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Video Games - July 2008

Nethack vs. Angband switch

July 2nd 2008 01:08

Back before console games, before King Quest or Maniac Mansion , we still had games. They were text based, and not very complicated, but they were part of a generation.

In 1980, Rogue came out on Unix machines... it allowed the player to explore a dungeon and kill various baddies, using weapons and magic. Really, really simple, and not very inspiring.

Rogue would go on to sprout an infinite number of descendants, though, and some of these children are still very popular today, the most popular being NetHack and Zangband.

The Icon Bar has a terrific article, where they take two die-hard fans, one of NetHack and one of Zangband, and make them try the other roguelike game.

Read the article!

After reading the post, it reminded me of my own NetHack/Zangband days - it's a free download, so anyone can play, but there's a satisfying feeling getting down into the dungeon.

I've installed Zangband - and I'll put NetHack on later... we'll see if I can't draw my own conclusions...

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