All-Time Highest Rated Games Tagged 'roguelike' on The Great Games Experiment All-Time Highest Rated Games Tagged 'roguelike' on The Great Games Experiment http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/css/logo.jpg All-Time Highest Rated Games Tagged 'roguelike' on The Great Games Experiment en-us Ancient Domains of Mystery Ancient Domains of Mystery is a roguelike, where the players quest is to stop the forces of Chaos which are invading the world of Ancardia.
ADOM has ASCII graphics, like most other roguelikes, and a fixed overworld, while all dungeons are randomly generated.
]]> 01 Jan 2007 03:57:24 Doom Roguelike DoomRL is based on the world from id Software's(tm) game Doom(tm). You're the sole surviving marine from a squad sent to investigate a distress call from the moonbase of Phobos. It turns out that all hell has broken loose on the plant... literally.

Your quest in DoomRL is to descend into the moonbase complex, find the source of this evil outbreak, and destroy it at all costs.

Unlike many other roguelikes, DoomRL is intended to be simple and easy to get into. To that end, there is a limited inventory, maps of the size of one screen, and one item per tile. The number of keys you need to remember is also quite small compared to many other games.
]]> 03 Mar 2007 08:05:39 Nethack After the Creation, the cruel god Moloch rebelled
against the authority of Marduk the Creator.
Moloch stole from Marduk the most powerful of all
the artifacts of the gods, the Amulet of Yendor,
and he hid it in the dark cavities of Gehennom, the
Under World, where he now lurks, and bides his time.
]]> 26 Nov 2006 12:00:10 Iter Vehemens ad Necem Fellow adventurer, turn back while you can! For here begins the roguelike Iter Vehemens ad Necem, a Violent Road to Death. If you choose to travel along it, you will dive into countless exciting adventures to gain items of great magic, attain powerful equipment made of mysterious materials, bathe in the blessings of mighty gods and recruit loyal allies of various shapes and sizes. Unfortunately, along the way you will also often be dangerously injured, poisoned, catch numerous diseases, lose several limbs and transform into manifold different kinds of pitiful creatures in the darkest depths of hostile dungeons. And, at the end of the road, you are bound to perish in a most gruesome and painful way. Don't say we didn't warn you.

Iter Vehemens ad Necem (IVAN) is a free graphical roguelike game, which currently runs in Windows, DOS and Linux. Unlike most roguelikes, which use ASCII graphics, IVAN uses an SDL-based tile graphics engine. This allows much more information to be displayed in the level map. For example, when the player or some monsters wield a weapon or wear armor, it's normally visible on the map. Also, several types of fluids (such as acid, blood, vomit, etc.) are visible on the map. This makes it possible to track a wounded monster by following a trail of blood across the dungeon.

IVAN employs an advanced bodypart handling system. In battle, one loses only if the head, torso, or groin is destroyed. If one's arms or legs take too much damage, they become severed, and the player will merely become disabled, and unable to wield a weapon with that hand, or have to bear greater burden. Many monsters can lose body parts as well. There are several ways to replace or reattach a lost limb, such as drinking healing potions or praying.

Another unique feature is the handling of materials. Each item, including body parts, has a material associated with it. There are several ways to change materials, such as scrolls or praying. For example, a hardened leather body armour may become significantly stronger if transmuted into a meteoric iron one. As this applies to body parts, one could harden a severed limb into stone or metal before reattaching it, thereby gaining a massive strength boost of strength at the cost of dexterity.
]]> 03 Mar 2007 08:58:46 Rogue Rogue was one of the earliest computer games in any form. Based on materials from fantasy writers and the Dungeons & Dragons gaming system, Rogue took the text display of a console window and converted it into an underground complex filled with creatures, treasures, and constant peril.

Easy to pick up, Rogue soon shows its depth with the variety of items and monsters that await discovery. The dungeons are randomly generated and the amount of material to be uncovered is huge, so there is a great deal of replay value as well.

Rogue has spawn many offspring and imitators in the years that followed, many of which are still in active development today. If you want games that are both challenging and enjoyable, and which rely on imagination more than 3D rendering, start with Rogue and work your way into the realm of roguelike gaming.
]]> 16 Feb 2007 08:37:38 Moria The Dungeons Of Moria, or more simply Moria, was one of the first roguelike games after the eponymous Rogue. Moria took the basic Rogue structure of random dungeons and hoards of monsters and added some notable improvements.

The first obvious upgrade is that there is an actual town over the dungeon. You can shop, rest, and wander the town freely, recuperating and restocking before you return to the depths.

There is also great variety in player types. You can choose from different fantasy races, unlike Rogue's human-only player world, as well as selecting your gender. You'll also be given a random history and appearance upon your "birth", which helps you get closer to your character.

Finally, there's the (now standard) introduction of the Big Quest. In this case, it's what you'd expect from a game called Moria - you have to reach the deepest pit and defeat the Balrog. Much of this game would later inspire and influence the game Diablo, right down to its Balrog-like title character.

