Top Document: Roguelike Games Info and FTP Sites (FAQ) Previous Document: 2.) List of major roguelike games Next Document: 4.) List of older roguelike games See reader questions & answers on this topic! - Help others by sharing your knowledge Listed below are what I know of the 'minor' roguelike games. In most cases, my information is pretty skimpy, and way out-of-date. GAME: ADOM (Ancient Dungeons of Mystery) Release: 0.9.4 Gamma 4 (07 Jan 1997) Newsgroup: rec.games.roguelike.misc; rec.games.roguelike.adom proposed FTP Site: ftp://crescent.dartmouth.edu/ ftp://ftp.win.tue.nl/pub/games/adom/ ftp://members.aol.com/brannalbin/ FAQ Avail: ? Spoilers: ? WWW: http://www.win.tue.nl/games/roguelike/adom/ Maint.: biskup@jupiter.informatik.uni-dortmund.de (Thomas Biskup) Platforms: Intel hardware: MS-DOS, MS-Windows, Windows 95 and Linux Amiga port "Real Soon Now" Features: 10 races; 12 classes; 22 skills; quests; lots of items / monsters Misc: Source not available GAME: Alphaman Release: 1.1 (6/95) Newsgroup: rec.games.roguelike.misc FTP Site: ftp://win.tue.nl:/pub/games/alphaman/ ftp://ftp.dungeon.com://pub/msdos/games/Misc/ ftp://ftp.indirect.com:/pub/software/games/ FAQ Avail: 76473.225@compuserve.com (Jeffrey Olson) Spoilers: ftp://ftp.win.tue.nl/pub/games/alphaman/alphaman.spl WWW: http://www.win.tue.nl/games/roguelike/alphaman/index.html Maint.: 76473.225@compuserve.com (Jeffrey Olson) Platforms: MS-DOS only (640K, color required) Features: Mutations Misc: Shareware GAME: Hack Release: ? (1.0.2, 1.0.3, 5.2 are all floating around) Newsgroup: rec.games.roguelike.nethack or rec.games.roguelike.misc FTP Site: check comp.sources.games (or net.sources) archive sites ftp://ftp.cica.indiana.edu/pub/pc/win3/games/ (MS-Windows) (requires /pub/pc/win3/utils/w_one49.zip ) ftp://ftp.win.tue.nl/pub/games/nethack/Msdos/ (MsDos) FAQ Avail: No Spoilers: ? Platforms: Unix, PCs, Atari ST, probably others Features: And your little dog too! Misc: Distributed with some Unixes GAME: Hack Lite Release: 2.8.1 (07/94) Newsgroup: rec.games.roguelike.nethack or rec.games.roguelike.misc or comp.sys.amiga.games FTP Site: wuarchive.wustl.edu (or any AmiNET site) /pub/aminet/game/role/HackLite2_1.lha ftp://ftp.win.tue.nl/pub/games/nethack/ or /Amiga (binaries only, source not available) FAQ Avail: No Spoilers: No Platforms: Amiga, MS-DOS Features: graphics; contact ponds!squink!biljir@dg-rtp.dg.com (Alan Beale) Misc: "NetHack made simple" GAME: Omega Release: 0.80 patch level 2 (94/07/??), "0.81" (Mac) Newsgroup: rec.games.roguelike.misc, alt.games.omega FTP Site: ftp://ftp.std.com/src/games/ (0.75) ftp://ftp.cc.monash.edu.au/monu1/pub/ (Amiga, DOS, source, 0.80.2) ftp://sumex-aim.stanford.edu/info-mac/game/ ftp://ftp.pht.com/pub/mac/info-mac/game/adv/ (0.80.2 Mac) FAQ Avail: Posted by cory@wwa.com (Cory L. Kerens) Spoilers: Occasionally posted. (by whom???) WWW: http://www.alcyone.com/max/projects/omega/ http://www.win.tue.nl/games/roguelike/omega/ http://www.st.rim.or.jp/~fuk/games/omega/ Maint.: Erik Max Francis (omega@alcyone.darkside.com) (02/95) sheldon@atlcom.net (Sheldon Simms) (Mac version, 01/97) Platforms: Unix, PC, Amiga, Atari ST, MS-Windows, OS/2, Mac Features: Multi-dungeons; Fractional speeds; Quests; Personality Misc: Tom O Breton (tob@world.std.com) was working on a rewrite in 1994. GAME: PMoria Release: ? Newsgroup: rec.games.roguelike.moria (was rec.games.moria) FTP Site: ? FAQ Avail: No Spoilers: No Platforms: ? Features: More classes/races/spells/monsters. Quiver slot. Misc: Descended from UMoria 5.5 Maintained by jls11@po.CWRU.Edu (John L. Spetz) GAME: Ragnarok Release: 2.4 Newsgroup: rec.games.roguelike.misc FTP Site: ftp://ftp.win.tue.nl:/pub/games/ragnarok/ (executable only) ftp://poppy.engr.ucdavis.edu/rag22.exe (old executable only) FAQ Avail: last posted by Boudewijn Wayers <dedos4@win.tue.nl> Spoilers: ftp://ftp.win.tue.nl:/pub/games/ragnarok/ WWW: http://thor.chemie.uni-dortmund.de/misc/ragnarok.htm http://www.win.tue.nl/games/roguelike/ragnarok/index.html http://pixel.cs.vt.edu/auburn/jangert/rag.html Maint.: Thomas Boyd <FunBoy@ix.netcom.com> Platforms: MS-DOS + VGA; may be ported if there is interest/resources Features: NetHackish game with graphics; Norse mythos; quests Misc: Shareware release (12/94) of commercial game. No source available. GAME: Rogue's Quest Release: 1.0j (01 Oct 96) Newsgroup: rec.games.roguelike.misc FTP Site: ftp://users.aol.com/roguequest/ (try this site first) ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/pw/pwung/ FAQ Avail: No Spoilers: No WWW: http://users.aol.com/roguequest/index.html (with frames) http://www.win.tue.nl/games/roguelike/rogue_quest/ (?) Maint.: Pearson Wung <pwung@netcom.com> Platforms: MS-Windows 3.1 or later (i.e. Win95 or WinNT) Features: Graphical interface; editable dungeons Misc: This game is still under construction but a new "preview" version is available roughly every two or three months. GAME: The Land Release: ? Newsgroup: rec.games.roguelike.misc FTP Site: ? FAQ Avail: ? Spoilers: ? Platforms: IBM PC with CGA graphics Features: ? Misc: Set in the world of Thomas Covenant; probably copyrighted GAME: The UnReal World (URW) Release: 2.09 (01/23/96) Newsgroup: rec.games.roguelike.misc FTP Site: ftp://nic.funet.fi:/pub/msdos/games/rpg/ ftp://win.tue.nl/pub/games/urw/ FAQ Avail: ? Spoilers: ? WWW: http://www.win.tue.nl/games/roguelike/urw/ Maint.: Sami Maaranen <smaarane@muikku.jmp.fi> Platforms: MS-DOS (286 min) Features: Wilderness survival; no magic; realistic details Misc: Shareware User Contributions:Top Document: Roguelike Games Info and FTP Sites (FAQ) Previous Document: 2.) List of major roguelike games Next Document: 4.) List of older roguelike games Single Page [ Usenet FAQs | Web FAQs | Documents | RFC Index ] Send corrections/additions to the FAQ Maintainer: rgra@bronze.lcs.mit.edu
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