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When I was still in pinfeathers, I was addicted to a computer game. (Actually, I was fond of several; the rest were ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
infocom games.)
That game was called Rogue. It occupied me for hours. I could get down into the teens in dungeon level by the time the disk got corrupted or something and ceased to be able to deal with potions or scrolls, and I kept playing, even though -- well, Rogue when you can't use scrolls or potions or wands or such is really bleeding difficult.
I kept getting killed by slimes, as I recall. Nassssty things.
When I was in high school, my little brother Ben who is no relation to me would play nethack at me over the phone, and complain mightily about his little dog. I thought it sounded like Rogue, only sort of weird. I tried playing Rogue some more, and got frustrated by the corrupted program.
A few years ago, I went looking for Rogue again. Found . . . something entirely else. I mean, it said it was Rogue, but it had colour. And sound. And that was Just All Wrong. (But if you google for Rogue for the Mac, it's probably what you'll find.)
So last night, nethack was being discussed, and I mentioned I had my fruitname set to "mango", because that was how the Rogue version I played as a child did it, and that means that It Was The Correct Way To Do It. And![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
solipsistnation suggested to me that the version of Rogue I was looking for was put out by Epyx.
That sounded familiar. Armed with this data, I have spent today glowering at the web occasionally, seeking the Epyx Rogue for the Macintosh. (And occasionally exchanging email withsolipsistnation about it.) And I found, in amongst vast clouds of dead links, a place that claims to be "the ultimate guide to everything Rogue", which has a download page.
The bottom of the download page says (with emphasis added):
Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah.
infocom games.)That game was called Rogue. It occupied me for hours. I could get down into the teens in dungeon level by the time the disk got corrupted or something and ceased to be able to deal with potions or scrolls, and I kept playing, even though -- well, Rogue when you can't use scrolls or potions or wands or such is really bleeding difficult.
I kept getting killed by slimes, as I recall. Nassssty things.
When I was in high school, my little brother Ben who is no relation to me would play nethack at me over the phone, and complain mightily about his little dog. I thought it sounded like Rogue, only sort of weird. I tried playing Rogue some more, and got frustrated by the corrupted program.
A few years ago, I went looking for Rogue again. Found . . . something entirely else. I mean, it said it was Rogue, but it had colour. And sound. And that was Just All Wrong. (But if you google for Rogue for the Mac, it's probably what you'll find.)
So last night, nethack was being discussed, and I mentioned I had my fruitname set to "mango", because that was how the Rogue version I played as a child did it, and that means that It Was The Correct Way To Do It. And
solipsistnation suggested to me that the version of Rogue I was looking for was put out by Epyx.That sounded familiar. Armed with this data, I have spent today glowering at the web occasionally, seeking the Epyx Rogue for the Macintosh. (And occasionally exchanging email with
solipsistnation about it.) And I found, in amongst vast clouds of dead links, a place that claims to be "the ultimate guide to everything Rogue", which has a download page.The bottom of the download page says (with emphasis added):
- Currently wanted:
-Roguelike Restoration Project Rogue 3.6.1
- -Linux binary
-AIX binary
-IRIX binary
-source code
-Roguelike Restoration Project Rogue CVS files
-Ports of the Rogue 5.3 clone vIII to Linux or any other operating system
-More original UNIX versions of Rogue, including Rogue 3.4 and 3.6
-Epyx Rogue for Mac
Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah.
