Wyvern vs Orthanc

Wyvern is an indie multiplayer, fantasy/adventure role-playing game designed for mobile. It has a retro look and feel, with old-school graphics reminiscent of late-1980s games. Despite its simple appearance, Wyvern is vast and exciting. FEATURES: * Sixteen player races and over 40 character types with different abilities * Thousands of handcrafted maps to explore * Dozens of handcrafted quests * Hundreds of unique monsters and enemies to challenge you * Seven playable Guilds that boost your skills and abilities * A rich magic system with over 150 spells and powerful magical specializations * Many trainable skills to develop your character * PvP combat arenas * Player-to-player merchandise auctions * Random dungeons for limitless content * Personal homes, and a Builder Mode for customizing and creating new maps * Adventuring groups with support roles * Strong community features: chat channels, in-game messaging, mail and more. NOTE: Wyvern offers some in-app purchases for convenience, but many of our highest level players got there without any in-app purchases. You can disable in-app purchases in the Settings on your device.

This game is a faithful recreation of "Orthanc", one of the first graphic dungeon crawl role-playing games developed for the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign's PLATO computer in the 1970s. The original was played on a PLATO terminal with a keyboard. (The PLATO version of "Orthanc" was inspired by "pedit5", which you can learn more about in Wikipedia.) The original PLATO terminals used plasma panels only capable of displaying orange and black. There is no sound. This implementation uses the touchscreen for all gameplay. You are an adventurer gaining experience and treasure by defeating monsters. Orthanc is easy to start but hard to put down.