Dungeon Master for PC
Overview
Known versions:
- Version 3.4 English
- Version 3.4 English, French, German
Keyboard commands
- 1, 2, 3, 4 (not on the numeric pad): Toggle champion inventory
- Escape: Freeze / Unfreeze game
- Return (when resting): Wake up
- Alt-S: Disk menu
- Ctrl-Q: Quit (Ctrl-A for azerty keyboards)
- Numeric pad 4: Turn left
- Numeric pad 5: Move forward
- Numeric pad 6: Turn right
- Numeric pad 1: Move left
- Numeric pad 2: Move backward
- Numeric pad 3: Move right
If you select option 'Analog Joytick' when starting the game:
- F1, F2: adjust sensitivity of the joystick
If you select option 'Keyboard simulation of Digital Joystick' when starting the game:
- Alt-Numeric pad 1 to 9 (except 5): Move mouse cursor
- Alt-+: mouse button
Entrance screen only:
- E, Return, Enter: Enter
- R: Resume
- Q (A for azerty keyboards): Quit
Screenshots
- Version 3.4 English, VGA
- Version 3.4 English, EGA
- Version 3.4 French, VGA
- Version 3.4 German, VGA
Spoilers (don't look at these two animations if you don't want to spoil the end of the game):
Dungeon Master for PC Screenshot - Fusing Chaos Animation
Dungeon Master for PC Screenshot - End animation
[Supplied by Stéphane Gourichon]
Packaging
Dungeon Master for PC with FTL Sound Adapter (US release)
- Shrink wrapped box
Minor defects: the shrink wrap is teared, the game box is slightly crushed on the bottom and colors are washed out on the leftmost part of the front and on the left side.- Overview
- Game Box
The original bar code printed on the box is covered by a sticker with another bar code.- Floppy Disks
- FTL Logo Sticker
- Registration Card
- Quick Start Guide
- Advertisement for the Hint Book - Chaos Strikes Back Adventurer's Handbook
- Advertisement for the Audio CD - Dungeon Master The Album and associated Booklet
- FTL Sound Adapter
The box has two compartments: one for the sound adapter itself (one third of the box at the bottom, shown on the photo above) and one for the cable (two thirds of the box at the top).
Technical Documentation - FTL Sound Adapter Schematic- Manual
Dungeon Master for PC (UK, Psygnosis)
- Box
- Manual
- Quick Start Guide
Dungeon Master for PC (PT, Psygnosis)
- Box
- Manual
- Floppy disk
Dungeon Master for PC (PL)
- Box Sleeve
- Registration Card
Dungeon Master for PC (European release, Psygnosis)
- Box Front / Box Back / Box Side / Disk
[Supplied by MadMunky (madmunky@btinternet.com)]- Manual
- Dungeon Master Manual (Psygnosis release)
- Dungeon Master for PC Quick Start Guide
[Supplied by MadMunky (madmunky@btinternet.com)]
Game~Dungeon_Master~EU~PC~Quick_Start_Guide~Document.pdf- This book as a PDF Document [Supplied by Michael Caspi (silverlord, mcaspi@ottawa.com)].
Dungeon Master for PC (German release, Psygnosis)
- Overview
- Box
- Manual
- Floppy disk
- Quick Start Guide
- Registration Card
-
Missing: Scans of the Dungeon Master for PC (German release, Psygnosis) Registration Card.
If you can help, please E-mail me! Also check other missing content.This small photo shows the missing registration card:
[Supplied by The Legacy]
Dungeon Master for PC published in Czech magazine 'Score', Issue #62 February 1999
- Article, Page 8-9
[Source: High-voltage.cz]- Compact Disc
[Source: Internet Archive]- Compact Disc Sleeve
[Source: Internet Archive]
Download CD image and scans here: https://archive.org/details/score62cd
On the CD, the \Demos\dm\DM.EXE file is a self-extracting archive containing Dungeon Master 3.4 for PC English with the following changes:
- An additional empty file named: KEVIN
- An additional file named START.BAT (that simply runs DM.EXE)
- A customized DM.EXE launcher file: before allowing the game to start, it requires that the MSCDEX driver is loaded and that the Score CD is inserted in the drive
Dungeon Master for PC (Chinese) 地下城主
The Chinese version of the game was distributed by Unalis (松崗科技).
- Shrink wrapped Box
- Shrink wrapped Floppy disk
- Box
[Source: http://www.gamebase.com.tw/forum/30032/topic/97667060/1 ]- Manual
[Source: http://www.gamebase.com.tw/forum/30032/topic/97667060/1 ]- Hint book
- The Chinese translation of the Hint Book - Dungeon Master 冒險者手册 (Adventurer's Handbook) is included in the game box.
- Floppy disk
[Source: http://www.gamebase.com.tw/forum/30032/topic/97667060/1 ]
The game itself was not translated to Chinese and the floppy disk contains Dungeon Master for PC 3.4 English.- Registration card
[Source: http://www.gamebase.com.tw/forum/30032/topic/97667060/1 ]
Dungeon Master for PC (Korean)
The Korean version of the game was distributed by Unalis (松崗科技).
Missing: Scans of the Korean version of Dungeon Master for PC.If you can help, please E-mail me! Also check other missing content.
Downloads
Game~Dungeon_Master~PC~Software.rar- Dungeon Master for PC version 3.4 (US release: English)
- Dungeon Master for PC version 3.4 (European release: English, French, German)
- Game~Dungeon_Master~PC~Spanish_Translation~Software.rar
- Dungeon Master for PC version 3.4 (English, French, German) translated to spanish by some fans.
- Game~Dungeon_Master~PC~With_DOSBox~Software.7z
- Dungeon Master for PC version 3.4 (US release: English and European release: English, French, German) ready to play with DOSbox emulator. You just have to decompress the archive and run the .bat file for your language.
[Supplied by 3DH]
See also: How to play PC games under Windows? (Dungeon Master and Dungeon Master II)
Music
There is no music while playing the game, however there is one looping music on the entrance screen: 
Game~Dungeon_Master~US~PC~Entrance~Music.mp3
That music on PC is a low quality excerpt from track 5 of Dungeon Master for FM-Towns: Game~Dungeon_Master~JP~FM-Towns~Track_05~Music.mp3
which is also available as track 1 of Audio CD - Dungeon Master The Album: 01. Into The Dark
.
Videos
Title (VGA graphics) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5hPgGy4KBo
Title (EGA graphics) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzSVEiXaAic
Ending (VGA graphics) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jLXN_drrh8
Ending (EGA graphics) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHZ3xxznucQ
The PC animation was captured with the DosBox v0.65 emulator. The video was then compressed with Smacker by RAD Game Tools. The executable file has the player built-in (for Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP) so you don't need to download it separately.
- Game~Dungeon_Master_II~PC~Ending_Sequence~Video.rar
- Dungeon Master for PC Ending Sequence
Dungeon Master for PC is the only version to feature this ending sequence. It replaces the four texts displayed at the end of all other versions.
You can check the Dungeon Master Hints page to learn how to view the ending animations without actually finishing the game.