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- Last-modified: 95-08-31
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- Roguelike Adventure Games
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-
- 0.) News flashes
- 1.) What are the roguelike games?
- 2.) List of major roguelike games
- 3.) List of minor roguelike games
- 4.) List of older roguelike games
- 5.) List of "multi-user roguelike games"
- 6.) What are *not* roguelike games?
- 7.) How to get files by FTP
- 8.) About this FAQ...
-
- -----------------------------------------------------
-
- Subject: 0.) News flashes
-
- 06/07/95: AlphaMan: Release 1.1
-
-
- ------------------------------------------------
-
- Subject: 1.) What are the roguelike games?
-
- A long time ago, on a computer system far, far, away, there was rogue.
- Players wandered a dungeon, hacking and slashing at monsters, gaining
- treasures, becoming more powerful, and living their D&D nightmares.
-
- Rogue was a good game; people still play it. It was even distributed
- with many copies of Unix. But rogue is a relatively simple and limited
- game compared to most of the descendants it has spawned...
-
- Although the common features of rogue and its many descendants are
- 'obvious' to many people, they are difficult to describe in simple
- terms. Generally, the games mentioned below are single-user, fantasy
- role-playing computer games, generally set in a dungeon, run with
- a simple character-graphic interface. In all of the games, the player
- controls a single character, who roams around getting more powerful,
- in order to fulfill a difficult quest. Sword-and-sorcery rule the
- day. Logistically, they're all free games; executables, and generally
- sources, are available by FTP.
-
- The similarities end there, though. More information can be found
- in the 6 UseNet newsgroups dedicated to rogue and its descendants -
- rec.games.roguelike.nethack, rec.games.roguelike.moria,
- rec.games.roguelike.rogue, rec.games.roguelike.angband,
- rec.games.roguelike.misc, and rec.games.roguelike.announce
- (alt.games.omega belongs in this list, but is a poorly propagated
- group, which many readers cannot access.)
-
- Below are listed basic information about all roguelike games known to
- me, in alphabetical order. I've listed the main ftp site(s) for each
- game; however, it's polite to use mirror sites, if closer to you,
- especially if you're not in the same continent.
-
-
- ------------------------------------------------
-
- Subject: 2.) List of major roguelike games
-
- A long time ago, on a computer system far, far, away, there was rogue.
- Players wandered a dungeon, hacking and slashing at monsters, gaining
- treasures, becoming more powerful, and living their D&D nightmares.
-
- Rogue was a good game; people still play it. It was even distributed
- with many copies of Unix. But rogue is a relatively simple and limited
- game compared to most of the descendants it has spawned...
-
- Although the common features of rogue and its many descendants are
- 'obvious' to many people, they are difficult to describe in simple
- terms. Generally, the games mentioned below are single-user, fantasy
- role-playing computer games, nearly always set in a dungeon, run with a
- simple character-graphic interface. In all of the games, the player
- controls a single character, who roams around getting more powerful,
- in order to fulfill a difficult quest. Sword-and-sorcery rule the day.
- Logistically, they're almost all free games; executables, and usually
- sources, are available by FTP.
-
- The similarities end there, though. More information can be found
- in the 6 UseNet newsgroups dedicated to rogue and its descendants -
- rec.games.roguelike.nethack, rec.games.roguelike.moria,
- rec.games.roguelike.rogue, rec.games.roguelike.angband,
- rec.games.roguelike.misc, and rec.games.roguelike.announce
- (alt.games.omega belongs in this list, but is a poorly propagated
- group, which many readers cannot access.)
-
- Below are listed basic information about all roguelike games known to me.
- I've listed the main ftp site(s) for each game; however, it's polite to
- use mirror sites, if closer to you, especially if you're not in the same
- continent. I've grouped the listings into 'major' games (those with
- their own newsgroups), 'minor' games (other current games), and
- 'older' games (games that haven't been updated in several years.).
