Theseus and the Minotaur - TSR Hobbies, 1982 - Apple II (4K)
4A short play of Theseus and the Minotaur, published for the Apple II in 1982 by TSR Hobbies.
Tactical Studies Rules, inc, or simply TSR, the master of non-computerized RPGs, known for publishing the original tabletop role-playing game Dungeon & Dragons in 1974. In 1982 TSR Hobbies released three home computer games for the Apple II, among those was Theseus and the Minotaur, a simple first-person maze game with a hint of RPG elements.
The game, designed by Bruce Nesmith, who was hired by TSR in 1981 to design the company's forthcoming computer games, somewhat follows the myth of Theseus, son of King Aegeas of Greece. Thesus must rescue King Minos' daughter, Ariadne held captured by the Minotaur somewhere in the labyrinth.
Following the release of the three games in 1982, TSR withdrew from developing computer games and later went with third-party developers, like SSI. Nesmith stayed with TSR for a dozen years writing modules for D&D before returning to computer gaming for Bethesda Softworks in the mid-1990s. Here he worked on a number of games in The Elder Scrolls series and on Fallout 3 and Fallout 4.
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