Deathkeep (1995) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Deathkeep

DeathKeep is a first-person shooter where the player can choose to play a fighter, fighter/mage, or mage.

20 November 1995

What Deathkeep is

Deathkeep is an adventure game developed by Lion Entertainment and released in 1995. It was published by Strategic Simulations. It is available on 3DO Interactive Multiplayer and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

An evil Necromancer has escaped from his icy prison and is wreaking havoc upon the surrounding lands. Journey to a bleak, frozen wasteland and put an end to the terror!

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

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

Where it sits in the Dungeons & Dragons series

Deathkeep is the 43rd of 140 entries we hold in the Dungeons & Dragons series. The next entry was Ravenloft: Stone Prophet in 1995.

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What it launched against

Deathkeep launched on 20 November 1995, within three weeks of Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness, Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest, Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 and Rayman.

Released around the same time: Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness, Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest, Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, Rayman.

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