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''For the first [[Games|game]] in the series, see [[Thy Dungeonman]].'' ''For the [[Characters|character]], see [[Thy Dungeonman (character)]].''
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<dl><dd><i>For the first <a href="/index.php?title=Games" title="Games">game</a> in the series, see <a href="/index.php?title=Thy_Dungeonman" title="Thy Dungeonman">Thy Dungeonman</a>.</i> <i>For the <a href="/index.php?title=Characters" title="Characters">character</a>, see <a href="/index.php?title=Thy_Dungeonman_%28character%29" title="Thy Dungeonman (character)">Thy Dungeonman (character)</a>.</i>
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<p><i><b>Thy Dungeonman</b></i> is a series of <a class="extiw" href="/index.php?title=Interactive_fiction" title="wikipedia:Interactive fiction">text-based</a> <a class="extiw" href="/index.php?title=adventure_game" title="wikipedia:adventure game">adventure games</a> developed by <a href="/index.php?title=Videlectrix" title="Videlectrix">Videlectrix</a>. Players control the titular <a href="/index.php?title=Thy_Dungeonman_%28character%29" title="Thy Dungeonman (character)">Thy Dungeonman</a> while exploring dungeons, castles, and other medieval locales.
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'''''Thy Dungeonman''''' is a series of [[Interactive fiction|text-based]] [[adventure game|adventure games]] developed by [[Videlectrix]]. Players control the titular [[Thy Dungeonman (character)|Thy Dungeonman]] while exploring dungeons, castles, and other medieval locales.
<a id="Games" name="Games"></a><h2> <span class="mw-headline"> Games </span></h2>
<a id="Thy_Dungeonman" name="Thy_Dungeonman"></a><h3> <span class="mw-headline"> <i>Thy Dungeonman</i> </span></h3>
<div class="thumb tleft"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:122px;"><a class="image" href="/index.php?title=File:thydungeonmanbox.PNG" title="Text-based"><img alt="" border="0" class="thumbimage" height="129" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211001000000im_/http://www.hrwiki.org/w/images/thumb/1/14/thydungeonmanbox.PNG/120px-thydungeonmanbox.PNG" width="120"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a class="internal" href="/index.php?title=File:thydungeonmanbox.PNG" title="Enlarge"><img alt="" height="11" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211001000000im_/http://www.hrwiki.org/w/skins/common/images/magnify-clip.png" width="15"/></a></div>Text-based</div></div></div>
<p><a href="/index.php?title=Thy_Dungeonman" title="Thy Dungeonman">Thy Dungeonman</a> originated in the <a href="/index.php?title=Strong_Bad_Email" title="Strong Bad Email">Strong Bad Email</a> <a href="/index.php?title=video_games" title="video games">video games</a>, as a game "for those intellectual people with better imaginations."
</p><p>In the full game, the Dungeonman must escape from Yon Dungeon (while learning what parapets are along the way).
</p><p>The game purportedly includes <a href="/index.php?title=Thy_Dungeonman_Instruction_Manual" title="Thy Dungeonman Instruction Manual">a 400-page instruction manual</a>, consisting of 395 pages of lore and 5 pages of PC instructions.
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<a id="Thy_Dungeonman_II" name="Thy_Dungeonman_II"></a><h3> <span class="mw-headline"> <i>Thy Dungeonman II</i> </span></h3>
<div class="thumb tleft"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:122px;"><a class="image" href="/index.php?title=File:thydungeonman2box.PNG" title="More text"><img alt="" border="0" class="thumbimage" height="129" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211001000000im_/http://www.hrwiki.org/w/images/thumb/c/c2/thydungeonman2box.PNG/120px-thydungeonman2box.PNG" width="120"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a class="internal" href="/index.php?title=File:thydungeonman2box.PNG" title="Enlarge"><img alt="" height="11" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211001000000im_/http://www.hrwiki.org/w/skins/common/images/magnify-clip.png" width="15"/></a></div>More text</div></div></div>
<p><a href="/index.php?title=Thy_Dungeonman_II" title="Thy Dungeonman II">Thy Dungeonman II</a> sees the Dungeonman (who can be named by the player) awakening in a locked dungeon cell.
</p><p>The game is described as coming with a three-volume set of Thy Encyclopedias and Reference Guide.
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<a id="Thy_Dungeonman_3" name="Thy_Dungeonman_3"></a><h3> <span class="mw-headline"> <i>Thy Dungeonman 3</i> </span></h3>
<div class="thumb tleft"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:122px;"><a class="image" href="/index.php?title=File:Dungeonman_3_cover.PNG" title="Thy Graphics"><img alt="" border="0" class="thumbimage" height="141" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211001000000im_/http://www.hrwiki.org/w/images/thumb/2/24/Dungeonman_3_cover.PNG/120px-Dungeonman_3_cover.PNG" width="120"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a class="internal" href="/index.php?title=File:Dungeonman_3_cover.PNG" title="Enlarge"><img alt="" height="11" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211001000000im_/http://www.hrwiki.org/w/skins/common/images/magnify-clip.png" width="15"/></a></div>Thy Graphics</div></div></div>
