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Not a creative thread title I know. Anyway this is a thread for all things roguelike from ADOM to Tales of Maj'eyal(couldn't think of a RL that starts with Z)
So why do a thread about RL? Well I been playing RL since the days of the old Commodore 64 computer of course I didn't know some of the games I played back then such as Sword of Fargoal and Telengaurd were Roguelikes the term wasn't really used back then it wasn't until many years later and I always had a strong love for this little sub-genre.
Anyway for those who don't know what is or isn't a Roguelike here is a brief definition and no I will not be citing the Berlin Interpretation since it's just a poor and outdated attempt at trying to define a sub-genre of games using old notions of it's fore-bearer that generally were done out of limitations for example according to the Berlin interpertation all true rougelikes use AscII graphics despite the fact that the offical commercial releases of Rogue itself which were published by Epyx(US)/Mastertroinics(UK) had actual non-ascii graphics well save for the DOS version.
Anyway a Roguelike is a game that as it's name implies is like Rogue which was a small rpg created in 1980 which itself took elements from other games such as Beneath Apple Manor and DND(later remade as Telengaurd). Which featured random or procedurally generated levels, random items and enemy placements and premadeath and usually a form of turn based game play where nothing happens until the player makes a move or does a action which causes everything in the level to do one move.
So what are your favorite RL's? what(if any) are you currently playing, what RL's are your favorite or recommend others to check out?
Personally I been putting quite a bit of time into ToME4/Tales of Maj'eyal and it's DLC, Sword of Fargoal for the c64(to this day I have yet to win that game but so help me I will) and trying out Cataclysm Dark Days Ahead.
So why do a thread about RL? Well I been playing RL since the days of the old Commodore 64 computer of course I didn't know some of the games I played back then such as Sword of Fargoal and Telengaurd were Roguelikes the term wasn't really used back then it wasn't until many years later and I always had a strong love for this little sub-genre.
Anyway for those who don't know what is or isn't a Roguelike here is a brief definition and no I will not be citing the Berlin Interpretation since it's just a poor and outdated attempt at trying to define a sub-genre of games using old notions of it's fore-bearer that generally were done out of limitations for example according to the Berlin interpertation all true rougelikes use AscII graphics despite the fact that the offical commercial releases of Rogue itself which were published by Epyx(US)/Mastertroinics(UK) had actual non-ascii graphics well save for the DOS version.
Anyway a Roguelike is a game that as it's name implies is like Rogue which was a small rpg created in 1980 which itself took elements from other games such as Beneath Apple Manor and DND(later remade as Telengaurd). Which featured random or procedurally generated levels, random items and enemy placements and premadeath and usually a form of turn based game play where nothing happens until the player makes a move or does a action which causes everything in the level to do one move.
So what are your favorite RL's? what(if any) are you currently playing, what RL's are your favorite or recommend others to check out?
Personally I been putting quite a bit of time into ToME4/Tales of Maj'eyal and it's DLC, Sword of Fargoal for the c64(to this day I have yet to win that game but so help me I will) and trying out Cataclysm Dark Days Ahead.
