Dungeons & Dragons release

personal_demon · Posted: Sat Jan 18, 2014 7:52 am Post subject: Dungeons & Dragons release

Hi - I was trying to research when and where the Mattel D&D LCD games was released. i.e was it released in the UK ever and when ? If anyone could help.
Thanks !

MADrigal · Posted: Tue Jan 21, 2014 5:25 am Post subject:

According to the game manual, it was released in USA in 1981

http://www.handheldmuseum.com/Manuals/Mattel-D&D.pdf

If you like the game, maybe you'll enjoy playing the "simulator" on Windows:

http://www.madrigaldesign.it/sim/download.php
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personal_demon · Posted: Tue Jan 21, 2014 10:28 am Post subject:

Thanks for your reply - is it possible then that it was not released in UK?
I had already downloaded your emulation - and liked it so much I downloaded about 20 more and visited your website ! Very good what you are doing remaking these games for PC.. very nicely done indeed ! Thanks for your hard work.

MADrigal · Posted: Tue Jan 21, 2014 10:42 am Post subject:

Thanks for the nice words. Smile

You should get the full "Madrigal CD Collection" featuring all games and a nice users interface.

I dont think the game wasn't released in the UK. Being it a Mattel game, it was probably distributed worldwide.

Since the game is identical to "Masters of the Universe", you may want to extend your research to that game, where and when it was released, etc.

From my memory, the D&D and Masters game appear from time to time on Ebay.co.uk, so I suppose they sold well there.

PS: by writing "it was released in USA in 1981", I meant it was "originally" or "firstly". I didn't mean "in USA only". Smile

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Rik · Posted: Tue Jan 21, 2014 12:48 pm Post subject:

I'm not sure I've ever seen evidence that it was released outside of the US/Canada, at least as 'D&D' from Mattel. Maybe the Masters of the Universe version, or something else entirely...

There may have been some companies in the UK that imported it though (and certainly a number of them have reached there over the years since it's release), but I don't know if Mattel ever 'officially' released it anywhere overseas.