Prokletí Eridenu

Prokletí Eridenu (English: Curse of Eriden) is a 1997 Czech dungeon-crawler video game developed by Napalm Soft and published by Zima Software for DOS.

Prokletí Eridenu
Developer(s)Napalm Soft
Zima Software[1]
Publisher(s)Zima Software
Platform(s)DOS 
Release1997
Genre(s)Dungeon-crawler

Production

The title was released quite late for its genre, coming out at the very end of the dungeon era.[2] In 1999, a full version of the Eriden Curse has been downloadable free of charge from the Internet.[2]

Plot and gameplay

The story takes place in the ruins of the mysterious, cursed city of Eriden, in the dungeons below the hero must destroy four magic mirrors. The player controls one character out of a choice of nine - each has three basic attributes - strength, mana, and health. Like in Dungeon Master, there are also hunger and thirst game mechanics for the main character.[3][4]

Critical reception

The game received negative reviews, garnering a 40% from Level[3] and a 30% from Score.[4] Root.cz felt the title fell into the category of somewhat less successful (but interesting) games.[5] High Voltage wrote that the game had a reputation for a terrible dueling system, ragged level design, and sterile graphics.[6] In contrast, Bonuzweb.cz highly praised the game's automapping feature and the well illustrated fights with enemies.[7]

References
  1. "Prokletí Eridenu". www.databaze-her.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  2. "Prokletí Eridenu – Databáze-her.cz". www.databaze-her.cz. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  3. Radek Friedrich (May 1997). "Prokletí Eridenu". Level (in Czech) (28): 60. Archived from the original on 2018-03-25. Retrieved 2018-03-25 – via oldgames.sk.
  4. "Prokletí Eridenu". Score (in Czech) (42): 96. June 1997. Archived from the original on 2018-03-25. Retrieved 2018-03-25 – via oldgames.sk.
  5. Tišnovský, Pavel. "Historie vývoje počítačových her (130. část – české dungeony a série Elvira) - Root.cz". Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  6. Sledge (10 April 2013). "České dungeony pro PC (a slovenské tiež)". Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  7. "Prokletí Eridenu od Zima Software". iDNES.cz. 8 September 1999. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
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