<p><a href="/index.php?title=Thy_Dungeonman_3" title="Thy Dungeonman 3">Thy Dungeonman 3</a> is the first game to feature full graphics; though the prior games used limited <a href="/index.php?title=ASCII_art" title="ASCII art">ASCII art</a>, pixelated images accompany every screen in this game. The Dungeonman attempts to retrieve <a href="/index.php?title=Ye_Flask" title="Ye Flask">Ye Flask</a> in a journey that takes him out of the dungeons and to several locations through the countryside.
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<a id="Other" name="Other"></a><h2> <span class="mw-headline"> Other </span></h2>
<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:182px;"><a class="image" href="/index.php?title=File:ThyDungeonKidcropped.jpg" title='"Can you help find all the missing text commands?"'><img alt="" border="0" class="thumbimage" height="83" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211001000000im_/http://www.hrwiki.org/w/images/thumb/0/00/ThyDungeonKidcropped.jpg/180px-ThyDungeonKidcropped.jpg" width="180"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a class="internal" href="/index.php?title=File:ThyDungeonKidcropped.jpg" title="Enlarge"><img alt="" height="11" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211001000000im_/http://www.hrwiki.org/w/skins/common/images/magnify-clip.png" width="15"/></a></div>"Can you help find all the missing text commands?"</div></div></div>
<ul><li><i>The Animated Adventures of Thy Dungeonman</i> is a cartoon starring Thy Dungeonman and the text commands, featured in the email <a href="/index.php?title=web_comics" title="web comics">web comics</a>.
</li><li><i>Thy Dungeonkid</i> is a platformer spinoff, appearing briefly in <a href="/index.php?title=Happy_20th_Trogday%21" title="Happy 20th Trogday!">Happy 20th Trogday!</a> and mentioned as a potential real-world game in <a href="/index.php?title=Destructoid_Interview_-_16_Jan_2024" title="Destructoid Interview - 16 Jan 2024">a 2024 interview with <i>Destructoid</i></a>.
</li></ul>
<a id="See_Also" name="See_Also"></a><h2> <span class="mw-headline"> See Also </span></h2>
<ul><li><a href="/index.php?title=Disk_4_of_12_-_Vampire%27s_Castle" title="Disk 4 of 12 - Vampire's Castle">Disk 4 of 12 - Vampire's Castle</a>
</li><li><a href="/index.php?title=E-mail_Birds" title="E-mail Birds">E-mail Birds</a>
</li><li><a href="/index.php?title=Peasantry" title="Peasantry">Peasantry</a>
</li></ul>
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<th colspan="2" style="text-align:center;background-color:#0c0;"> <i><strong class="selflink">Thy Dungeonman</strong></i>
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<td style="text-align:center;background-color:#cfc"> <b>Games</b> </td><td> <a href="/index.php?title=Thy_Dungeonman" title="Thy Dungeonman">Volume I</a>, <a href="/index.php?title=Thy_Dungeonman_II" title="Thy Dungeonman II">Volume II</a> (<a href="/index.php?title=Thy_Dungeonman_II_Messages" title="Thy Dungeonman II Messages">responses</a>), <a href="/index.php?title=Thy_Dungeonman_3" title="Thy Dungeonman 3">Volume III</a> (<a href="/index.php?title=Thy_Dungeonman_3_Commands" title="Thy Dungeonman 3 Commands">commands</a>, <a href="/index.php?title=Thy_Dungeonman_3_Messages" title="Thy Dungeonman 3 Messages">responses</a>, <a href="/index.php?title=Thy_Dungeonman_3_Walkthrough" title="Thy Dungeonman 3 Walkthrough">walkthrough</a>)
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<td style="text-align:center;background-color:#cfc"> <b>Characters</b> </td><td> <a href="/index.php?title=Thy_Dungeonman_%28character%29" title="Thy Dungeonman (character)">Thy Dungeonman</a>, <a href="/index.php?title=Dennis" title="Dennis">Dennis</a>, <a href="/index.php?title=Dongrel" title="Dongrel">Dongrel</a>, <a href="/index.php?title=Longrels%2C_Hongrels%2C_and_Mongrels" title="Longrels, Hongrels, and Mongrels">Longrels, Hongrels, and Mongrels</a>, <a href="/index.php?title=Minor_Thy_Dungeonman_Characters" title="Minor Thy Dungeonman Characters">Minor Characters</a>
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<td style="text-align:center;background-color:#cfc"> <b>Miscellaneous</b> </td><td> <a href="/index.php?title=Ye_Flask" title="Ye Flask">Ye Flask</a>,  <a href="/index.php?title=Thy_Dungeonman_Instruction_Manual" title="Thy Dungeonman Instruction Manual">Instruction Manual</a>, <a href="/index.php?title=video_games" title="video games">video games</a>, <a href="/index.php?title=E-mail_Birds" title="E-mail Birds">Text Quest</a>, <a href="/index.php?title=web_comics" title="web comics">The Animated Adventures of Thy Dungeonman</a>, <a href="/index.php?title=Disk_4_of_12_-_Vampire%27s_Castle" title="Disk 4 of 12 - Vampire's Castle">Disk 4 of 12 - Vampire's Castle</a>
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== Games ==


