Dungeon Keeper Gold (1998)
Dungeon Keeper Gold is a 1998 real time strategy (rts) video game made by Bullfrog Productions and Electronic Arts.
You are the darkness beneath the map. Dungeon Keeper Gold pairs the full original game with The Deeper Dungeons expansion, tasking you with building and running an underground lair while waves of paladins and wizards march in to cleanse it. You dig tunnels, place lairs and training rooms, attract creatures with food and gold, and manage their morale with a combination of wages and the back of your hand. The perspective is isometric overhead, the tone is pitch-black comedy, and the entire structure inverts the usual fantasy RPG premise: the heroes are the enemy.
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What is Dungeon Keeper Gold about?
You are the darkness beneath the map. Dungeon Keeper Gold pairs the full original game with The Deeper Dungeons expansion, tasking you with building and running an underground lair while waves of paladins and wizards march in to cleanse it. You dig tunnels, place lairs and training rooms, attract creatures with food and gold, and manage their morale with a combination of wages and the back of your hand. The perspective is isometric overhead, the tone is pitch-black comedy, and the entire structure inverts the usual fantasy RPG premise: the heroes are the enemy.
When was Dungeon Keeper Gold released?
Dungeon Keeper Gold was released on 1 March 1998.
Who made Dungeon Keeper Gold?
Dungeon Keeper Gold was made by Bullfrog Productions and Electronic Arts.
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A few thoughts on Dungeon Keeper Gold
The warmest cross-media companion here is Delicious in Dungeon, which takes the same monster-filled underground seriously as a domestic space, treating the dungeon as a living ecosystem rather than a backdrop for conquest.
The complete villain experience
Dungeon Keeper Gold is both the original campaign and The Deeper Dungeons expansion in one package, a rare case where the villain wins every time. These picks let you keep that energy going across different media.