@Play: Taloon’s Mystery Dungeon, In Great Detail

[’@ Play’ is a bi-weekly column by John Harris which discusses the history, present and future of the Roguelike dungeon exploring genre.]
Here is Taloon, making his way through the first level of the Mystery Dungeon. His objective is the Happiness Box around level 27. Let’s follow him along for a while, shall we?
[Note: As far as @Play columns go, this one, which deals with a playthrough of the SNES prototype Roguelike dungeon crawler Taloon’s Mystery Dungeon, is unusually long and graphics intensive, but I think it gives a good sense of the kind of strategy needed in a game like this.]
First off, take notice of the blue silhouette overlayed on the screen. This is the automap. It can be turned on and off from the menus.
Since only a very small portion of the dungeon will fit on one screen, this provides an alternative to being able […]

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