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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Been on a rogue-like kick lately. Have discovered Wayfarer (http://is.gd/5veEg) and the venerable Dwarf Fortress (http://is.gd/5veEf).
raddevon (Devon N. Campbell) Sun, 20 Dec 2009 21:15:27 -0000
Been on a rogue-like kick lately. Have discovered Wayfarer (http://is.gd/5veEg) and the venerable Dwarf Fortress (http://is.gd/5veEf).
@tinycartridge Have you played Sword of Fargoal for the iPhone!? It's so amazing! Go play it! It's a remake of an obscure C64 rogue-like!
jackal27 (Jordan Starkweather) Sun, 20 Dec 2009 07:30:36 -0000
@tinycartridge Have you played Sword of Fargoal for the iPhone!? It's so amazing! Go play it! It's a remake of an obscure C64 rogue-like!
RT @umichgrad07: ok im bout 2 go rogue like Sarah Palin on my next few tweets, so if ur uber sensitive, gone ahead and unfollow me now.
O_to_the_T (O to the T) Sat, 19 Dec 2009 21:14:03 -0000
RT @umichgrad07: ok im bout 2 go rogue like Sarah Palin on my next few tweets, so if ur uber sensitive, gone ahead and unfollow me now.
Iceman knows he wasn't right for fuckin over rogue like that
parishumphreyjr (Paris Humphrey Jr.) Thu, 17 Dec 2009 07:38:12 -0000
Iceman knows he wasn't right for fuckin over rogue like that
@McSpeed Take it easy, speedy one ;) I'm still more of a rogue, like Han Solo, drifting in between the light and dark side.
Spainkiller (Samuel Spainkiller) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:37:11 -0000
@McSpeed Take it easy, speedy one ;) I'm still more of a rogue, like Han Solo, drifting in between the light and dark side.
@SarahPalinUSA I guess, I'm "going rogue" like you. Can't wait to get a hold of a copy of your book. Checked it out at W-Mart. Hefty!
alivemo4 (Ian Ward) Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:17:08 -0000
@SarahPalinUSA I guess, I'm "going rogue" like you. Can't wait to get a hold of a copy of your book. Checked it out at W-Mart. Hefty!

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