A Grandfather of the so-called "Dungeon crawl" genre, Avalon Hill's Telengard was designed in 1982 by Daniel Lawrence, based on an earlier mainframe game written on PLATO by Gary Whisenhunt and Ray Wood called dnd.

Telengard features a huge 50-level/2-million room dungeon, battle with twenty different types of randomly-generated monsters, and thirty-six unique spells that players can cast. Among other things, there are fountains to drink from with varying results, a jeweled throne to sit upon, an altar to donate gold upon, a strange multicolored treasure box, and a misty teleport cube. Magic weapons, armor, scrolls, and potions were available to those who could find them.

Telengard's earliest known commercial release was 1982, for the TRS-80. Its most popular incarnation, however, was via the Commodore 64, released c.1984.

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@Gazunta aw man playing that telengard game made me start up on a nethack kick! I was up until 3 last night; thanks a lot :)
LisVender (Daniel Rocha) Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:18:22 -0000
@Gazunta aw man playing that telengard game made me start up on a nethack kick! I was up until 3 last night; thanks a lot :)
The sidewiki that Google put into Firefox makes my browser feel like Telengard (early 80's reference for Commodore 64 fans). Shakes.
MikeReynolds (MikeReynolds) Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:38:24 -0000
The sidewiki that Google put into Firefox makes my browser feel like Telengard (early 80's reference for Commodore 64 fans). Shakes.
Telengard!!! Yeah!!! Found a remake that was done after hours by one one of the Torchlight guys. Still fun :)
Gazunta (Cameron Davis) Fri, 04 Dec 2009 06:56:38 -0000
Telengard!!! Yeah!!! Found a remake that was done after hours by one one of the Torchlight guys. Still fun :)

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