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Post by Vance » Wed Dec 08, 2010 6:24 am

Ever play it? And beyond Nethack, what are your favorite derivatives?

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Post by Vance » Sat Dec 11, 2010 8:20 pm

Seriously, I can't be the only one with this childhood addiction.

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Post by Austin » Sun Dec 12, 2010 1:06 pm

I am going to say know for the simple fact that I don't know what it is.

What is it, anyway?

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Post by Vance » Fri Dec 17, 2010 7:18 am

It's an early mainframe game that had later computer ports, heavily based on D&D. The first game with a randomized dungeon each time. They have some fancy term for that these days.

Either download the horribly complex Nethack or google Rogue browser to sample the original. Both use ascii graphics.

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Post by Austin » Fri Dec 17, 2010 7:27 am

Hm, interesting.

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Post by Vance » Fri Dec 17, 2010 7:44 am

Ah, the term is "procedural generation". Anything out of Japan called Mystery Dungeon is aping Rogue.

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