Rogue-like

rogue-like Roguelike roguelike English Noun Rogue-like en roguelike. en John Withers Developing Java™ Entertainment Applets Wiley Computer Publishing 1997 93 https://archive.org/details/developingjavaen00with/page/91/mode/1up 0-471-16506-9 Roughly a dozen different flavors of Rogue-likes have evolved over the years, but one of the most popular is Nethack. en 2 November 1999 Levi Kendall Diablo is a "Rogue-Like" alt.games.diablo https://web.archive.org/web/20260104151341/https://groups.google.com/g/alt.games.diablo/c/sFTGoqlB2FA Diablo is not an RPG. I've been reading through the posts and some people agree with this, so just what IS Diablo (as far as game type). Well, I'd say Diablo is a "Rogue-like". en Michael J. Tresca The Evolution of Fantasy Role-Playing Games w:McFarland & Company 2011 138 978-0-7864-5895-0 As with the Rogue-likes before it, Tunnels of Doom featured random encounters with monsters, wildly varying treasure, and a final quest that required the lost king to be defeated (Barton 2008:81). en w:Greg Costikyan Uncertainty in Games Cambridge, Mass.; London The MIT Press 2013 47 978-0-262-01896-8 The main tool Rogue-likes bring to creating interesting gameplay through randomness is algorithmic complexity far beyond that provided by a few 1D100 tables in the back of the D&D rulebook. en Rob Strangman Memoirs of a Virtual Caveman 2014 334 978-1-312-10483-9 DND just goes to show you that you don't need graphics to achieve greatness. I think the legions of people who still play Rogue-likes such as Nethack would agree. en 10 June 2023 CSS Dixieland Weights in various roguelikes rec.games.roguelike.nethack https://web.archive.org/web/20260104151847/https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.roguelike.nethack/c/zUhRgKUkpn4/m/vEFByF1oBAAJ I do not think necessary to give the list of the most important microprocessors that were released in the 1990s, because by the 1980s dungeon games (Rogue-likes) were already firmly established. Adjective Rogue-like en roguelike. en 23 November 1983 Chris%u...@sri-unix.uucp Rogue net.micro https://web.archive.org/web/20240323115942/https://groups.google.com/g/net.micro/c/BVZIC2yXQA0/m/KPzeUseG7z8J I don't know if they are stepping on anyone's copyright toes, but a local group of enterprising young programmers have implemented a very Rogue-like game in pascal running on our Dec-20s. en 17 February 1997 Nikolai81 MAG - a new (old) DOS rogue-like game rec.games.roguelike.rogue https://web.archive.org/web/20260104155227/https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.roguelike.rogue/c/YSGOe3Vxpcg/m/yC107HtoYZEJ MAG is Rogue-like.It's almost a brother to the game we all know and love. en 13 August 1999 William Tanksley Looking for suggestions rec.games.roguelike.misc https://web.archive.org/web/20260104161017/https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.roguelike.misc/c/nKY1WopBdOQ/m/pj85CJ7XZp4J Close -- but while Hack is very Rogue-like, it's a fresh effort, not based on Rogue. en 13 July 2001 Jeremy Williamson Which game to play next? rec.games.video.sega https://web.archive.org/web/20260104160952/https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.video.sega/c/9Z84kscA7rY/m/WeCGevasrp0J Lodoss isn't really "Rogue-like" in that it you retain status rather than lose it once you emerge from an era. en 21 December 2021 Spalls Hurgenson Free Games x5: Loop Hero comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action https://web.archive.org/web/20260104155141/https://groups.google.com/g/comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action/c/30RVDRvm8Uk/m/0puaW-yVBwAJ These days, a lot of games pick-n-choose from the Rogue-like feature set, so deciding if a game is "Rogue-like" or not can be difficult.