=== Thy Dungeonman ===


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''Text-based''
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[[Thy Dungeonman]] originated in the [[Strong Bad Email]] [[video games]], as a game "for those intellectual people with better imaginations."
 
In the full game, the Dungeonman must escape from Yon Dungeon (while learning what parapets are along the way).
 
The game purportedly includes [[Thy Dungeonman Instruction Manual|a 400-page instruction manual]], consisting of 395 pages of lore and 5 pages of PC instructions.
 
=== Thy Dungeonman II ===
 
https://web.archive.org/web/20211001000000im_/http://www.hrwiki.org/w/images/thumb/c/c2/thydungeonman2box.PNG/120px-thydungeonman2box.PNG
 
''More text''
 
[[Thy Dungeonman II]] sees the Dungeonman (who can be named by the player) awakening in a locked dungeon cell.
 
The game is described as coming with a three-volume set of Thy Encyclopedias and Reference Guide.
 
=== Thy Dungeonman 3 ===
 
https://web.archive.org/web/20211001000000im_/http://www.hrwiki.org/w/images/thumb/2/24/Dungeonman_3_cover.PNG/120px-Dungeonman_3_cover.PNG
 
''Thy Graphics''
 
[[Thy Dungeonman 3]] is the first game to feature full graphics; though the prior games used limited [[ASCII art]], pixelated images accompany every screen in this game. The Dungeonman attempts to retrieve [[Ye Flask]] in a journey that takes him out of the dungeons and to several locations through the countryside.
 
