
May 3rd, 2003, 03:20 PM
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Re: OT: Oldies but Goodies
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Originally posted by Kamog:
Then there were those text-based games that had ascii graphics. The rooms were drawn using #### for walls or something, and there were characters like "r" and "S" and stuff moving around that represented monsters and different objects. I forget what the game was called. Never finished that one one either.
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Those are the 'roguelike' games. The first one was called Rogue, in the pre-PC era (it's still around and people still play it). Then came others, such as Moria, Angband, Nethack and ADOM. See the Thangorodrim page for more details. Also check out the ADOM website. Many of those are open source, too. If I could code, I'd make a Star Wars variant for Angband, but I can't so I don't.
Edit: Before you download anything... I had better warn you, these games can be as addictive as SEIV.
[ May 03, 2003, 14:23: Message edited by: Erax ]
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