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Dungeon Master II Overview

Description

Dungeon Master II: The Legend of Skullkeep was first released in Japan in December, 1993. It was the number one selling game the week after its release. The first English language version was released in 1994 for the Sega CD. After many delays, the U.S. and European versions for Macintosh, PC and Amiga were released by Interplay Productions in 1995 and 1996.

The game is available on PC, Amiga, Macintosh, Sega CD (North America) / Mega CD (Europe and Japan), PC-9801, PC-9821, IBM PS/V and FM-Towns.

I gathered the Dungeon Master II reference information you will find on this site by playing with the PC version of Dungeon Master II.

Versions comparison

Here are some differences between the versions of the game:

  • Graphics: The game was designed and released on most platforms (Amiga, Macintosh Japanese, Sega CD / Mega CD, PC-9801, PC-9821, IBM PS/V, FM-Towns) with 16 colors graphics. Interplay decided to upgrade the graphics to 256 colors (and change the style of creatures) for the PC and Macintosh English versions.
    There are many graphical differences between the PC and Amiga versions. For example, the title and endgame animations are very different.
    While the PC-9821 has normal graphics, the screenshots on Dungeon Master II for PC-9801 show bad quality dithered graphics.
  • Credits: The PC version has an animation for credits.
  • Music: The game music is not the same in all versions:
    • There is no music in the PC (Beta version), IBM PS/V and PC-9801 versions.
    • The Amiga version contains 10 tracks (modules) that are unique to this version.
    • The PC version contains 29 MIDI tracks. They may sound differently on different sound cards.
    • The Macintosh (US) version contain 28 MIDI tracks played with a software synthesizer built into the game.
    • The Macintosh (Japanese), PC-9821, FM-Towns and Sega CD / Mega CD use audio CD tracks that are unique to these versions. The Sega CD / Mega CD version has one less music track than the others.
  • Screen layouts: As visible on the screenshots on Dungeon Master II for Macintosh page, this version includes two screen layouts: a normal and a compact layout.
  • Saving/Loading: Both the Japanese and US versions can save the game from the Macintosh menu on top of the screen and allow creating any number of saved game files with the file names of your choice. The Macintosh US version even allows starting a new game and loading a saved game at any time during gameplay from the same menu.

Scans

Promotional XL T-Shirt

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Michael from Germany says about this T-shirt: "I got mine on the CeBit in Germany (I think it was the year when DMII was released). It was a price (for the looser ;) ) of a little game on one stand of the either Vobis or Escom (former Hardware Vendors in Germany)."

