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** '''Audio:''' {{Credits|James McMenamy|James McMenamy}}
 
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** '''Digital Sound Effects:''' {{Credits|Ralph Thomas|Cooksey}}
 
** '''Digital Sound Effects:''' {{Credits|Ralph Thomas|Cooksey}}
Though the credits doesn't differentiate, Anthony Mollick has said in an email that he did the sound effects for the game and James McMenamy did the music. The real name of the Digital Sound Effects designer is unknown, but it may have been Mark Cooksey.
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Though the credits doesn't differentiate, Anthony Mollick has said in an email that he did the sound effects for the game and James McMenamy did the music. The real name of the Digital Sound Effects designer has been revealed as Ralph Thomas.
  
 
(Sources: [[:File:Dungeon Hack - DOS - Credits - 1.png|1]], [[:File:Dungeon Hack - DOS - Credits - 2.png|2]])
 
(Sources: [[:File:Dungeon Hack - DOS - Credits - 1.png|1]], [[:File:Dungeon Hack - DOS - Credits - 2.png|2]])

Revision as of 12:50, 27 October 2012

Dungeon Hack
Dungeon Hack - DOS - USA.jpg
Platform: DOS
Year: 1993
Developer: DreamForge Intertainment, Inc.
Buy: Amazon

Dungeon Hack is a pseudo 3-D dungeon crawl that creates randomly generated mazes for you to explore. Using Advanced Dungeons & Dragon - 2nd Edition rules, the game will seem familiar to anyone who has played any AD&D SSI games before, like Eye of the Beholder (DOS). The game uses the exact same engine as Eye of the Beholder III, the AESOP engine. There are a wide assortment of monsters, items, spells, weapons, and armor, but only a basic story. All of the work in the game was placed on combat and the randomizer, which is high quality for its time, but because the game lacks a meaningful plot, you will quickly get bored with killing yet another hobgoblin. The mechanics of the game are nicely implemented, and it's a nice way to kill some time.


Screenshots


Dungeon Hack - DOS - Title.png

The title screen.

Dungeon Hack - DOS - Intro 1.png

Watching the Introduction.

Dungeon Hack - DOS - Main Menu.png

The main menu.

Dungeon Hack - DOS - Character Creation.png

Creating a new character.

Dungeon Hack - DOS - Dungeon Maker.png

Customizing my dungeon.

Dungeon Hack - DOS - Dungeon.png

About to waste a goblin.


Music

The soundtrack only consists of three rather tame tracks, and though I've played the game through a couple times, I never heard the song Scene Two. The music can be played on three different platforms. Songs beginning with a 1 are for the Roland MT-32/LAPC-I. Songs beginning with 2 are for the AdLib/Sound Blaster, though they have yet to be recorded. Songs beginning with a 3 are for the PC Speaker.


Recording

#

Title

Composer

Length

Listen

101 Scene One James McMenamy 2:58
102 Scene Two James McMenamy 0:50
103 End James McMenamy 0:49
301 Scene One James McMenamy 3:18


Credits

Though the credits doesn't differentiate, Anthony Mollick has said in an email that he did the sound effects for the game and James McMenamy did the music. The real name of the Digital Sound Effects designer has been revealed as Ralph Thomas.

(Sources: 1, 2)

Game Rip

Format

Download

Size

XMI.png SYX.png

Download 38 KB

The XMI files were ripped from the open.res file. There are three types of XMI files, one for the Roland MT-32, one for Adlib, and one for PC Speaker. The PC Speaker only has a single track. The file names come from the descriptions near the end of the open.res file. The Roland MT-32 soundtrack was recorded by saving the SysEx data using MIDI-OX and then playing the XMI files through Winamp to an actual Roland MT-32 and recording the output. The PC Speaker song was emulated and recorded through DOSBox.


Audio Devices

Music

Icon - AdLib.png Icon - LAPC-I.png Icon - MPU-401.png Icon - MT-32.png Icon - PC Speaker.png

Sound

Icon - AdLib.png Icon - PC Speaker.png Icon - Sound Blaster.png Icon - Sound Blaster Pro.png Icon - Thunder Board.png

(Source: Music, Sound 1, Sound 2)


Releases

  USA.svg   USA
Dungeon Hack - DOS - USA.jpg
Title: Dungeon Hack
Platform: DOS
Released: 1993/??/??
Publisher: Strategic Simulations, Inc.
  South Africa.svg   South Africa
Dungeon Hack - DOS - South Africa.jpg
Title: Dungeon Hack
Platform: DOS
Released: 1995/??/??
Publisher: Slash Corporation
  Germany.svg   Germany
Dungeon Hack - DOS - Germany.jpg
Title: Dungeon Hack
Platform: DOS
Released: 199?/??/??
Publisher: Strategic Simulations, Inc.


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