-
- Most of my information comes from trolling the various newsgroups; if your
- favorite game isn't listed, send mail to rgra@bronze.lcs.mit.edu
-
- If you have WWW access, (Mosaic, Lynx, NetScape, etc.) a Home Page for
- many of the more popular Roguelike games is at:
- http://www.win.tue.nl/games/roguelike/
-
- GAME: Angband
- Release: 2.7.7v4 (07/20/95)
- Newsgroup: rec.games.roguelike.angband
- FTP Site: ftp://linc.cis.upenn.edu/pub/angband
- FAQ Avail: cteague@cs.umb.edu (Charles F. Teague II)
- jth@acpub.duke.edu (Mac version only.)
- Spoilers: ftp://ftp.cis.ksu.edu/pub/Games/Angband/doc (from early 1994)
- WWW: http://www.lm.com/users/peterb/angband/angband.html
- http://www.acpub.duke.edu/~jth/macangband.html (Mac-specific)
- Maint.: Ben Harrison <benh@linc.cis.upenn.edu> (03/95)
- Platforms: Unix, Linux, DOS, OS2, MS-Windows, Mac, Amiga, etc.
- Features: infinite random dungeon. unique monsters and artifacts.
- Misc: Still somewhat close to Moria in feel.
- Variants: BAngband (obsolete), FAngband, SAngband (0.8), QAngband (1.4.1)
- Some unofficial variants live in ftp.cis.ksu.edu:/pub/upload
- Some people prefer PC Angband 1.4, available at KSU.
-
- GAME: Moria
- Release: 5.5.2 (07/26/94)
- Newsgroup: rec.games.roguelike.moria (was rec.games.moria)
- FTP Site: ftp://ftp.cis.ksu.edu:/pub/Games/Moria/
- or mail 'help' to mailserver@cis.ksu.edu
- FAQ Avail: grabiner@math.harvard.edu (David Grabiner) Posted monthly.
- Spoilers: At the ftp site.
- WWW: http://www2.ecst.csuchico.edu/~beej/moria/moria.html
- Platforms: Unix, PC, Mac, VMS, Amiga, Atari, ...
- Features: Infinite dungeon. Restocking stores. 6 classes/8 races.
- Misc: What is generally discussed is more properly called Umoria
- Variants: PMoria, IMoria (VMS only; see Moria FAQ), Morgul, Druid Moria,
- Purple X (Mac), CWMMoria (Amiga); see also Angband, BOSS.
-
- GAME: NetHack
- Release: 3.1.3 (7/93)
- Newsgroup: rec.games.roguelike.nethack (was rec.games.hack)
- FTP Site: ftp://linc.cis.upenn.edu:/pub/NH3.1/ {130.91.6.8}
- FAQ Avail: seth@cie-2.uoregon.edu, posted weekly (FAQ and "Spoiler FAQ")
- Spoilers: ftp.uu.net:/usenet/comp.sources.games/volume13/nh-spoilers3/*
- ftp.win.tue.nl:/pub/games/nethack/README
- (WCST spoilers, monster listings, game variants, etc)
- WWW: http://www.win.tue.nl/games/roguelike/nethack/
- (mirror at: ftp.ae.keio.ac.jp:/pub/doc/nethack)
- http://www.engin.umich.edu/~mneylon/nethack/
- Platforms: Unixes, Mac, PC, NT, OS/2, Amiga, VMS, Atari, X
- Features: Everything including the kitchen sink
- Misc: ChrHack and NhSound add-ons available
- Variants: Hack Lite (see below), NetHack--, NhPlus, NHTNG
-
-
- ------------------------------------------------
-
- Subject: 3.) List of minor roguelike games
-
- Listed below are what I know of the 'minor' roguelike games. In most
- cases, my information is pretty skimpy, and way out-of-date.
