to prepare the assassination of a military governor. The second mission is to carry out said assassination. As a first among Dunjonquest and related titles, the game takes place in outdoors areas. Crush, Crumble and Chomp Crush, Crumble and Chomp is a turn-based action game in which the player chooses one of six monsters inspired by famous monster movies (or creates a new one) with individual abilities to cause destruction in one of four cities - New York, San Francisco, Washington D.C. and Tokyo. The mechanics build upon the same core system as the Dunjonquest games, with semi-real time gameplay and keystroke controls. The program was also still based on the Dunjonquest engine, and was directly adapted from Star Warrior. Reception Alan Isabelle reviewed Dunjonquest (specifically, The Temple of Apshai, The Datestones of Ryn, and Morloc's Tower) in The Space Gamer No. 31. Isabelle commented that "These games are quite good, but perhaps overpriced a bit. You're on your own with this one." Legacy The Dunjonquest method of listing detailed descriptions of places and events in the manual was adopted by SSI's Goldbox series of official Dungeons & Dragons computer adaptions and Interplay's Wasteland. The concept of room descriptions in top-down view CRPGs is carried on in titles with limited budgets for voice acting or limited graphics, such as the indie titles of the Avernum series by Spiderweb Software and the Eschalon series by Basilisk Games. Like in the Amiga version of Temple of Apshai, the descriptions are presented in text windows within the game. Notes References Further reading Dungeons and Desktops. A K Peters, Ltd., 2008. Everyone's guide to personal computers. Ballantine Books, 1983. External links Dunjonquest titles with artwork and screenshots at Hardcore Gaming 101 Temple of Apshai at GiantBomb Temple of Apshai sound, SID Sound file player for Temple of Apshai (original) at Gamebase 64 "The History of Computer Role-Playing Games. Part 1: The Early Years (1980-1983)". at Gamasutra. Epyx games Role-playing video games Video game franchises Video game franchises introduced in 1979