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Transylvania

DOS - 1986
Also available on: Amiga - Apple II - Atari ST - Commodore 64 - Mac

The first in the Transylvania series is one of Polarware's best known games.

The plot is not very unique: as the name suggests, the story takes place in land of the vampires and involves the evil vampires, ghosts, and the like. Your task is to prevent the archevil vampire from ruling Transylvania.

A decent game, if not very original, and actually has a robust parser that understands synonyms of the most commonly-used verbs. Remember to run away from evil creatures when they (randomly) find you :)

Review By HOTUD

Comments and reviews

ZIN 24 Sep. 2022

If the vampire doesn't appear, it's because you are carrying the garlic...

1
B 25 Nov. 2021

The vampire won’t appear so I can kill him. I just keep wandering all through the castle ad he never appears.

1
Abran 30 Jul. 2021

MY FUCKING VAMPIRE!

1
Slims 22 Sep. 2020

To answer some questions here.
To get the graphics press enter.
To save the game you go "save game". It asks 1, 2, or 3. You type whatever save file you want. It while say "I don't understand even if it has worked. To go back the save game type "restore game". It will ask you which file and you reply with whatever file you already have saved it with.

1
Robin 11 Sep. 2020

Okay, but how do I save my game in the DOS version? I type in "save" and get a message asking "save 1,2, or 3?" I type in a number and the game says "I don't understand". I might actually enjoy this game more if I could save my progress.

1
jeff 22 Apr. 2020

I remember this game from when I was at school..still not bad though for its age.

-1
Jeff 27 Aug. 2016

Am I still able to buy this game for my apple book 1400cs

-1
rfk123 01 Jun. 2015

that f**ing werewolf! for f*cks sake!

4
havar 19 Oct. 2011

Push enter to show graphics

-1
havar 10 Jul. 2011

I was wondering the same...

-2
hobbes38 20 Feb. 2010

how do you make the graphics come out?

0

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Downloads

DOS version
Game file
United Kingdom English
104 KB
Mac version
Game file
United Kingdom English
92 KB
Commodore 64 version
Game file
United Kingdom English
60 KB
Amiga version
Game file
United Kingdom English
303 KB
Atari ST version
Game file
United Kingdom English
145 KB
Apple II version
Game file
United Kingdom English
325 KB

Extras

Manual Manual 1
Extra file
Mac 884 KB English English

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