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Dark Wraith

Dark Wraith is a first-person grid-based dungeon crawler game, similar to Wizardry or The Bard's Tale. The main character is Zion, a magic user that finds out that a friendly town-person's daughter has been…

4 December 1989

Dark Wraith is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Artec, released 4 December 1989 on PC-9800 Series.

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What Dark Wraith is

Dark Wraith is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Artec and released in 1989. It is available on PC-9800 Series only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Dark Wraith is a first-person grid-based dungeon crawler game, similar to Wizardry or The Bard's Tale. The main character is Zion, a magic user that finds out that a friendly town-person's daughter has been kidnapped by the Dark Wraith as part of a periodic ritual sacrifice. Up to four other characters can accompany Zion as he searches various dungeons in search of the Dark Wraith. As with many Japanese dungeon crawlers, characters are not created by the player. Rather, they are met throughout the story. However, upon leveling up, the player gets to assign points to various skills and attributes. The game features turn-based combat with enemies appearing within the dungeon, similar to Might…
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

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When did Dark Wraith come out?
Dark Wraith was released on 4 December 1989 for PC-9800 Series.

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