January 29th, 2004, 02:17 AM
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Re: OT - Who wants to write a "roguelike" game? How about a 4X?
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Originally posted by Puke:
As an interesting note (that most folks are unaware of, so i thought i'd share), the original default character name for the ST port of Rogue (by one of the original designers, as i mentioned) was Rodney. You were, of course, trying to recover the Amulet of Yendor. In Nethack, you are also trying to recover the Amulet of Yendor. But its a bit more detailed, and you have to take it from a near-demigod wizard (the wizard of yendor). His name? Rodney.
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Good to know.
And, now that it's been mentioned, Diablo is rather rogue-like. |