 AllGame's Earl Green remarked that the game's mechanics were very similar in practice to "Dungeons & Dragons", "The Commodore 64 Home Companion" described it to have "Dungeons-and-Dragons" style, "Computer Gaming World"s Dick McGrath also said the game "borrowed heavily" from the original such that he expected its creators to be thanked in the end credits, and Scorpia cited four specific similarities with "Dungeons & Dragons".Green described the game as "exceedingly simple ... yet very addictive" and rated it four of five stars.McGrath wrote that he wanted to have more control over his money, and added that a store for purchasing upgrades would have been useful.