Magnavox Videogames and the Entertainment Revolution Trigger Happy manual It’s a kind of magic

Trigger Happy

Fig. 5. ISS Pro Evolution: the beautiful game (‰ 1999 Konami)

It’s a kind of magic

Dungeons, dragons, elves and wizards, treasure, trolls and spells. Yes, it’s the role-playing game (RPG), the synthesis of classic text-based games like ADVENT and the 1970s teenage-male leisure phenomenon, Dungeons & Dragons fantasy boardgames. The computer becomes the dungeon master and rolls all the polyhedral dice to determine the outcomes of incantatory duels.

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