Rogue

Rogue (1980)

by Artificial Intelligence Design, ASCII Entertainment, Epyx, Mastertronic
Genres:Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Strategy
Themes:Fantasy
Game modes:Single player
Story:Rogue is a dungeon crawling video game first developed by Michael Toy and Glenn Wichman around 1980. It was a favorite on college Unix systems in the early to mid-1980s, in part due to the procedural generation of game content.
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user avatar@GoodGuyAuser avatar@GoodGuyA
February 02, 2025
Original Rogue is still plenty fun today! A distillation of all things dungeon crawl and a fantastic example of simplicity. The mainframe version is entirely public domain and would be easy to add.
user avatar@Guyrauser avatar@Guyra
March 28, 2025
I've never played Rogue, I just know it through the terms "roguelike" and "roguelite". Consider how many games use these terms to describe games even to this day. That's the legacy of this game, almost half a century after its release! I think that alone makes this game worthy of being added to GOG's Preservation Program.
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