TaskMaker
Role-playing game for the Apple Macintosh / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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TaskMaker is a role-playing video game for the Macintosh. It was developed by American software company Storm Impact. Originally published in 1989 by XOR Corporation,[1] it was upgraded and re-released as shareware in 1993 by Storm Impact, featuring color graphics and compatibility with newer versions of the classic Mac OS. The player controls a protagonist who is under the mentorship of the eponymous TaskMaker, a ruler who assigns ten different quests. Completing these quests involves solving various gameplay puzzles, along with battling monsters, and the final task involves a battle against the TaskMaker himself. TaskMaker received mixed reception regarding its overall storyline and gameplay.
TaskMaker | |
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Developer(s) | Storm Impact |
Publisher(s) | XOR Corporation (1989) Storm Impact (1993) |
Designer(s) | David Cook, Tom Zehner |
Platform(s) | Classic Mac OS |
Release | 1989, 1993 |
Genre(s) | Role-playing video game |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
Storm Impact released a sequel, The Tomb of the Taskmaker, in 1997. In this game, the protagonist has succeeded the TaskMaker in becoming ruler of the land, and is once again assigned ten different quests to retrieve magical artifacts before facing off in a final battle. Although Storm Impact closed not long after the latter game's release, both have remained in distribution through the website of David Cook, one of the game's programmers.