80, Commodore PET
Release 1980

Hellfire Warrior is a 1980 video game published by Automated Simulations.

Contents

Hellfire Warrior is the direct sequel to Temple of Apshai, leading players into the ruins that are unearthed below the temple. The levels are "The Lower Reaches of Apshai", "The Labyrinth" of the minotaur, "The Vault of the Dead" and "The Plains of Hell".[1] Only the first and third levels have room numbers and descriptions. The game is meant for expert players and characters who already explored all the levels of Temple of Apshai;[2] advertisements warned that "newcomers to Dunjonquest should begin with something easier".[3] The complexity is also increased, with more shops and several new strengthening potions, some of which can give the player character an addiction.[4] While the focus is still mostly on becoming stronger and richer, the last level also has the secondary objective of rescuing a princess from hell, who is represented as a particularly heavy treasure.[5] There is still no ending trigger related to this goal, though.[4]

Reception

Forrest Johnson reviewed Hellfire Warrior in The Space Gamer No. 38.[6] Johnson commented that "I won't forget my last view of Sanson - badly wounded, crawling desperately towards the exit, with sweet-but-cumbersome Brynhild in tow and an outraged fiend at his heels. If you enjoyed the earlier games, Hellfire Warrior is a must."[6]

Computer Gaming World in 1993 stated that Hellfire Warrior was "better than Apshai, but not by too much", criticizing the outcome of rescuing the princess.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Dunjonquest: Hellfire Warrior. Automated Simulations. 1980. p. 1.
  2. ↑ "Hellfire Warrior, Sequel to Temple of Apshai, Now Available". Compute!: 162. March 1981.
  3. ↑ "Announcing "Hellfire Warrior"". InfoWorld (advertisement). 1981-05-11. p. 35. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
  4. 1 2 Scorpia (October 1991). "C*R*P*G*S / Computer Role-Playing Game Survey". Computer Gaming World. p. 109. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
  5. ↑ "Hellfire Warrior". Softalk: 21. December 1980.
  6. 1 2 Johnson, Forrest (April 1981). "Capsule Reviews". The Space Gamer. Steve Jackson Games (38): 35–36.
  7. ↑ Scorpia (October 1993). "Scorpia's Magic Scroll Of Games". Computer Gaming World. pp. 34–50. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
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