Top Document: Roguelike Games Info and FTP Sites (FAQ) Previous Document: 3.) List of minor roguelike games Next Document: 5.) List of "multi-user roguelike games" See reader questions & answers on this topic! - Help others by sharing your knowledge Listed below are the older roguelike games. These games have not been updated in several years. This is either because people lost interest in them, or because they're perfect and don't need updates :-) GAME: BOSS Release: 2.0 (07/92) Newsgroup: rec.games.roguelike.moria (was rec.games.moria) FTP Site: ftp://ftp.cis.ksu.edu:/pub/Games/Moria/BOSS/ FAQ Avail: At the ftp site Spoilers: At the ftp site Platforms: VMS, Mac (beta) Features: Cyberpunk Moria Misc: "A game you can win in a weekend" Mac beta version supported by markv@isy.liu.se GAME: Keep Release: Not publically available. Newsgroup: rec.games.roguelike.misc FTP Site: None. FAQ Avail: ? Spoilers: ? Platforms: ? Features: Escape from a keep, starting in the garden Misc: Last sighted at UCSC in 1991 Cannot be released for legal reasons. GAME: Larn Release: 12.2 was posted to comp.sources.games Newsgroup: rec.games.roguelike.misc FTP Site: ftp.uu.net:/usenet/comp.sources.games/volume11/larn (192.48.96.9) ftp://wuarchive.wustl.edu/pub/msdos/games/adventures/ ftp://nic.funet.fi/pub/msdos/games/adventures/ ftp://atari.archive.umich.edu/ ftp://ftp.win.tue.nl/pub/games/larn/ FAQ Avail: ? Spoilers: ? Web: http://www.win.tue.nl/games/roguelike/larn/index.html Platforms: PCs, Unix, Atari ST, Amiga, more? Features: Time-limited quest; no character classes; variable difficulty Misc: Good beginner game. Executables I've seen have exploitable bugs. Ularn is a descendant of Larn, adding character classes. GAME: Lore Release: ? Newsgroup: rec.games.roguelike.misc FTP Site: ? FAQ Avail: ? Spoilers: ? WWW: ? Maint.: ? Platforms: IBM mainframe Features: Dungeon + wilderness section with villages Misc: Last sighted at the University of Iowa in 82-84. Can't save unless your character is in a village. GAME: Rogomatic Release: ? Newsgroup: rec.games.roguelike.rogue FTP Site: ftp.uu.net:/pub/games/rogomatic.tar.Z ftp://nl.cs.cmu.edu/usr/mlm/ftp/ FAQ Avail: ? WWW: See the Rogue page for details: http://www.win.tue.nl/games/roguelike/rogue/ Or the original paper: http://fuzine.mt.cs.cmu.edu/mlm/rgm84.html Spoilers: This *is* a spoiler! Platforms: Unix; "should run on a NeXT, a Sun, and Vaxes" Features: Plays rogue for you! Well! Misc: *Very* version-dependant, apparently GAME: Rogue Release: 5.3 ? Newsgroup: rec.games.roguelike.rogue (was rec.games.rogue) FTP Site: Only "officially" released as VAX binaries with BSD Unix ftp.uu.net:usenet/comp.sources.games/volume1/rogue (Stoehr clone) ftp://macbeth.cogsci.ed.ac.uk/pub/ } 1984 PC port (Lane) ftp://ftp.digex.net/pub/access/buglady/ } v 1.1 Mr.McTesq WWW: http://www.win.tue.nl/games/roguelike FAQ Avail: ? Spoilers: ? Platforms: Unix, PC, Atari ST, Amiga (by Epyx); Mac version 'in progress' Features: ? Misc: This is where it all started; urogue and srogue and bugs, oh my! User Contributions:Top Document: Roguelike Games Info and FTP Sites (FAQ) Previous Document: 3.) List of minor roguelike games Next Document: 5.) List of "multi-user 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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