Roguelike

roguelike Rogue-like rogue-like English Noun en roguelike. en 20 April 1998 LucFrench Clean Character System for a Roguelike rec.games.design https://web.archive.org/web/20260104150953/https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.design/c/_XLOAjrOplU I've been thinking about building a Roguelike recently, and a point came to mind; namely, I've played Daggerfall; I liked the concept, but the system was buggy and holeish. So, how would one go about designing a "clean" classless CRPG? Especially a Roguelike, where YASDs are common, and backing up your saves is techinally cheating. en 21 November 2005 Zen Clark What makes Roguelikes fun? rec.games.roguelike.misc https://web.archive.org/web/20260104150913/https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.roguelike.misc/c/7d6RJzxqzvg/m/QCF-66dKE0MJ I have been playing Roguelikes for a little while and have found them pretty fun. en 19 January 2009 Perdurabo MMORPGs and Roguelikes... rec.games.roguelike.development https://web.archive.org/web/20260104150920/https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.roguelike.development/c/3zAHkNnGjDI/m/yqzmzGlyc0oJ 2. Are there any features in an MMORPG that should (or could) be implemented in Roguelikes? and of course: 3. Are there any features from Roguelikes that would work well in an MMORPG? Adjective en roguelike. en 11 January 2000 Brian Robinson Diablo *is* an RPG comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg https://web.archive.org/web/20260104154623/https://groups.google.com/g/comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg/c/hySvPU7ecVg/m/YCWlZUMKBFYJ For those people that play Roguelike games, it means a lot more to say that a game is Roguelike than it means to say that it is like Rogue. Its an unfortunate name for people who are not familiar with the genre because it is deceiving. en 12 April 2000 tussock Roguelike Game: Definition rec.games.roguelike.misc https://web.archive.org/web/20260104154629/https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.roguelike.misc/c/20tqEuGY_uA/m/Leg-aeDDGOMJ ADOM is Roguelike, but with an added ASCII map (good feature of the game, sad it's fixed). en 10 December 2003 John Harris Roguelike-inspired game for Neverwinter Nights rec.games.roguelike.misc https://web.archive.org/web/20260104154617/https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.roguelike.misc/c/Bofe_QapVLI/m/yFfd5gA0L7IJ However, Diablo and Diablo II, while having many aspects common to the genre, I don't consider to be "Roguelike enough." en 24 March 2008 Sir Chewbury Gubbins Easter Monday Play, Want, Bin uk.games.video.misc https://web.archive.org/web/20260104154610/https://groups.google.com/g/uk.games.video.misc/c/P24nSeRgsG4/m/j1HScLZTun8J This looks ace! Why haven't I heard of this? Is it Roguelike to the extent of having random dungeons?