Download Bloodwych - DOS game

Step into a dungeon, take a left at the creepy skeleton, and say hello to Bloodwych, the 1989 DOS game that proves co-op first-person dungeon crawling can be both confusing and oddly addictive. It's got split-screen multiplayer (yes, really) and color-coded mages who look like they've just come from a low-budget wizard convention. The game lets you talk to NPCs, though half of them respond like they’re holding in a sneeze. Don’t expect hand-holding—expect to die, get lost, or accidentally drink something that makes you glow. But if you love old-school challenge with a side of weird, Bloodwych is a cult classic worth spelunking into.

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Bloodwych review

Zero Magazine Issue 01 (1990): "I can foresee Dungeon Master purists turning their 'oh-so-disdainful' noses up at this apparently inferior attempt. But it's not. The interaction element and two-player option add something news to what could become a stale genre. If you can forgive the jerky graphics, fairly poor animation, and slightly unwieldly controls, then Bloodwych will put a big grin on your face and a big dent in your social life."

Retro gamer collector's corner:

The game had an add-on pack released called Bloodwych: Data Disks Vol 1 (AKA Bloodwych: The Extended Levels).

A modified map for the first level of the game was produced as a demonstration level, and featured on the coverdisk of Issue 1 of the ST Format magazine.

Bloodwych was followed in 1994 by Psygnosis' Hexx: Heresy of the Wizard.

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Status: abandonware
Also published for: Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, C64, ZX Spectrum
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Comments

Nuke Bloodaxe 04/07/2025 09:59
I clocked this classic on the Atari STFM. Excellent in two-player.
But, yes, I also had the luxury of reading the manual, which made things so much simpler.
Normal NPC layout tended to be two warriors, and two mages, which worked out fine.
Crossman 21/02/2024 06:12
Has the idea of recruiting the NPCs ever occurred to you? Cuz that's the second thing I did after killing all of the ones near me at the start of the game and then restarted it after I found out I could recruit someone lol

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