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A roguelike game is characterized by turn-based dungeon crawling gameplay and simplistic graphics, often drawing dungeons and their inhabitants using only ASCII characters. The term comes from the first game of the type, called Rogue.

A typical feature of roguelikes are that they are very unforgiving, and death lurks around every corner and is swift and violent. Very often they also do not allow you to reload a saved game. Once your character dies, death is permanent.

While most classic roguelikes are fantasy-based, often around Lord of the Rings or some other literary series, others are based on more exotic settings, like the Doom Roguelike and Animeband, a variant of Angband with an anime theme.

The games Edit

Rogue, ... Edit

Rogue (1980)

Moria, Angband, ... Edit

Moria (1983 - 1987)
- Umoria
  - BOSS
  - Angband

Hack, NetHack, ... Edit

Hack (1984 - 1985)
- Quest
- NetHack (1987 - 2003)
  - NetHack--
  - NetHack: The Next Generation
  - NetHack Plus
    - Slash
      - SLASH'EM (1997 - 2006)
  - NetHack brass
  - SporkHack
- RevivedHack (2004 - 2007)

Other games Edit

Omega (1988)
Larn
- Ularn (1989)
Ragnarok (1994 - 2000)
ADOM (1996 - 2006)
- QHack (2000)
Linley's Dungeon Crawl (1997 - 2005)
Legerdemain (2003 - 2006)
CastlevaniaRL (2005 - 2006)
ChessRogue (2005 - 2007)
CryptRL (2005 - 2006)
DoomRL (2005 - 2006)
Martin's Dungeon Bash (2005 - 2006)
CaveRover (2006)
GearHead (2006)
MazeCrawl (2007)
San Muerte Survival (TBR 2013)

External Links Edit

http://roguelikedevelopment.org/ - Learn about development of roguelike games.
- Actively Developing Roguelikes
BALROG (via web.archive.org) - Large chronological list of roguelikes.
Wiki:
- RogueBasin:Definition - What is a roguelike?
- RogueBasin:Category:Roguelike games - Another large list of roguelikes
- Wikipedia:Roguelike
- ToME:RogueLike - centric to ToME
- Lotr:Roguelike - roguelikes and The Lord of the Rings

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Computer and video game genres

Action:	Action RPG \| Dungeon crawl \| Fighting \| First-person shooter \| Fixed Third Person Shooter \| Hack & Slash \| Light gun \| MMOFPS \| Rail shooter \| Run and Gun \| Shmup \| Shooter \| Side scrolling shooter \| Stealth action \| Survival horror \| Third-person action \| Third-person shooter \| Vehicular combat
Adventure:	2D platformer \| 3D platformer \| Action-adventure \| Dungeon crawl \| Eroge \| Interactive fiction \| Metroidvania \| Open world \| Point & click adventure \| Roguelike \| Sandbox \| Text adventure \| Visual novel
Fighting:	2D fighter \| 3D fighter \| Beat 'em up \| Boxing \| Hack & Slash \| Versus fighting \| Wrestling
Racing:	Arcade racer \| Futuristic racer \| Kart racer \| MMOR \| Simulation racer
RPG:	Action RPG \| Alternate Reality \| Console RPG \| Dungeon crawl \| MMOG \| MMORPG \| PC RPG \| Roguelike \| Strategy RPG \| Tactical RPG
Simulation:	Flight simulation \| Train simulation \| Life simulation \| MMOS \| Open-ended simulation \| Simulation racer \| Simulation sport \| Virtual pet
Sport:	Arcade sport \| Extreme sport \| Racing \| Simulation sport \| Soccer \| Statistical sport
Strategy:	4XS \| Man-to-man wargame \| MMORTS \| MOBA \| Real-time strategy \| Real-time tactics \| Strategy RPG \| Tactical RPG \| Tower defense \| Turn-based strategy \| Turn-based tactics \| Wargaming
Parlor:	Edutainment \| Microgame \| Music game \| Party game \| Puzzle
MMO:	MMORPG \| MMOFPS \| MMORTS \| MMOS (MMOCB \| MMOCMS \| MMOSS \| MMOR)
Misc:	Board game \| Browser-based \| Cutscene \| Eroge \| Movie-based game \| Non-linear \| Pinball \| Side-scroller

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