Many games, including other roguelikes, descend from the innovations Moria introduced to the genre. Yet for all that, the original itself still remains a rewarding play on its own.
]]> 16 Feb 2007 08:16:48 Linley's Dungeon Crawl Linley's Dungeon Crawl is a free and portable roguelike molded in the tradition of the early greats of the genre: Rogue, Hack, and Moria. The player guides a single character deep into a subterranean complex to retrieve the Orb of Zot, fending off many horrible and hideous creatures along the way. Once retrieved, the player must return both character and Orb safely to the surface world. Easier said than done, but fun all the same.

Initiated in 1995 by Linley Henzell as a personal project, refinement of Crawl continues today through collaborative effort among a small group of developers. Free to play and distribute, hours of gameplay await adventurers on several popular platforms, including: MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, GNU/Linux, *BSD, Solaris, MacOS (both Classic and OS X), OS/2, and AmigaOS.
]]> 23 Jun 2007 05:08:55 Sword of Fargoal Remake Former owners of a C64 certainly will remember Sword of Fargoal. It was created by Jeff McCord and released for the C64 by Epyx in 1983. It is a simple rogue-like game (preceding the first official release of Rogue though). And according to http://www.cdaccess.com/html/pc/150best.htm,
it is one of the best 150 games ever. A summary of its description could read like this:

You are on a quest to retrieve the Sword of Fargoal, which lies between
levels 15 and 20 of a dungeon. The dungeon levels are populated by an
ever-regrowing number of different monsters, the deeper the dungeon level,
the stronger the monsters. By retrieving experience points and collecting
treasures, your own strength will increase as well, while finding your way
down through randomly generated dungeons. With the help of different items
and all sorts of spells, and by escaping various kinds of traps, you
finally can find the Sword of Fargoal in the middle of a labyrinth - which
doesn't mean your done, no way, now the game only really begins. A timer
is started, and you have to get back up to the dungeon entrance again
before time runs out. This isn't as easy as it sounds, because dungeon
levels are newly created and look different every time you climb up or
down, and are now full of monsters waiting to steal the sword from you -
in which case you have to climb down and find it again - but the timer
isn't reset.

For more informations and the complete story, visits these sites:

http://www.fargoal.com/
http://home.arcor.de/cybergoth/epyx/swordoffargoal.html
http://www.the-underdogs.info/game.php?id=4527
]]> 06 Dec 2006 08:47:34 Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team are a matched pair of Pokémon games for the Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS, respectively. These two games were developed by Chunsoft and were published by Nintendo.

This game is the ninth entry in Chunsoft's Fushigi no Dungeon series. It is a semi-turnbased dungeon crawl; a graphical roguelike. The two versions are compatible with each other through the Nintendo DS dual-slot features, where information may be transferred from one game to the other.

The two versions are mostly identical, with the Blue version taking advantage of the dual-screen features and increased graphical capabilities of the Nintendo DS (thus the team's condition can appear on one screen in Blue while playing in the other, while this screen must be accessed through a menu in Red). The game also begins with six Pokémon exclusive to each version. Unlike other games, however, players may unlock these exclusive Pokémon through Wonder Mail missions.

The game begins with the human main character turning into a Pokémon. The starter Pokémon is one of sixteen Pokémon (Bulbasaur, Charmander, Chikorita, Cubone, Cyndaquil, Eevee, Machop, Meowth, Mudkip, Pikachu, Psyduck, Skitty, Squirtle, Torchic, Totodile and Treecko) and is determined by a personality quiz taken at the beginning of the game. The partner Pokémon is one of ten Pokémon (Bulbasaur, Charmander, Chikorita, Cyndaquil, Mudkip, Pikachu, Squirtle, Torchic, Totodile and Treecko) and is chosen by the player. The player's gender also factors into what Pokémon the player is. If the player chooses to play as a boy, he cannot be Skitty, Chikorita, or Eevee (but he may still choose Chikorita as a partner). Likewise, if the player chooses to play as a girl, she cannot be Cyndaquil, Machop, or Meowth (but she may still choose Cyndaquil as a partner). Also, the Pokémon type of the partner cannot be the same as the type of the player. For example, if the player is a Mudkip, he/she cannot partner with a Totodile.

The main gameplay mechanic is the Rescue Team. It initially consists of the main character and his or her partner. After a successful battle, other Pokémon have a chance of joining the rescue team if the player owns that Pokémon's "Friend Area." Friend Areas can be acquired through completing certain missions and bought from Wigglytuff in the Pokémon Square. During a mission, the most a player can bring is three Pokémon; the fourth slot is reserved for an escort Pokémon or a fourth Pokémon that wants to join the team. Another factor is team size. Every Pokemon has a body size of one, two, three, or four. The maximum team size is six, including new recruits, so if you have a size six team to begin with you cannot recruit any more members.

The game is mission-based with jobs. Jobs can be found on the bulletin board, requested by mail, or initated through story events, and include rescuing Pokémon, delivering items, or escorting clients. If the player successfully completes a job, they are given a reward. They also earn Rescue Points, which can increase a team's rank. Each mission also comes with a Wonder Mail password. In the main menu, players can input passwords for other Wonder Mail missions, so players can trade Wonder Mail passwords online.

