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338:, with the player guiding a party of up to six adventurers into a six-level dungeon. The original version required players to import characters from the first game, whilst later versions include a pre-generated party and the ability to create new characters. As the game is intended to be played by those who have successfully completed the first game, the difficulty level is intended for characters of at least level 13, and no training area means that lower level characters will go through a " 25: 325: 134: 320:
The game begins with the city of Llylgamyn under siege. Llylgamyn's rulers have been killed, and the city's only hope is for the recovery of the staff of Gnilda, only obtainable from trading the mystic "Knight of Diamonds" armor from the legendary Knight of Diamonds to fend off the invaders.
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is necessary to complete the game. Each of the six levels has a piece of the Knight's armor somewhere in the level, and all of the pieces must be collected in order to finish the game. Furthermore, unlike in the first scenario, there are no elevators that can be used to skip levels.
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variety of monsters and liked that each level of the dungeon had quests. The magazine concluded, "One can only wonder what this amazing duo of Greenberg and Woodhead will do for the next scenario".
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a "disappointingly weak follow-up", criticizing its small size and noting that the first game was necessary to play. The magazine concluded that it was "best for the hard-core fan only".
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Unlike the first scenario, where half of the levels had no purpose plot-wise and could be skipped if the player wished, exploring every level in
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among other nominees. It also received a Certificate of Merit in the category of "1984 Best Computer Adventure" at the 5th annual
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No. 76. Wing commented that "I recommend this scenario. This is an interesting and challenging adventure for higher-level
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The game functions virtually identically to the first scenario,
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was named "Best Adventure Game for Home Computer" at the 1982
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Developer(s)
Sir-Tech
Publisher(s)
Designer(s)
Andrew C. Greenberg
Robert Woodhead
Wizardry
Platform(s)
Apple II
Commodore 64
/ 128
MS-DOS
FM-7
Game Boy Color
Mac
MSX2
NES
PC-88

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