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Classic Roguelikes / Re: Rogue - let's beat it

« on: November 15, 2020, 03:50:32 PM »

I was playing and watching on RLG, yeah, although I've really only been playing the Steam version lately. It's honestly just much more convenient for me than playing on RLG. Feature-wise it has more in common with V3, including the way running works (F, direction instead of Ctrl+direction). And also universal identify scrolls, which makes a big difference to me. I do miss the high score list though. It still has one, of course, but it's only local.

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Classic Roguelikes / Re: Rogue - let's beat it

« on: October 07, 2020, 08:25:41 PM »

I've been turned back onto roguelikes (by way of Hades) and of course I have to try the OG again. Now that I've taken the time to really read this whole thread, I'm having a hard time settling on a version to play. It seems like V3 is less frustrating, but V5 is easier to navigate thanks to Ctrl+move. If the ISRUN bug were fixed in V5 I'd probably play that without thinking much about it. I'm also liking the rogue collection* for reasons of convenience, and because the Epyx versions seem to have their own merit as well. Although those lack the community aspect of the leaderboard and recordings on elwin's site. Apparently the rogue collection supports demo recordings though, so I guess I could post some here if I thought anyone would watch them. I wonder if the rogue collection could be rigged up as a server like elwin's...

* No external links allowed, apparently? It's the project "Rogue-Collection" by mikeyk730 on GitHub.

edit: Everyone else might have known this, but I literally just discovered that while V3 doesn't have Ctrl+move, "f" followed by a direction has similar functionality, in that it's like Shift+move but it will stop when it finds something. Of course, that does mean that it doesn't have auto-fight like V5 does, but this will still save a lot of time.

edit 2: Rogue is on Steam now, slated for release on Oct 20. It is Epyx Rogue 1.49.

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Classic Roguelikes / Re: Rogue - let's beat it

« on: October 07, 2020, 04:31:44 AM »

Congrats to PC on your V3 win! Very fortunate that I happened to be watching when it happened. Looks like the stealth/searching ring combo is a real winner, although I'm surprised they didn't starve you out!

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Classic Roguelikes / Re: Rogue - let's beat it

« on: January 18, 2020, 07:31:41 PM »

The person who maintains rlgallery has posted here about making some modifications to the hosted versions, so yes, I think they've just been patched for bugs!

If you haven't already, I recommend looking at  the Rogue's Vade-Mecum. It has a lot of useful information, including some of the differences between versions 3, 4, and 5. Happy roguing!

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Classic Roguelikes / Re: Rogue - let's beat it

« on: September 07, 2019, 08:48:43 PM »

Howdy Rogue-likers. Been trying Rogue V5 for a few days now on rlgallery.org and found this thread. Just wanted to drop in to say hi! I don't think I've made it past floor 10 or so but I'll try to update here if I start to get really deep.