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Although skill does provide the ability to get better with each attempt, a good helping of luck doesn’t hurt chances, either. The dungeon layout and locations of the items are randomized each playthrough, which can sometimes lead to the unfortunate situation of being dropped right off the bat into a room with several monsters and little chance of survival. Players will have to traverse down 30 floors before facing the final boss and obtaining the holy grail. A full food meter causes the player to instantly die due to gluttonous overeating (!?). Too much and the player becomes sluggish and slow to move. Too little and the player will starve which will cause hit points to slowly drain. The necessity of food becomes a double edged sword.

Players won’t know what each item does until it is used once the designation for each item changes with each playthrough. Bows provide the ability for ranged combat. Rings can be equipped like armor and provide the player with a lasting status boost. Rods/canes usually affect the enemy, potions usually affect the player, while scrolls do both. Weaponry builds up the character’s power offensively, while armor, shields and helmets build up defensively. They are weaponry, shields, helmets, armor, rods/canes, potions, scrolls/books, rings, bows, money and food. There are ten different items that can be picked up and used throughout the dungeon. This restriction may have led Sega to develop a roguelike in the first place: a core RPG without all the trappings.Īfter a brief introduction and controller explanation, the character is thrown into a room armed only with a knife and no armor or items. Because of the state of dial-up internet at the time, most games were approximately 128KB in size.

The Meganet, much like the Sega Channel, allowed players to download games and play others online via the Mega Drive. Fatal Labyrinth begin as Shi no Meikyuu, a title released only through the Sega Meganet service.