First published by Softdisk in 1987, Kingdom of Kroz is the game that launched Scott Miller's career as famous founder of shareware giant Apogee. The game's claim to fame is well chronicled in Apogee FAQ:
In 1988, Kingdom of Kroz I received top honors in the game category of Softdisk's CodeQuest '87, a national programming contest, and came in second overall (it lost to a spreadsheet program). Scott Miller himself said, in the notes to a later version of the game, "Thanks to Kroz, I now know what a mutual fund is, but on the downside my taxes require a book two inches thick to figure out."
In short, Kroz marked Apogee's birth, emergence into the national mainstream, and coronation as one of the earliest kings of shareware." It is nothing short of amazing that Miller manages to code a charming action/adventure/puzzle hybrid with only standard 255 ASCII characters.
Kingdom of Kroz and subsequent games in the series contain dozens of levels, all of which are very cleverly designed. There are many mysterious objects to find and use. Among the game's most memorable features are the two side-scrolling levels, in which you move horizontally across the screen.
With clever level design, cool sound effects, and many devious puzzles and objects, the Kroz series provides a thoroughly entertaining and unique adventure. In many ways, it is a true precursor of ZZT, a much more expansive ASCII adventure from Epic Megagames that boasts a level editor but inferior gameplay. A must have!
Review By HOTUD
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Kroz was a popular shareware game series passed around on BBS' back in the day. It was popular because, while it was ASCII graphics, it was colorful (even on CGA monitors), it was a live-action puzzle game, the puzzles weren't just one-offs.. they were part of a larger map you were progressing through screen-by-screen, it had complex scripting where you could have buttons and levers activate other stuff on the maps, and it even came with an editor to build new levels. It was very innovative for its time. Highly recommended!
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I remember as a kid, playing Castle of Kroz off of my Big Blue Disk. It was on Disk #47. It was an addicting game at the time and I never forgot it. Today it came to my mind again and I went looking for it. When I found it, downloaded it and ran it in DOSBOX, you should have seen the smile on my face! I'm delighted to have it back.
I LOVED these games as a kid. My dad used to subscribe to Big Blue Disk when I was younger. (a floppy distributed magazine of sorts with demos) The Caverns and Kingdom of Kroz games were included inside. To win requires you to be incredibly conservative with losing gems and using whips, and well as teleporting. Lots of fun, but it may drive you bonkers at the same time!
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