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Description

This classic dungeon-crawl uses ASCII characters (letters and some symbols) and basic colors to depict a rogue's epic adventure through the infamous Dungeon of Doom. Using a host of weapons and items, he explores the dark dungeons one step at a time in turn-based mode. There are 25 different types of monsters, symbolized with their initial letter (L for Leprechaun for instance) and they have different abilities and modes of attack. The dungeons are different each time you play the game. In their deepest level the greatest prize awaits...

Alternate Titles

  • "Rogue: Exploring the Dungeons of Doom" -- full original UNIX title
  • "ClassicRogue" -- title of Donnie Russell's port
  • "AGB_Rogue" -- name of Donnie Russell's Gameboy Advance port

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User Reviews

And to think I played this game in 2003... DOS Indra Depari of 'da Clan Depari Bronze Star Contributing Member (13163)
I Still Play This Today DOS AstroNerdBoy (40)
They say that simplicity is the key to perfection... DOS Silverblade (1430)
Ahhh. The quest for the... What Am I Searching for again? DOS Chris Martin Bronze Star Contributing Member (1116)
The best RPG EVER DOS Starstorm (2)

The Press Says

Abandonia DOS Mar 22, 2007 4 out of 5 80
Happy Computer Atari ST Sep, 1986 73 out of 100 73

Forums

Topic # Posts Last Post
Amiga version of Rogue for PC 1 Ardor
Mar 01, 2009
Game port listing needs to be removed? 33 Indra Depari of 'da Clan Depari Bronze Star Contributing Member (13163)
Dec 13, 2008
Public Domain or Commercial? 3 General Error (3821)
Nov 06, 2007

Trivia

The commercial Rogue versions didn't fare too well, as lots of pirated copies existed. The later DOS versions were copy protected (starting at the latest with V1.48 published by Epyx), in an interesting way. You could actually play a pirated copy, but if you did, you suffered six times the normal damage from monster attacks -- which quickly ended an already pretty hard game, it was hard to even get to level two. On the tombstone, you could then read the evocative message:

REST IN PEACE

Software Pirate

killed by

Copy Protection Mafia



This entry was contributed by Kalirion (393), JRK (8417), Sciere Bronze Star Contributing Member (117901), Martin Smith (64035), ZZip (806), General Error (3821), voidoid (185) and L. Curtis Boyle (732)
 

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