Favorite Roguelike

phunk · Post by **phunk** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 2:55 am

What's your favorite Roguelike? I really have to say that I prefer Rogue to all of them! I like it's simplicity, and it's the only one that I can beat rather easily.

And I made my own roguelike once, too! But it sucked and you'll probably never get to see it. Clecky has the source. Ask him for it if you want it. It's in QBasic. =(

Aplsos · Post by **Aplsos** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 3:09 am

Why the hell is TOME listed and not Angband? TOME is one of my least favorite of the umpteen thousand Angband variants.

Post by **Dr. Dos** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 3:49 am

ADOM because I'm too lazy to learn another set of overly complex controls!

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136 · Post by **136** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 4:54 am

I like ADOM game! And if you do not like the controls, change them to difrint sets uv keys! I start make up mi own roglike game with QBASIC but I am not finish yet. Tome is also good(for programing)

Post by **Zenith Nadir** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 8:03 am

rogue because i don't have to remember fifteen variants of "blowing your nose" on that

Commodore · Post by **Commodore** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 2:23 pm

adom and angband. But no crazy tile sets in angband.

phunk · Post by **phunk** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 3:00 pm

zzo if you want i can give you the source to my roguelike. it's in qbasic, so i'm sure you could use it for something

Homz · Post by **Homz** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 10:29 pm

I'm rather fond of Crawl and Moria, but I haven't played ADOM and NetHack enough to truly give a vote.

97 · Post by 97 » Fri Jan 30, 2004 2:23 am

ADOM because it's the only one I've tried =(

Ryan Ferneau · Post by **Ryan Ferneau** » Fri Jan 30, 2004 2:54 am

I've never played any of them. What are they like? Are they 2D or 3D? Do you get a gun, a sword, or both?

Zephyr · Post by **Zephyr** » Fri Jan 30, 2004 2:59 am

Well, rogue is a LOT like zzt. It uses a smilie who walks around through rooms and fights various monsters. The monsters are Capital letters that are the first letter of their name. (eg. R = rattlesnake) To beat a level you have to wander throughout the board until you find the exit. The catch is that you don't see where the rooms are or how big they are. A room appears on a map when you enter it from a connecting path. confused yet? Maybe I'll find some screenshots.

Ryan Ferneau · Post by **Ryan Ferneau** » Fri Jan 30, 2004 3:00 am

Oh, so it's ZZT-like, or maybe Kroz-like.

Zephyr · Post by **Zephyr** » Fri Jan 30, 2004 3:10 am

Here Ryan-

Commodore · Post by **Commodore** » Fri Jan 30, 2004 3:46 am

Ryan, rogue was the first non-text-adventure game(Namely Zork). It's top down view of a dungeon or area with one character. Usually there is no continue feature. Many things about rogue-like games are still the same, in particular, randomly generated dungeons and items like in diablo. You might get away with calling diablo a rogue-like although typically the games are initiative/ turn-based. Basically the appeal is the vast variation in characters/races/classes and the replay value due to the random dungeons.

Post by **MadTom** » Fri Jan 30, 2004 5:39 am

ADOM, by far.