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Cells & Serpents

Cells & Serpents is a roleplaying game. The player explores a series of unending randomized dungeon rooms fighting monsters and looking for treasure. At any time the player can choose to move left, right, or…

31 December 1983

Cells & Serpents is a role-playing (rpg) developed by ASP Software Ltd., released 31 December 1983 on Atari 8-bit, BBC Microcomputer System, Commodore PET and Commodore VIC-20.

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What Cells & Serpents is

Cells & Serpents is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by ASP Software Ltd. and released in 1983. It is available on Atari 8-bit, BBC Microcomputer System, Commodore PET, Commodore VIC-20, Dragon 32/64, TRS-80 and ZX Spectrum.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Cells & Serpents is a roleplaying game. The player explores a series of unending randomized dungeon rooms fighting monsters and looking for treasure. At any time the player can choose to move left, right, or forwards. These can take the player to stairs up, stairs down, a blank wall, corridors, rooms, or doors. The player can not move beyond level 1, but as they move lower they encounter harder enemies and acquire greater treasure. Blank walls damage the player, and corridors present more movement options. Doors allow movement into rooms, and the player can listen at the door for clues prior to entering. Treasure contains gold, but sometimes contains armor and scrolls which make the player…
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How it plays

It is played from a text perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Cells & Serpents launched on 31 December 1983, within three weeks of The Witness, Chuckie Egg, Atic Atac and Zoo Keeper.

Released around the same time: The Witness, Chuckie Egg, Atic Atac, Zoo Keeper.

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When did Cells & Serpents come out?
Cells & Serpents was released on 31 December 1983 for Atari 8-bit, BBC Microcomputer System, Commodore PET, Commodore VIC-20, Dragon 32/64, TRS-80 and ZX Spectrum.

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