-
- GAME: Alphaman
- Release: 1.1 (6/95)
- Newsgroup: rec.games.roguelike.misc
- FTP Site: ftp://win.tue.nl:/pub/games/alphaman/
- ftp://ftp.dungeon.com://pub/msdos/games/Misc/
- ftp://ftp.indirect.com:/pub/software/games/
- FAQ Avail: 76473.225@compuserve.com (Jeffrey Olson)
- Spoilers: ftp://ftp.win.tue.nl/pub/games/alphaman/alphaman.spl
- WWW: http://www.win.tue.nl/games/roguelike/alphaman/index.html
- Maint.: 76473.225@compuserve.com (Jeffrey Olson)
- Platforms: MS-DOS only (640K, color required)
- Features: Mutations
- Misc: Shareware
-
- GAME: Hack
- Release: ? (1.0.2, 1.0.3, 5.2 are all floating around)
- Newsgroup: rec.games.roguelike.nethack or rec.games.roguelike.misc
- FTP Site: check comp.sources.games (or net.sources) archive sites
- ftp.cica.indiana.edu:/pub/pc/win3/games/w_ohack.zip (MS-Windows)
- (requires /pub/pc/win3/utils/w_one49.zip )
- ftp.win.tue.nl:/pub/games/nethack/Msdos/hack101.zip (MsDos)
- FAQ Avail: No
- Spoilers: ?
- Platforms: Unix, PCs, Atari ST, probably others
- Features: And your little dog too!
- Misc: Distributed with some Unixes
-
- GAME: Hack Lite
- Release: 2.8.1 (07/94)
- Newsgroup: rec.games.roguelike.nethack or rec.games.roguelike.misc or
- comp.sys.amiga.games
- FTP Site: wuarchive.wustl.edu (or any AmiNET site)
- /pub/aminet/game/role/HackLite2_1.lha
- ftp.win.tue.nl:/pub/games/nethack/Msdos or /Amiga
- (binaries only, source not available)
- FAQ Avail: No
- Spoilers: No
- Platforms: Amiga, MS-DOS
- Features: graphics; contact ponds!squink!biljir@dg-rtp.dg.com (Alan Beale)
- Misc: "NetHack made simple"
-
- GAME: Omega
- Release: 0.80 patch level 2 (94/07/??), "0.75-derived" (Mac)
- Newsgroup: rec.games.roguelike.misc, alt.games.omega
- FTP Site: ftp.std.com:/src/games/omega3.tar.Z (0.75)
- ftp.cc.monash.edu.au:/monu1/pub/omega (Amiga, DOS, source, 0.80.2)
- sumex-aim.stanford.edu:/info-mac/game/omega-075.hqx
- FAQ Avail: Posted by cory@wwa.com (Cory L. Kerens)
- Spoilers: Occasionally posted. (by whom???)
- WWW: http://www.win.tue.nl/games/roguelike/omega/
- Maint.: Erik Max Francis (omega@alcyone.darkside.com) (02/95)
- Platforms: Unix, PC, Amiga, Atari ST, MS-Windows, OS/2, Mac
- Features: Multi-dungeons; Fractional speeds; Quests; Personality
- Misc: Rewrite by Tom O Breton (tob@world.std.com) in progress. (1994)
-
- GAME: PMoria
- Release: ?
- Newsgroup: rec.games.roguelike.moria (was rec.games.moria)
- FTP Site: ?
- FAQ Avail: No
- Spoilers: No
- Platforms: ?
- Features: More classes/races/spells/monsters. Quiver slot.
- Misc: Descended from UMoria 5.5
- Maintained by jls11@po.CWRU.Edu (John L. Spetz)
-
- GAME: Ragnarok
- Release: 2.2
- Newsgroup: rec.games.roguelike.misc
- FTP Site: ftp://poppy.engr.ucdavis.edu/rag22.exe (executable only)
- ftp://ftp.win.tue.nl:/pub/games/ragnarok/rag22.exe (executable only)
- FAQ Avail: last posted by Boudewijn Wayers <dedos4@win.tue.nl>
- Spoilers: ftp://ftp.win.tue.nl:/pub/games/ragnarok/spoilers.txt
- WWW: http://thor.chemie.uni-dortmund.de/misc/ragnarok.htm
- http://www.win.tue.nl/games/roguelike/ragnarok/index.html
- http://pixel.cs.vt.edu/auburn/jangert/rag.html
- Maint.: Thomas Boyd <FunBoy@ix.netcom.com>
- Platforms: MS-DOS + VGA; may be ported if there is interest/resources
- Features: NetHackish game with graphics; Norse mythos; quests
- Misc: Shareware release (12/94) of commercial game.
-
- GAME: The Rogue's Quest
- Release: ?
- Newsgroup: rec.games.roguelike.misc
- FTP Site: ?
- FAQ Avail: ?
