to draw the pictures". The Addison-Wesley Book of Atari Software 1984 gave Temple of Apshai an overall B rating, concluding that it was "an excellent game, one that's very involving", and gave the same grade to Hellfire Warrior and Curse of Ra. Robert Plamondon reviewed Temple of Apshai for Different Worlds magazine and stated that "I found both Datestones of Ryn and Temple of Apshai highly enjoyable. Temple of Apshai is more expensive, but well worth the extra cost because it is so much bigger than Datestones of Ryn." In 1991 and 1993 Computer Gaming Worlds Scorpia stated that the graphics "caused a sensation when it first appeared", but also criticized a lack of polish in the programming and slow speed due to the use of BASIC, issues which were improved upon in the Atari 8-bit version. A 2012 overview of TRS-80 games described it as "slow, clunky and crash-prone ... this early attempt at an action role-playing game managed little of either", and inferior to later Atari and Commodore versions, but "quite clearly compelling" as an early dungeon crawl. Temple of Apshai was awarded the Origins Award for "Best Computer Game of 1980", the first to receive this distinction. References External links Temple of Apshai at Lemon64 Temple of Apshai at Commodore 64 Boxed Sets 1979 video games Amiga games Amstrad CPC games Apple II games Atari 8-bit family games Atari ST games Classic Mac OS games Commodore 64 games Commodore PET games Dungeon crawler video games Epyx games Fantasy video games Origins Award winners Role-playing video games Single-player video games VIC-20 games Video games based on Egyptian mythology Video games developed in the United States Video games set in Egypt Video games with expansion packs