In Wizardry games it changes rotation to any direction randomly. But in those games there are no automap, you're supposed to draw your own map on graph paper. Spinners are placed to disorient the player, make it harder to draw the map. Btw i guess the title of the game is an homage to Temple of Elemental Evil, the DnD adventure module. Even the font in the cover is same with the book cover. I played it's video game briefly years ago. I liked that reference too