WOTC "Dungeon" CD: old dungeon generator

[Cruentus]

Hello all!

I am clearing out old CDs and (gasp! floppy disks) from the back of my closet and came across an old WOTC branded CD titled: Dungeon.

This is circa Issue 1 of Dungeon Mag, I assume, since it gives you Issue 1 on pdf on the disk. It also includes a fairly simple random dungeon generator for DnD where you can set the seed, number of rooms, percentages for secret doors, etc., and it will automatically populate the rooms with monsters, treasure, and descriptors.

I can only get it to run the dungeon generator, and I can open the pdf's on the disk, but it also includes what I assume are data/source files for things like elf names, dwarf names, gnome names, which are text files that are random first, second, and third portions that when combined make up a name. I guess those are for naming them if they appear in the dungeon generator?

Anyone know anything about this? Anyone remember owning this? Is there anything more to it?

Thanks!!

 

[Alby87]

I'm really interested in this... but this can not be from Dungeon #1. It was published in 1986, too early for a cdrom on a magazine. This should be post 1995 at minimum it should definitely be, it's Wotc, not TSR; and if you could run it on a modern PC, even newer (it should be a 32 bit application, for the tech savy). Really interested in knowing more about it!

 

[Cruentus]

I'll try to get some screen grabs of the interface and a date from the files on the disk... More soon!

 

[Blue Orange]

WotC bought TSR in 1997, if it helps figuring out when this is. Monster stat blocks would be a pretty quick way of figuring out what edition you're dealing with. At least somewhere on there should be a copyright date, probably on the disc itself if it has trade dress.

 

[Jadeite]

It's from Dungeon #87. I own the issue and the CD, but I'm currently in the process of moving, so I can't check it out easily. I'll take a look, later.

paizo.com - Dungeon Issue #87

paizo.com

It was actually the first issue of Dungeon I purchased when I got into D&D from other systems.

 

[Cruentus]

Great find @Jadeite

The files on the disk have a 2000 date, and the outside of the disc says "Dungeon" and has the WOTC mark on it. +

Here is a screen shot of the generator and a map it spit out. Its a little hard to see, but the box can't be opened further, so you need to scroll down to see all the contents of the map rooms.

The disc also wouldn't launch for me, I had to open it, and specifically run the Dungeon application as Admin.

Added the disc photo.

Another edit: The descriptions are interesting. Here is what was included for Room #3:
Door (south, 3 from west): (secret) down-sliding, magic word trigger, trapped [trap: scything blade trap (CR1) (Find/Disable DC21)]
Door (north, 2 from west): wooden, strong, stuck, trapped [trap: portculis(Sic) trap (CR2) (Find/Disable DC 21)]

Kind of fun!

 

[Jasperak]

Nice! It appears that an iso of the disc exists on Internet Archive. I was going to ask you for one, even though I'm 999% sure I have a copy in a box somewhere.

 

[Jahydin]

I've been having a blast checking out all the issues via Internet Archive. Hope everyone takes a chance to look them up!

 

[Dioltach]

Pretty sure I have a copy of the same CD-ROM lying around somewhere. Don't think I ever used it, and I'm abroad so I can't check. I threw out piles and piles of old unused D&D stuff last year, so maybe it didn't survive the cull.

 

[MNblockhead]

Great find @Jadeite

The files on the disk have a 2000 date, and the outside of the disc says "Dungeon" and has the WOTC mark on it. +

Here is a screen shot of the generator and a map it spit out. Its a little hard to see, but the box can't be opened further, so you need to scroll down to see all the contents of the map rooms.

The disc also wouldn't launch for me, I had to open it, and specifically run the Dungeon application as Admin.

Added the disc photo.

Another edit: The descriptions are interesting. Here is what was included for Room #3:
Door (south, 3 from west): (secret) down-sliding, magic word trigger, trapped [trap: scything blade trap (CR1) (Find/Disable DC21)]
Door (north, 2 from west): wooden, strong, stuck, trapped [trap: portculis(Sic) trap (CR2) (Find/Disable DC 21)]

Kind of fun!

Hmm...where is the entrance supposed to be on that randomly generated dungeon?