Death Gate

Two thousand years ago, an advanced race known as Sartan split the world into five realms. The mensch races - the humans, dwarves, and elves - were split between four of those worlds named for the four elements, and the race of Patryn was banished to the deadly Labyrinth. After those two thousand years, some of the Patryn have found their way through the Labyrinth's exit. The game's protagonist is a young Patryn named Haplo, and his mission, given to him by his lord Xar, is to sail through the Death Gate into each of the other worlds to find each world's seal piece, so that the Patryn may reconstruct the planet and have revenge on the Sartan.

Death Gate is an adventure game that follows the tradition of interactive fiction with graphics. The entire game is viewed from first-person perspective and has plenty of text interaction through selectable verb commands, text descriptions, and dialogues with multiple choices. There are also many puzzles in the game, most of them inventory-based. A unique gameplay feature is Haplo's ability to cast magic spells, which are essential for solving many of the game's puzzles.

Added March 8, 2020
Published By Legend Entertainment
Developed By Legend Entertainment
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Back Cover (United States) (DOS) from mobygames.com
Front Cover (United States) (DOS) from mobygames.com
Manual (United States) (DOS) from mobygames.com
Extras (United States) (DOS) from mobygames.com
Front Cover (Germany) (DOS) from mobygames.com
Back Cover (Germany) (DOS) from mobygames.com
Other (Germany) (DOS) from mobygames.com
Media (United States) (DOS) from mobygames.com
Front Cover (Worldwide) (Linux) from mobygames.com
Front Cover (Worldwide) (Windows) from mobygames.com
Front Cover (Worldwide) (Macintosh) from mobygames.com
IGDB Cover from igdb.com
Title screen (DOS) from mobygames.com
Animated intro: mysterious figures... (DOS) from mobygames.com
...and cosmic cataclysms (DOS) from mobygames.com
The intro continues with some supportive text (DOS) from mobygames.com
The Nexus - the game's starting location (DOS) from mobygames.com
Conversation with Xar (DOS) from mobygames.com
Outside the castle (DOS) from mobygames.com
In front of the Tower of the Brotherhood (DOS) from mobygames.com
In the bar (DOS) from mobygames.com
Outside the secret cave (DOS) from mobygames.com
In limbo (DOS) from mobygames.com
Traveling through lava (DOS) from mobygames.com
In Telestia (DOS) from mobygames.com
Choose the magic spell you want to cast! (DOS) from mobygames.com
There are quite some books in Death Gate. Happy reading! (DOS) from mobygames.com
Talking to an elven prisoner. Guess political correctness is unknown in his country (DOS) from mobygames.com
Not nice, not nice. Humans are imprisoned by the elves. Ever heard of racial tolerance? (DOS) from mobygames.com
Haplo is quite the master thief. Listen to the sounds each action produces to get the correct combination (DOS) from mobygames.com
This machine was built by the Sartan. It's not hard to figure out that they are our descendants, possessing technological knowledge the other races have no idea of (DOS) from mobygames.com
Talking to a female dwarf. Nice portrait (DOS) from mobygames.com
This is your ship. You can navigate between the worlds (if you have the right rune), or fly around within the limits of the same world (DOS) from mobygames.com
The Sartan here are all dead. That's a creepy sight. What has happened here? (DOS) from mobygames.com
This world has plenty of trees. Navigating the "world map" (DOS) from mobygames.com
Interesting fauna, indeed... (DOS) from mobygames.com
Some people will join you and accompany you on your quest (DOS) from mobygames.com
Ladies and gentlemen... The ZIFNAB SHOW!! (DOS) from mobygames.com
The good old Sartan wizard, Zifnab. Comic relief at its best (DOS) from mobygames.com
Pipe-fixing puzzle. Much easier than it looks (DOS) from mobygames.com
Arrow-pushing puzzle. Thanks for offering hints, dear game! (DOS) from mobygames.com
You are now a dog! You see everything in monochrome. And you aren't much of a conversationalist, either (DOS) from mobygames.com
An unintentionally silly result... (DOS) from mobygames.com
Intro [MCGA] (DOS) from mobygames.com
Conversation tree [MCGA] (DOS) from mobygames.com
The Labyrinth Gate [MCGA] (DOS) from mobygames.com
Spellcasting interface [MCGA] (DOS) from mobygames.com

Year of Release:
1994

Genre(s):
Traditional

Graphic Style:
2D

Camera View:
First-Person

Control Type:
Point and Click

Setting/Theme:
Fantasy

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