In Ancients 1: Deathwatch, you gather your pixelated party and set off to cleanse a city of evil, or at least try not to get mugged by slimes. It's a dungeon crawler in classic DOS fashion — grid movement, turn-based battles, and interface menus with all the elegance of a fax machine. Released in 1991, it’s as old-school as they come, right down to the weird shopkeepers and the “kill stuff, loot stuff, heal, repeat” rhythm. Yet there’s a certain charm in its simplicity. Think of it as diet Eye of the Beholder, with fewer frills and more gratuitous rat killing.
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