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Section - 3.) List of minor roguelike games

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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cases, my information is pretty skimpy, and way out-of-date.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


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