@WoodooProd oddly enough, I don't think Rogue would be considered a rogue-like today. You don't unlock anything on repeat playthroughs, it's just a difficult, procedurally generated game!
Well. One of the principles of rogue like is permanent death, theoretically. So you don't unlock anything. You start from 0 every time. Let's just say that today's Rogue Like has come a long way. Yes. Which is only to be expected.
Let's not compare Wolfenstein 3D or Doom to today's FPS either. nNevertheless. :0)
Save exported & reimported to another machine on DosBox.
Halfway to potentially find the "Amulet of Yandor"?! We all want it! There were some very, very hot moments!
But, huhu.. I totally forgot the name of the scroll after reading it!! Very helpful!! haha
I've made good progress, but I'm afraid I'll miss food.
Oh yes, NetHack of course, I play it too! :0) https://www.nethack.org
It's more complete because you can choose your class and race, have a dog or a cat, useful for treasure detection or combat.
Hey man ,
I'm a passionate gamer. Like you are, I think. I humbly try to brings memories or an interest to play a game, etc.. Or simply to discuss and share about them.
Okay!
Some of you got the "Amulet of Yendor" one day?!
A tip for the next game party would be to hang around in the 1st levels to level up since the mobs respawn randomly. But watch out for the food in this case.
@WoodooProd Rogue and roguelikes are so great. I also like DCSS, like you mentioned- the one on my abandonware you mentioned is cool, there's also some over at DOS games dot com - this one and others like it- https://dosgames.com/game/rogue
@WoodooProd yeah I was hoping you'd see those! haha - the first Rogue clone I played as a kid was called Mac Moria, it was on my family's Apple Performa in the 90s and looked similar to all these- it was Tolkien/Lord of the Rings based, you had to go through the dungeon to find the Balrog at the end. Then I discovered it was a clone in my 20s, and have been chasing roguelikes ever since haha. One of, if not my favorite genre. And Rogue DEFINITELY inspired my other favorite game genre, ARPGs (Diablo, etc). People that love roguelikes and dungeon crawlers like us understand. hahaha
I know a few sites with lots of catalogued DOS games, but I didn't know about these at all. Frankly, it's an excellent surprise! Thanks again! :0) I'm still playing on my previous Rogue game. But I'm going to download these dungeons and try them out tomorrow. That's for sure! :0)
I discovered the genre in the 90's also on Shareware or freeware CD compilations. One thing led to another and I fell in love with RPGs very quickly :0)) I went through Amstrad CPC 6128, then Amiga 600 before my 1st IBM PC compatible.
The release of Baldur Gates was a big slap in the face too!
@WoodooProd@jake4480 If you are looking for more old DOS titles to mess around with, checkout the eXoDOS project. A collection of games, screenshots, manuals etc. Fantastic project! It's a little crazy filesize wise, but contains A LOT.
@dasme@WoodooProd woww this is INSANELY cool, thank you for this, had no idea, had never heard of it! Love the oldschool basic HTML look of the website, too - my kind of thing! hahaha
@jake4480@WoodooProd it’s such a nostalgia trip. You can click the cd.. at the bottom to see their other projects. None as exhaustive as exoDOS though :)
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