- Spoilers: ?
- WWW: http://www.win.tue.nl/games/roguelike/rogue_quest/
- Maint.: ?
- Platforms: ?
- Features: ?
- Misc: ?
-
- GAME: The Land
- Release: ?
- Newsgroup: rec.games.roguelike.misc
- FTP Site: ?
- FAQ Avail: ?
- Spoilers: ?
- Platforms: IBM PC with CGA graphics
- Features: ?
- Misc: Set in the world of Thomas Covenant; probably copyrighted
-
- GAME: The UnReal World
- Release: 2.08 (07/31/95)
- Newsgroup: rec.games.roguelike.misc
- FTP Site: ftp://nic.funet.fi:/pub/msdos/games/rpg/urw208.arj
- win.tue.nl:/pub/games/urw/urw208.arj
- FAQ Avail: ?
- Spoilers: ?
- WWW: http://www.win.tue.nl/games/roguelike/urw/
- Maint.: Sami Maaranen <smaarane@muikku.jmp.fi>
- Platforms: MS-DOS (286 min)
- Features: Wilderness survival; no magic; realistic details
- Misc: Shareware
-
-
- ------------------------------------------------
-
- Subject: 4.) List of older roguelike games
-
- Listed below are the older roguelike games. These games have not been
- updated in several years. This is either because people lost interest
- in them, or because they're perfect and don't need updates :-)
-
- GAME: BOSS
- Release: 2.0 (07/92)
- Newsgroup: rec.games.roguelike.moria (was rec.games.moria)
- FTP Site: ftp://ftp.cis.ksu.edu:/pub/Games/Moria/BOSS/
- FAQ Avail: At the ftp site
- Spoilers: At the ftp site
- Platforms: VMS, Mac (beta)
- Features: Cyberpunk Moria
- Misc: "A game you can win in a weekend"
- Mac beta version supported by markv@isy.liu.se
-
- GAME: Keep
- Release: Not publically available.
- Newsgroup: rec.games.roguelike.misc
- FTP Site: None.
- FAQ Avail: ?
- Spoilers: ?
- Platforms: ?
- Features: Escape from a keep, starting in the garden
- Misc: Last sighted at UCSC in 1991
- Cannot be released for legal reasons.
-
- GAME: Larn
- Release: 12.2 was posted to comp.sources.games
- Newsgroup: rec.games.roguelike.misc
- FTP Site: ftp.uu.net:/usenet/comp.sources.games/volume11/larn (192.48.96.9)
- wuarchive.wustl.edu:/pub/msdos/games/adventures/larn123e.zoo
- nic.funet.fi:/pub/msdos/games/adventures/larn123e.zoo
- atari.archive.umich.edu:/?
- FAQ Avail: ?
- Spoilers: ?
- Platforms: PCs, Unix, Atari ST, Amiga, more?
- Features: Time-limited quest; no character classes; variable difficulty
- Misc: Good beginner game. Executables I've seen have exploitable bugs.
- Ularn is a descendant of Larn, adding character classes.
-
- GAME: Rogomatic
- Release: ?
- Newsgroup: rec.games.roguelike.rogue
- FTP Site: ftp.uu.net:/pub/games/rogomatic.tar.Z
- FAQ Avail: ?
- Spoilers: This *is* a spoiler!
- Platforms: ?
- Features: Plays rogue for you! Well!
- Misc: *Very* version-dependant, apparently
-
- GAME: Rogue
- Release: 5.3 ?
- Newsgroup: rec.games.roguelike.rogue (was rec.games.rogue)
- FTP Site: Only "officially" released as VAX binaries with BSD Unix
- ftp.uu.net:usenet/comp.sources.games/volume1/rogue (Stoehr clone)
- macbeth.cogsci.ed.ac.uk:/pub/rogue.zip } 1984 PC port (Lane)
- ftp.digex.net:/pub/access/buglady/rogue.zip } v 1.1 Mr.McTesq
- WWW: http://www.win.tue.nl/games/roguelike
- FAQ Avail: ?
- Spoilers: ?
- Platforms: Unix, PC, Atari ST, Amiga (by Epyx); Mac version 'in progress'
- Features: ?
