<s>
The	B-Application
Datestones	I-Application
of	I-Application
Ryn	I-Application
is	O
a	O
role-playing	O
video	O
game	O
released	O
in	O
1979	B-Application
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
,	O
Commodore	B-Device
PET	I-Device
,	O
and	O
TRS-80	B-Device
by	O
Automated	O
Simulations	O
(	O
later	O
Epyx	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Datestones	I-Application
of	I-Application
Ryn	I-Application
was	O
the	O
second	O
title	O
in	O
the	O
Dunjonquest	O
series	O
,	O
but	O
was	O
actually	O
a	O
prequel	O
to	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
,	O
Temple	B-Application
of	I-Application
Apshai	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
port	O
programmed	O
by	O
Aric	O
Wilmunder	O
was	O
published	O
in	O
1981	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
assumes	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
an	O
adventurer	O
,	O
Brian	O
Hammerhand	O
,	O
the	O
hero	O
from	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
,	O
Temple	B-Application
of	I-Application
Apshai	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Given	O
this	O
,	O
the	O
adventure	B-Application
is	O
much	O
shorter	O
than	O
its	O
predecessor	O
,	O
consisting	O
of	O
just	O
one	O
level	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
also	O
Epyx	O
's	O
first	O
attempt	O
at	O
making	O
RPGs	O
more	O
action-oriented	O
and	O
ushering	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
the	O
action	B-Application
role-playing	I-Application
game	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Robert	O
Plamondon	O
reviewed	O
The	B-Application
Datestones	I-Application
of	I-Application
Ryn	I-Application
for	O
Different	O
Worlds	O
magazine	O
and	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
Because	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
easy	O
to	O
play	O
,	O
and	O
challenging	O
enough	O
to	O
play	O
many	O
times	O
,	O
I	O
would	O
recommend	O
Datestones	B-Application
of	I-Application
Ryn	I-Application
to	O
all	O
of	O
you	O
with	O
access	O
to	O
an	O
appropriate	O
computer.	O
"	O
</s>
