Given that the game was first released in 1979, it does not have much in the way of fancy graphics or sound. It is, however, a very early progenitor of the 'roguelike' branch of games, and is quite similar to the game Rogue, also from the same era. Temple of Apshai is a top down, dungeon crawling game where the player explores a multi-level dungeon filled with monsters and treasures to find and loot, which is like the games of today, albeit more primitive. In terms of games from the earliest days of home PCs, Apshai is up there with Ultima and Wizardry, only a bit less well known.
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