[ale] A History of Roque (was Re: OT: Music Composition == Information Architecture Design)

[JK]

Geoffrey wrote:
> JK wrote:
>> JK wrote:
>>
>>> [*] Nethack http://nethack.org: an ASCII-art dungeon-crawl adventure game
>>> that's been developed continuously since 1987 (1980 if you count its
>>> direct ancestors, Rogue and Hack).  They basically got the UI done in the
>>> first week of development, so all the work since then has been to enhance
>>> gameplay and plot.  It will suck you in, chew you up, and leave you wanting
>>> more.
>>
>> And by sheer coincidence there's this today on /.
>>
>> http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/05/06/0159212
> 
> Saw it too.  Used to be addicted to rogue years ago.  You could save 
> your game so, they would regularly take days to finish.  In all my years 
> I have actually won the game once and attained the Amulet of Yendor.


I bow before your ascended mightiness.  I've only gotten down to level 30,
I think.

-- JK

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A closed mouth gathers no feet.