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It might have a touchscreen, but it still uses ASCII...

Alehkhs — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 06:39:00 +0000

Ah, new-age meets old-school!

Free from Gandreas Software, this iteration of the father of dungeon crawling is advertised as being faithful to the original. This version is controlled via touch using a ‘Commands’ menu for actions such as opening doors and climbing stairs, although these actions also have a gesture-based ‘hotkey’ for those of us just barely patient enough to play a traditional roguelike.

Playable in both the original ASCII as well as a nice tileset.

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"It might have a touchscreen, but it still uses ASCII..." by BeamSplashX

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 11:24:28 +0000

DON’T THROW YOUR LIFE AWAY!

"It might have a touchscreen, but it still uses ASCII..." by Phasma Felis

Mon, 08 Dec 2008 18:50:38 +0000

I’m kidding, you guys, chill out. :D

"It might have a touchscreen, but it still uses ASCII..." by splotki

Mon, 08 Dec 2008 17:22:03 +0000

too bad the controls are terrible…. I hope they patch this up and provide some fuax-dpad / faux-keyboard buttons for control eventually.

"It might have a touchscreen, but it still uses ASCII..." by corpus

Mon, 08 Dec 2008 04:35:25 +0000

Phasma Felis, get a grip.

This is fun! It’s a fun thing.

"It might have a touchscreen, but it still uses ASCII..." by BeamSplashX

Sun, 07 Dec 2008 15:49:09 +0000

Well that’s a sour attitude, isn’t it? It’s as if not doing it would’ve made you feel better. Cheer up and play some Rogue!

"It might have a touchscreen, but it still uses ASCII..." by Phasma Felis

Sun, 07 Dec 2008 14:53:25 +0000

Wait, it’s taken this long for someone to put a roguelike on the iPhone? I’m disappointed.

"It might have a touchscreen, but it still uses ASCII..." by null

Sun, 07 Dec 2008 14:33:00 +0000

not just a roguelike, but rouge itself. big difference

"It might have a touchscreen, but it still uses ASCII..." by BeamSplashX

Sun, 07 Dec 2008 12:20:00 +0000

Beneath Apple Manor ripoff!

I kid, Rogue never blasted PC Speaker music at me or only existed on just two platforms.

"It might have a touchscreen, but it still uses ASCII..." by sinoth

Sun, 07 Dec 2008 10:45:47 +0000

<3 roguelikes… would definitely like to see some Angband on there as well :)

"It might have a touchscreen, but it still uses ASCII..." by VD

Sat, 06 Dec 2008 08:40:05 +0000

That makes me so happy…

To see the legendary ROGUE still infiltrating every gaming outlet it can get its “at” symbols into…