- Misc: This is where it all started; urogue and srogue and bugs, oh my!
-
-
- ------------------------------------------------
-
- Subject: 5.) List of "multi-user roguelike games"
-
- Listed below are "multi-user roguelike games". Yeah, yeah, I know, I
- said at the top that all roguelike games were single-player. I lied.
-
- GAME: Myth
- Release: 1.07 (05/95)
- Newsgroup: rec.games.roguelike.misc
- FTP Site: ftp.iesd.auc.dk:/pub/games/myth/myth-1.07.tar.gz (source)
- ftp.iesd.auc.dk:/pub/games/myth/binary/sparc.tar.Z (SPARC executable)
- FAQ Avail: No
- Spoilers: No
- WWW: No
- Platforms: SPARC binary, source should be portable (tested on Linux)
- Features: "proof of concept for a multiplayer roguelike game"
- Misc: Latest revisions by Per Abrahamsen <myth@iesd.auc.dk>
-
- GAME: Phantasia
- Release: 3.1.3 (June 1986)
- Newsgroup: rec.games.roguelike.misc
- FTP Site: Archie sez:
- emx.cc.utexas.edu:/pub/mnt/source/games/phantasia.tar.Z
- ftp.cfi.waseda.ac.jp:/pub3/bsd-sources/NET2/var/games/phantasia/*
- qiclab.scn.rain.com:/pub/games/phantasia.tar.Z
- ugle.unit.no:/pub/unix/bsd-sources/games/phantasia/*
- 10 bytes of fame for locating a site with working code...
- FAQ Avail: ?
- Spoilers: ?
- Platforms: Berkeley Unix
- Features: Multiuser game.
- Misc: ?
-
- GAME: CrossFire
- Release: crossfire-0.91.6 (11/11/94) 0.91.8 (beta, 4/18/95)
- Newsgroup: rec.games.roguelike.misc, also an active mailing list (send
- mail to crossfire-request@ifi.uio.no with the subject "subscribe")
- FTP Site: ftp.world.net/pub/crossfire (192.243.32.18)
- yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au/pub/crossfire (130.194.9.1) (0.91.5)
- ftp.ifi.uio.no/pub/crossfire (129.240.64.2)
- FAQ Avail: In INSTALL directory of source distribution.
- Spoilers: With release (in doc sub directory) and 'around the Web'
- WWW: http://www.cm.cf.ac.uk:/Crossfire/
- http://www.ifi.uio.no:/~frankj/crossfire/
- http://web.cs.city.ac.uk:3000/games/crossfire/crossfire.html
- Platforms: X-windows under Unix ; need ANSI compiler
- Features: Multiplayer graphical arcade/adventure game with map editor
- Misc: Supported by master@rahul.net (Mark Wedel)
- Servers: sonja.math.virginia.edu 13326
- fermat.dartmouth.edu 13326
- corpse.ecst.csuchico.edu 13326
- beer.csua.berkeley.edu 13326
-
-
- ------------------------------------------------
-
- Subject: 6.) What are *not* roguelike games?
-
- The following games have been reported as being roguelike in previous
- versions of this list, but further information has shown that they are not:
-
- Wanderer: a box-pushing puzzle like sokoban. (In c.s.g archives...)
-
- Conquer, xconq: Multiplayer strategic wargame (cs.bu.edu, jyu.fi)
-
- There are a lot of things that aren't quite in the category of
- roguelike games, but that keep creeping into the roguelike
- newsgroups...
-
- For information about commercial games like Ultima, Wizardry, etc.:
- comp.sys.*.games[.*]
-
- For information about playing D&D or other fantasy roleplaying games
- with other human beings, face-to-face or by e-mail:
- rec.games.frp.*
-
- For information about Multi-User-Dungeon games on the Internet:
- rec.games.mud.*
-
- For information about other games to play when you feel like bashing
- innocent bits and bytes:
- rec.games.video.*
-
- Finally, there are text-mode puzzle games, like Adventure, Zork, and the
- whole family of Infocom text adventure games. If you want to *play*:
- rec.games.int-fiction
- If you'd rather *write* them:
- rec.arts.int-fiction
-
- If what you're looking for isn't listed above, don't post to the
- roguelike groups - you'll just annoy the Ancient Dragons - try:
- rec.games.misc
-
-
- ------------------------------------------------
-
- Subject: 7.) How to get files by FTP
-
- Pretty much everything mentioned here is available by anonymous FTP.
