1992 Virgin / Westwood Studios
Platforms: Commodore Amiga and PC MS-DOS
Not to be confused with the text adventure trilogy of the same name, Legacy of the Necromancer was a planned dungeon crawling RPG in the style of Dungeon Master. It was to be developed by Westwood Studios, who were already well known for Eye of the Beholder that was published by Virgin Games in 1992. The title was even shown at the Winter CES that year on Virgin’s stand, but it never saw release.
The game’s storyline was a familiar but ambitious fantasy setup with a story as follows:
Two centuries earlier, a necromancer had unleashed an age of darkness and cold as punishment for mankind’s attempt to kill him. His curse rebounded however and he ended up imprisoned in a frozen temple beneath a dungeon near the player’s village. With geothermal heat melting the ice and threatening his escape, the necromancer was once again close to regaining his powers. As the chosen hero, players were tasked by the village elders to descend into the necromancer’s lair – overcoming deadly traps, puzzles and monsters to destroy him once and for all. Continue reading