MissingMissing: Additional information about the origin of the Dungeon Master II T-Shirt: was it bundled with some versions of the game? in which country?
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Dungeon Master II for Mega CD Advertisement published in Japanese magazine 'Beep! MegaDrive', February 1994, Page 8
Dungeon Master II for Mega CD Advertisement published in Japanese magazine 'Beep! MegaDrive', February 1994, Page 8
[Source: Sega Retro]
Dungeon Master II for Mega CD Advertisement published in Japanese magazine 'Beep! MegaDrive', March 1994, Page 6
Dungeon Master II for Mega CD Advertisement published in Japanese magazine 'Beep! MegaDrive', March 1994, Page 6
[Source: Sega Retro]
Dungeon Master II for Mega CD Advertisement published in Japanese magazine 'Beep! MegaDrive', April 1994, Page 11
Dungeon Master II for Mega CD Advertisement published in Japanese magazine 'Beep! MegaDrive', April 1994, Page 11
[Source: Sega Retro]
Dungeon Master II for Mega CD Advertisement published in Japanese magazine 'Beep! MegaDrive', May 1994, Page 7
Dungeon Master II for Mega CD Advertisement published in Japanese magazine 'Beep! MegaDrive', May 1994, Page 7
[Source: Sega Retro]
Dungeon Master II for Sega CD Advertisement published in American magazine 'Electronic Games', Vol 2 No 11 August 1994, Page 81
Dungeon Master II for Sega CD Advertisement published in American magazine 'Electronic Games', Vol 2 No 11 August 1994, Page 81
[Source: Internet Archive]
Dungeon Master II for Sega CD Advertisement published in American magazine 'Wizard Magazine', Issue #38 October 1994, Page 29
Dungeon Master II for Sega CD Advertisement published in American magazine 'Wizard Magazine', Issue #38 October 1994, Page 29
Dungeon Master II Advertisement published in American magazine 'Computer Gaming World', Issue #124 November 1994, Page 59
Dungeon Master II Advertisement published in American magazine 'Computer Gaming World', Issue #124 November 1994, Page 59
[Source: Computer Gaming World Museum]
Dungeon Master II for Sega CD Advertisement published in American magazine 'Game Players', Vol 8 No 1 January 1995, Page 121
Dungeon Master II for Sega CD Advertisement published in American magazine 'Game Players', Vol 8 No 1 January 1995, Page 121
[Source: Sega Retro]
Dungeon Master II for PC-Macintosh Advertisement published in American magazine 'Computer Gaming World', Issue #128 March 1995, Page 30
Dungeon Master II for PC-Macintosh Advertisement published in American magazine 'Computer Gaming World', Issue #128 March 1995, Page 30 Dungeon Master II for PC-Macintosh Advertisement published in American magazine 'Computer Gaming World', Issue #128 March 1995, Page 31
[Source: Computer Gaming World Museum]
Dungeon Master II Advertisement published in American magazine 'Electronic Games', Vol 3 No 7 April 1995, Page 21
Dungeon Master II Advertisement published in American magazine 'Electronic Games', Vol 3 No 7 April 1995, Page 21
[Source: Internet Archive]
Dungeon Master II Advertisement published in American magazine 'PC Gamer', Vol 2 No 6 June 1995, Pages 32-33
Dungeon Master II Advertisement published in American magazine 'PC Gamer', Vol 2 No 6 June 1995, Page 32 Dungeon Master II Advertisement published in American magazine 'PC Gamer', Vol 2 No 6 June 1995, Page 33
[Source: Retromags]
Dungeon Master II for PC Advertisement published in German magazine 'PC Player', August 1995, Page 55
Dungeon Master II for PC Advertisement published in German magazine 'PC Player', August 1995, Page 55
[Source: kultmags.com]
Dungeon Master II for PC-Macintosh Advertisement published in American magazine 'Computer Gaming World', Issue #134 September 1995, Page 57
Dungeon Master II for PC-Macintosh Advertisement published in American magazine 'Computer Gaming World', Issue #134 September 1995, Page 57
[Source: Computer Gaming World Museum]
Dungeon Master II for PC Advertisement published in German magazine 'PC Spiel', September 1995, Page 11
Dungeon Master II for PC Advertisement published in German magazine 'PC Spiel', September 1995, Page 11
[Source: Kult Cover Disks]
Dungeon Master II for Amiga Advertisement published in German magazine 'Power Play', September 1995, Page 4
Dungeon Master II for Amiga Advertisement published in German magazine 'Power Play', September 1995, Page 4
[Source: kultmags.com]
Dungeon Master II for PC Advertisement published in German magazine 'PC Games', September 1995, Page 47
Dungeon Master II for PC Advertisement published in German magazine 'PC Games', September 1995, Page 47
[Source: www.kultboy.com]
Dungeon Master II Advertisement published in American magazine 'PC Gamer', Vol 2 No 10 October 1995, Page 18
Dungeon Master II Advertisement published in American magazine 'PC Gamer', Vol 2 No 10 October 1995, Page 18
[Source: Retromags]
Dungeon Master II for PC-Macintosh Advertisement published in American magazine 'Computer Gaming World', Issue #135 October 1995, Page 57
Dungeon Master II for PC-Macintosh Advertisement published in American magazine 'Computer Gaming World', Issue #135 October 1995, Page 57
[Source: Computer Gaming World Museum]
Dungeon Master II for PC Advertisement published in Australian magazine 'Hyper', Issue #23 October 1995, Page 83
Dungeon Master II for PC Advertisement published in Australian magazine 'Hyper', Issue #23 October 1995, Page 83
[Source: Internet Archive]
Dungeon Master II for PC-Amiga-Macintosh Advertisement published in Polish magazine 'Secret Service', Issue #28 October 1995, Page 3
Dungeon Master II for PC-Amiga-Macintosh Advertisement published in Polish magazine 'Secret Service', Issue #28 October 1995, Page 3
Dungeon Master II Advertisement published in British-American-Canadian magazine 'Computer Games Strategy Plus', Issue #60 November 1995, Page 67
Dungeon Master II Advertisement published in British-American-Canadian magazine 'Computer Games Strategy Plus', Issue #60 November 1995, Page 67
[Source: Internet Archive]
Dungeon Master II for PC-Amiga-Macintosh Advertisement published in Polish magazine 'Secret Service', Issue #29 November 1995, Page 3
Dungeon Master II for PC-Amiga-Macintosh Advertisement published in Polish magazine 'Secret Service', Issue #29 November 1995, Page 3
Dungeon Master II for Amiga Advertisement published in British magazine 'Amiga Power', Issue #56 December 1995, Page 76
Dungeon Master II for Amiga Advertisement published in British magazine 'Amiga Power', Issue #56 December 1995, Page 76
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Magazine articles

Dungeon Master II for PC News published in French magazine 'Multimedia PC Player', Issue #12 July-August 1994, Page 24
Dungeon Master II for PC News published in French magazine 'Multimedia PC Player', Issue #12 July-August 1994, Page 24
[Source: Abandonware Magazines]
Dungeon Master II Cover published in Czech magazine 'Score', Issue #19 July 1995, Page 1
Dungeon Master II Cover published in Czech magazine 'Score', Issue #19 July 1995, Page 1
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