A roguelike is a computer game that borrows some of the elements of another computer game, 1980's Rogue. A roguelike is a superficially two-dimensional dungeon crawling computer game, usually with simple text or ASCII "graphics" and many with "tiles" which replace the rather limited character set with a wider array.

The genre is named after Rogue, although some features of Rogue existed in earlier games, notably: Adventure (1975), Dungeon (1975 for PDP-10 mainframes), and dnd (1975, written for the PLATO system on CDC computers). Unlike Rogue those games all had pre-scripted scenarios that were largely the same each time they were played and which players could grow tired of, with only some random variations. In Rogue the dungeon is randomly regenerated each time the player begins the game, creating a new challenge each time and remaining fresh for the player.

Becoming widely available with the Berkeley Software Distribution version of Unix, Rogue became the most popular dungeon crawl game yet created.

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Sometimes I go rogue like Jack
zerock (Edgar) Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:34:56 -0000
Sometimes I go rogue like Jack
@TarynReid Me thinks thou hast confused me with a true photographer. Poor Anthony mistaken for a rogue like me. How cruel ye be to Anthony.
pixelmehawaii (Pixel Me Hawaii) Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:12:55 -0000
@TarynReid Me thinks thou hast confused me with a true photographer. Poor Anthony mistaken for a rogue like me. How cruel ye be to Anthony.
Playing Borderlands, level 22 hunter. Dragon Age Origins tomorrow. I'll probably start with a common born rogue, like real life.
artavan (artavan) Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:32:08 -0000
Playing Borderlands, level 22 hunter. Dragon Age Origins tomorrow. I'll probably start with a common born rogue, like real life.
My hair is all Rogue-like. Don't touch my skin, 'cause I might put you into a coma! XD
Ciloha (Sarah Joyce) Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:52:11 -0000
My hair is all Rogue-like. Don't touch my skin, 'cause I might put you into a coma! XD
My hair is all Rogue-like. Don't touch my skin, 'cause I might put you into a coma!
Ciloha (Sarah Joyce) Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:40:48 -0000
My hair is all Rogue-like. Don't touch my skin, 'cause I might put you into a coma!
RT @gspicy26: Woah Derek... going rogue like #sarahpalin*we see where that got her!!! #greys
sweet16chaos (Cre Cre) Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:20:52 -0000
RT @gspicy26: Woah Derek... going rogue like #sarahpalin*we see where that got her!!! #greys

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