To my surprise, the game is still playable, this is one of those 'rare games' that don't seem to be affected to much by the course of technology. Simple if not prehistoric in the graphics department which is very nice considering. Well, as I played this game 2 decades after this game was released, it seems that I can objectively review this game without my usual subjective opinion.hahaha.Īnyway, this is one very cute game. and don't worry if you don't have DOS, it works on almost every operating system. it can be downloaded from if you want it. This game is HARD! The deepest I ever went is level 8, only to get killed by a glitch!(?) however, it's got that addictive fun you can't resist! if you play it once, you can't help but play it more! and the hardest to keep item in the game, your life. plus, you can't just get the amulet and win, you must also leave the dungeon with at LEAST the amulet. While you do all this, you must keep from starving. along the way you will find and quaff potions, Wear rings and armor, and battle the Rogues. the object is to retrieve the Amulet of Yendor, which has been stolen by a large group of Rogues and hidden in the 26th level of the dungeon of doom. This game is great! as Free arcade puts it: living proof that graphics are NOT what makes a good game. Games with randomly generated environments.Gameplay feature: Permadeath / permanent death.Should the protagonist perish in the dungeon, the player must restart the game anew.

The player character can acquire better weapons and armor, gain experience points and level up. Levels get progressively more complex and maze-like, and monsters grow in strength the deeper the hero ventures into the dungeon. Each dungeon level contains a grid of three by three rooms and dead ends. The dungeon and the items in it are randomly generated each time the player begins a new game. Monsters have different abilities and modes of attack. There are twenty-six different types of monsters, symbolized by their initial letters (e.g. The game uses ASCII characters to represent locations, items, monsters, and the protagonist himself. The player character starts on the upper-most level and slowly makes his way downwards. Rogue is a turn-based dungeon crawler in which the player controls an adventurer who must explore the dangerous Dungeon of Doom in order to retrieve the precious Amulet of Yendor and make it out alive.

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