- FAQ lists cross-posted to news.answers and rec.answers can be gotten
- from rtfm.mit.edu (18.181.0.24), under /pub/usenet/news.answers or
- under /pub/usenet/more.specific.group.name
-
- "anonymous FTP" is just a way for files to be stored where anyone on
- the Internet can retrieve them over the Net. For example, to retrieve
- the latest version of the FTP FAQ, do the following:
-
- > ftp rtfm.mit.edu /* connect to the site; a message follows */
- > anonymous /* type this when it asks for your name */
- > <your email address> /* type your address as the password */
- > cd /pub/usenet /* go to the directory you want to be in */
- > cd news.announce.newusers
- /* one level down (no slash). */
- > dir /* look at what's there */
- > get Anonymous_FTP:_Frequently_Asked_Questions_(FAQ)_List
- /* get the file; case-sensitive */
- > quit /* stop this mysterious thing */
-
- If your FTP program complains that it doesn't know where the site you
- want to use is, type the numerical address instead of the sitename:
-
- > ftp 18.181.0.24 /* connect with numerical address */
-
- If you don't have ftp access, send e-mail to mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu
- with the single word "help" in the body of the message.
-
- Getting binary files (executables, or any compressed files) is only
- slightly more difficult. You need to set binary mode inside FTP before
- you transfer the file.
-
- > binary /* set binary transfer mode */
- > ascii /* set back to text transfer mode */
-
- FAQs and other lists are generally ascii files; everything else is
- generally binary files. When in doubt, use binary transfers, since
- they will work for all files.
-
- Some common extensions on binary files in archive sites are:
-
- .Z Compressed; extract with uncompress
- .tar.Z Compressed 'tape archive'; uncompress then untar or tar -xvf
- .gz or .z Gnu gzip; use gunzip (prep.ai.mit.edu:/pub/gnu/gzip.*.tar)
- .tgz Gnu gzip of a tar archive; read the gzip man page.
- .sit (Mac) StufIt archive
- .zip (PC) Extract with Zip or Unzip
- .zoo (PC) Yet another archive/compress program
- .lzh (Unix and PC) Yet another...
- .arj (PC) and another...
- .lha (Amiga) Common archive format.
- .exe (PC) Self-extracting archives - just execute them.
- [Note: sometimes non-archived executables are stored.]
- .uue or .UUE Transfer as text file; use uudecode to convert to binary
- .hqx (Mac) BinHex format; transfer in text mode
-
- Generic help can be found in the FAQs of comp.binaries.<your_system_type> for
- how to transfer, extract, and virus-check binary files. (At rtfm.mit.edu)
-
- If you can't FTP from your site, use one of the following ftp-by-mail servers:
-
- ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com
- ftpmail@src.doc.ic.ac.uk
- ftpmail@cs.uow.edu.au
- ftpmail@grasp.insa-lyon.fr
-
- For complete instructions, send a message reading "help" to the server.
-
- Some FTP sites, such as ftp.cis.ksu.edu, have dedicated mailservers that
- will send you files only from that site; it causes less network load to
- use local FTP servers where they exist.
-
- If you don't know exactly what you're looking for, or exactly where it
- is, there are programs and servers that can help you. For more info,
- send e-mail to mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu with the body of the
- message reading:
- send usenet/news.answers/finding-sources
-
-
- ------------------------------------------------
-
- Subject: 8.) About this FAQ...
-
- That's all, folks.
-
- This FAQ is updated frequently; the most recent version can always
- be found in rtfm.mit.edu:/pub/usenet/news.answers/games/roguelike
-
- Additions and corrections can be sent to rgra@bronze.lcs.mit.edu
- Many thanks to the people who send me info!
-
- This entire FAQ is copyrighted by the author, Aliza R. Panitz.
- Permission is granted to archive or redistribute it, provided that
- (1) there is no charge, and (2) the file remains intact, including
- this copyright notice. Write me for permission to use excerpts.
-