Angband (DOS)

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Description

Angband is an updated version of the game Moria, adding more monsters, character races and classes; deepening the dungeon from 50 levels to 100; and including such new features as monster pits and unique items. The object of the game is to become powerful enough to defeat a difficult unique monster, Morgoth, at the bottom of the dungeon.

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Alternate Titles

• "PCAngband" -- DOS title
• "Angband: The Pits of Angband" -- In-game title

Part of the Following Groups

• Gameplay feature: Hunger / Thirst
• Gameplay feature: Mining
• Gameplay feature: Permadeath / permanent death
• Games with randomly generated environments
• Genre: Dungeon Crawler
• Inspiration: Author - J. R. R. Tolkien

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GameHippo.com

Feb 02, 2000

9 out of 10

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License

Angband was released with a licence similar to Linux's General Public License. Because of this, there are many different Angband variants available, such as Zangband, PernAngband, and Oangband.

Related Web Sites

• Angband for Nokia Internet Tablets (Arnim Sauerbier's Angband port to Nokia Internet Tablets.)
• Classic Mac Gaming: Angband - Past, Present & Future (IMG article about Angband and its history.)
• Play Angband - rephial.org (official game website)
• Tales From the Pit (A new Angband comic strip!)
• Thangorodrim ("The Angband Page". Documentation, FAQs, list of Variants, and downloads for all platforms (no longer updated).)
• The Angband comic archive (Archive of a series of text-only cartoons in Angband style that appeared between 2001 and 2003.)