Check out the group for Pokemon Fans of the World!
]]> 04 Mar 2007 04:18:16 CastlevaniaRL: Serenade Of Chaos
]]> 14 Aug 2007 11:52:53 Drash Roguelike Mt. Drash: The Roguelike, is a roguelike game based in the ancient game Escape from Mt. Drash; it takes the main idea from the original and puts fast paced gameplay on it.

In the game, the Stranger from another world, is caught by evil garriontrots, a race of interdimensional beings, and given a chance to gain your freedom by fighting your way through different levels fulls of monsters and dangers.

Drash Roguelike is a fast paced roguelike game in which both strategy and tactics are very important to survive, you must carefully decide how you want to shape your character, as the options are limited. There are no experience points or levels, all advancement is made by transversing the levels of the Arena. There are combat tactics and magic spells for a great variety of interaction types.

This game has an active web community at http://www.santiagoz.com/web

Thereby you can share your comments and ask questions about the game and download the latest version.
]]> 09 Mar 2007 11:31:26 Kamyran's Eye 2
]]> 25 Aug 2007 01:31:15 Angband Angband is a dungeon-crawling roguelike computer game derived from Umoria (a C port of a game called Moria). It is based on the writings of J. R. R. Tolkien, in which Angband was the fortress of Morgoth. The current version of Angband is 3.0.6, and is available for all major operating systems (including Unix, Windows, the Macintosh, and DOS).

The game revolves around the exploring of a 100-level dungeon, in which the player seeks to amass enough power and equipment to ultimately defeat Morgoth. A new level is randomly generated each time the player changes levels, which gives Angband great replay value: no two games will be the same.

Angband is notable for spawning many derivatives. A family tree of around sixty (around a dozen of which are active) variants of Angband exist, each often greatly differing in purpose and depth of changes. The best known variants are OAngband, ToME (formerly PernAngband) and ZAngband.
]]> 25 Jan 2007 06:11:06 ZZT ZZT was created by Tim Sweeney of Epic Games. ZZT allows the creation of your own game worlds with the inclusion of a powerful world editor. The game is powered by boards that include pre-placed objects scripted using a custom language called ZZT-OOP. All graphics in game are done with standard and extended ANSI characters. ZZT comes with some sample worlds demonstrating the unique types of puzzles the game power. A majority of basic ZZT worlds feature elements similar to puzzle games, and Roguelikes. Many other types of game worlds can be created due to the flexibility the editor provides. A large cult-community of followers still supports the game. These supporters have created many additional tricks and tools to help push the limitations of the built-in editor. In addition, hundreds of user-created worlds are available for download.
]]> 29 Mar 2007 05:13:51 GearHead GearHead is a science-fiction post-apocalyptic anime roguelike/crpg, with mecha, guns, and extreme customization. Mecha can be customized with more parts, and design files are human-readable. Three dimensional turn-based strategy, open source, and plenty of game-play with randomly generated plots.
]]> 14 Jun 2007 02:06:48 Larn The Caves Of Larn, or just Larn for short, is an older roguelike game in which you play a parent questing in a dungeon to retrieve a potion that will cure your ailing daughter. Unlike most roguelike games, there is a time limit here. Both the dungeons and the overland areas vary from roguelike norms as well.

The dungeons are labyrinths, instead of rooms connected by halls. Besides monsters, traps, and loot, they can contain interesting features like fountains and altars. They also remain consistent within a game, instead of randomizing into a new layout whenever you leave them like in other roguelikes.

The overland area contains the usual shops, but includes as well more unusual buildings like a bank, a tax office, and the College of Larn, where you can spend precious money (and even more precious time) developing your character.

Larn manages to be both a familiar as well as a significant shift in the realm of roguelikes. Its unique gameplay and more personalised quest make it a refreshing experience.

Visit the Larn Home Page for more, and to download different versions of the game.
]]> 18 Feb 2007 09:07:16 LambdaRogue In LambdaRogue, you play the role of the member of one the five religious orders of the underground country NeoTerr. Your mission is to travel down the river Styx and to find the reason why so many monsters come down the river since the last months. The river connects different populated areas with unpopulated wilderness in which you'll find dungeons to explore.

Unlike many over roguelikes, LambdaRogue has a detailed story. Every of the five religions is bound to one character class, and every class has it's own view on the ongoing events, reflecting in different story texts and class-specific quests. So if you have won the game with one class, the other four classes provide a completely new view on the same events.

Note: Currently LambdaRogue is still beta, so the story isn't fully implemented.

]]> 10 Mar 2007 07:14:03 Kamyran's Eye Save your home town from three mighty wizards and their insatiable greed sparked by the discovery of an ancient ruin.

Kamyran's Eye is a fantasy-themed "roguelike" role-playing game for Nokia Series60 cellphones and PC (Java). With each game, explore a world which is never quite the same - filled with inhabitants both friendly and hostile. Defend cities and villages, conquer wizard towers and raid dens. A plethora of items, weapons and spells allow for a wide array of tactics to reach one of the multiple endings.
]]> 25 Jun 2007 07:26:56 Sigmore Mines
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