Do Mangoes Come in ASCII?
How many house did I spend in English class playing Rogue instead of listening to the Professor? You really don't want to know.... Which is why I am of mixed opinion about the following news:
Looks like dull meeting may have just gotten more interesting (provided nobody sees the screen!)
Rogue, the famed dungeon crawling adventure published by Epyx and dating back to 1980 has (or a variant) been ported to most every computing platform in existence, and now has come to the iPhone and iPod touch. I can't tell you how many hours I spent play the MacOS version back in the mid 80s, let's just say it was many.Latest version features:
* Playable in either "ASCII" mode, or graphics mode (just rotate the device to switch)
* Obscure keyboard commands replaced with a simple taps for movement, or a handy command picker.
* Commands can also be activated by a unique gesture based command - want to search for a secret door? Swipe across the top of the play area
* Graphics can be zoomed in/out via pinch
* Completely faithful Rogue experience (all the levels, monsters, potions, scrolls, etc…)
Looks like dull meeting may have just gotten more interesting (provided nobody sees the screen!)
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