== Other ==
 
https://web.archive.org/web/20211001000000im_/http://www.hrwiki.org/w/images/thumb/0/00/ThyDungeonKidcropped.jpg/180px-ThyDungeonKidcropped.jpg
 
''"Can you help find all the missing text commands?"''
 
* ''The Animated Adventures of Thy Dungeonman'' is a cartoon starring Thy Dungeonman and the text commands, featured in the email [[web comics]].
* ''Thy Dungeonkid'' is a platformer spinoff, appearing briefly in [[Happy 20th Trogday!]] and mentioned as a potential real-world game in [[Destructoid Interview - 16 Jan 2024|a 2024 interview with ''Destructoid'']].
 
== See Also ==
 
* [[Disk 4 of 12 - Vampire's Castle]]
* [[E-mail Birds]]
* [[Peasantry]]
 
{| class="wikitable"
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! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;background-color:#0c0;" | '''''Thy Dungeonman'''''
|-
| style="text-align:center;background-color:#cfc" | '''Games'''
| [[Thy Dungeonman|Volume I]], [[Thy Dungeonman II|Volume II]] ([[Thy Dungeonman II Messages|responses]]), [[Thy Dungeonman 3|Volume III]] ([[Thy Dungeonman 3 Commands|commands]], [[Thy Dungeonman 3 Messages|responses]], [[Thy Dungeonman 3 Walkthrough|walkthrough]])
|-
| style="text-align:center;background-color:#cfc" | '''Characters'''
| [[Thy Dungeonman (character)|Thy Dungeonman]], [[Dennis]], [[Dongrel]], [[Longrels, Hongrels, and Mongrels]], [[Minor Thy Dungeonman Characters|Minor Characters]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;background-color:#cfc" | '''Miscellaneous'''
| [[Ye Flask]],  [[Thy Dungeonman Instruction Manual|Instruction Manual]], [[video games]], [[E-mail Birds|Text Quest]], [[web comics|The Animated Adventures of Thy Dungeonman]], [[Disk 4 of 12 - Vampire's Castle]]
|}


Latest revision as of 21:00, 18 July 2026

For the first game in the series, see Thy Dungeonman. For the character, see Thy Dungeonman (character).

Thy Dungeonman is a series of text-based adventure games developed by Videlectrix. Players control the titular Thy Dungeonman while exploring dungeons, castles, and other medieval locales.

Games

Thy Dungeonman

Text-based

Thy Dungeonman originated in the Strong Bad Email video games, as a game "for those intellectual people with better imaginations."

In the full game, the Dungeonman must escape from Yon Dungeon (while learning what parapets are along the way).

The game purportedly includes a 400-page instruction manual, consisting of 395 pages of lore and 5 pages of PC instructions.

Thy Dungeonman II

More text

Thy Dungeonman II sees the Dungeonman (who can be named by the player) awakening in a locked dungeon cell.

The game is described as coming with a three-volume set of Thy Encyclopedias and Reference Guide.

Thy Dungeonman 3

Thy Graphics

Thy Dungeonman 3 is the first game to feature full graphics; though the prior games used limited ASCII art, pixelated images accompany every screen in this game. The Dungeonman attempts to retrieve Ye Flask in a journey that takes him out of the dungeons and to several locations through the countryside.

Other

"Can you help find all the missing text commands?"

See Also

Thy Dungeonman
Games Volume I, Volume II (responses), Volume III (commands, responses, walkthrough)
Characters Thy Dungeonman, Dennis, Dongrel, Longrels, Hongrels, and Mongrels, Minor Characters
Miscellaneous Ye Flask, Instruction Manual, video games, Text Quest, The Animated Adventures of Thy Dungeonman, Disk 4 of 12 - Vampire's Castle

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