The Keys to Maramon

The Keys to Maramon is a video game published by Mindcraft in 1990 for MS-DOS.

The protagonist begins by accepting a position from the mayor of Maramon to protect the town from monsters.

The game is won by exploring the towers and eliminating the source, which will end the relentless nightly cycle of monster attacks.

As a copy protection method, the player is prompted at several points during for specific words from the instruction manual.

[2] The game was reviewed in 1990 in Dragon #163 by Hartley, Patricia, and Kirk Lesser in "The Role of Computers" column.