Wraith
Wraith is a fantasy role-playing game like the author's previous effort Shadowforge, although it's set in a larger, more detailed world with an updated and expanded rule system. The worship of Metiria is being…
Wraith is a role-playing (rpg) developed by John Carmack, released 31 December 1990 on Apple II.
What Wraith is
Wraith is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by John Carmack and released in 1990. It is available on Apple II only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Wraith is a fantasy role-playing game like the author's previous effort Shadowforge, although it's set in a larger, more detailed world with an updated and expanded rule system. The worship of Metiria is being subverted all over the realm of Araithia; lords and commoners have turned their devotion to a newly-arrived evil power, the Wraith, whose monstrous armies now infest the island. You, guardian of the last Temple of the True Faith, are summoned to seek out and eliminate this evil.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Wraith launched on 31 December 1990, within three weeks of Sengoku, A-Train, Spellbound and Colorado.
Released around the same time: Sengoku, A-Train, Spellbound, Colorado.
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