Knights

Knights is a multiplayer game for two or more players. You explore a deadly, randomly generated dungeon while pursuing a quest, competing against other knights who may fight you and take your items. A single-player practice mode and a tutorial are also available.

Quests and dungeons

The game includes 12 preset quests and options to customize missions. In the Quest for Gems, you must collect three gems and carry them back to your starting point, but the dungeon has only enough gems for one player to win. Other quests include racing to the exit, dueling enemy knights to the death and using a magical Wand to destroy an ancient Book.

Dungeons are assembled from over 250 different floor parts. Their hazards include bottomless pits, switches, pressure plates, locked doors and hidden traps. Corpses can reanimate as zombies over time, and bloodthirsty vampire bats and zombies threaten living knights.

Weapons and items

You can find items to help you explore or fight. Hammers smash wooden obstacles, while axes can be thrown or swung at opponents. Potions and scrolls grant temporary powers, and magical potions, scrolls and pentagrams can have unpredictable effects. The arsenal also includes swords, staffs, crossbows and throwing daggers; traps you can set for opponents include poison needles, spring blades and bear traps.

The dungeon contains four types of books with different properties. The Necronomicon raises nearby zombies, while the Tome of Gnomes is hidden behind traps and riddles.

Multiplayer modes

Play online, over a LAN or in local split-screen mode for two players on the same PC. Multiplayer supports optional teams and a spectator mode. The game also includes a deathmatch mode.

Modding and history

A Lua scripting system supports modding and extensibility. Knights was originally made for the Amiga in 1994 by Kalle Marjola; this version includes online play, support for more players than the original's two, deathmatch and Lua scripting.