Personal Computer Museum, Canada's Videogame Museum



Floppy (5.25")1



Release Date: 1/1/1983
Manufacturer: Epyx
Donated By: Pat Foley
Rogue popularized the dungeon crawling computer game dating back from 1980. A favorite on college Unix systems in the early to mid-1980s and created a class of derivatives known collectively as "roguelikes". Rogue inspired Hack, which in turn led to NetHack, Hack's modern-day descendant. Some of the more notable roguelikes include Moria, Angband, and ADOM. The roguelike genre influenced numerous later games, such as Diablo.



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