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The White Barrows

This is a text based game that has elements from a multiple genres dungeon crawl, puzzle, logic challenge, and even resource management. The back story is about a bad wizard who's stolen a magic chalice and…

31 December 1983

The White Barrows is an adventure developed by ASP Software Ltd., released 31 December 1983 on Atari 8-bit, BBC Microcomputer System, Commodore C64/128/MAX and Dragon 32/64.

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What The White Barrows is

The White Barrows is an adventure game developed by ASP Software Ltd. and released in 1983. It is available on Atari 8-bit, BBC Microcomputer System, Commodore C64/128/MAX, Dragon 32/64, TRS-80 and ZX Spectrum.

The premise, in the publisher's words

This is a text based game that has elements from a multiple genres dungeon crawl, puzzle, logic challenge, and even resource management. The back story is about a bad wizard who's stolen a magic chalice and you play the plucky adventurer who has to get it back. The bad guy is hiding in the ancient burial grounds, or barrows. The game is based on a map of the barrows in which there are 40 or so rooms. You are dropped randomly into a room. In other rooms are gnomes, trolls, dragons etc and in one room is the wizard. The game is played by moving from room to room exploring. You may view connecting rooms. You may raise a magic wall in an adjacent room. However you have only 400 magic points and…
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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

The White Barrows 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 The White Barrows come out?
The White Barrows was released on 31 December 1983 for Atari 8-bit, BBC Microcomputer System, Commodore C64/128/MAX, Dragon 32/64, TRS-80 and ZX Spectrum.

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