History Main / Roguelike

* {{Videogame/Incursion}}

* ''[[http://www.incursion-roguelike.net/ Incursion]]''

* ''[[VideoGame/PLATOMoria Moria]]''

* ''Dnd'', the UrExample of Roguelikes. It predates ''Rogue'' by several years, but has many features that would eventually become commonplace in the Roguelike genre.

* ''[[http://www-math.bgsu.edu/~grabine/moria.html Moria]]''

* ''{{Diablo}}'' series, with its randomly generated dungeons and loot (not to mention the original game's single town sitting atop a giant multi-level dungeon with a MacGuffin at the bottom, straight out of ''Angband'') is often regarded as a roguelike. ''Diablo'' itself has been so influential that ''it'' has spawned several “Diablolikes” over the years:

** [[http://alien.chaosforge.org/ Aliens, the Roguelike]] is basically the {{Aliens}} equivalent of [[DoomTheRoguelike Doom, the Roguelike]], except this one has [[AnAdventurerIsYou character classes]] and is (especially if you play in darkness and, with headphones) [[ParanoiaFuel MUCH more]] [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel scary...]]

* ''DarkCloud 1'' and ''2''

* ''GearHead''

* ''[[GearHead]]''

* ''[[http://www.gearheadrpg.com/ GearHead]]''

* ''DungeonCrawl''

* Traditionally, most roguelikes have ASCII for graphics, although support for graphical tiles has become increasingly common.

* The Adventure mode of ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress'', complete with ASCII graphics.

* ''VideoGame/DesktopDungeons''

* ''{{Evolution Worlds}}'', albeit with a turn-based battle system.

** ''ShirenTheWanderer'': The exception.

Roguelikes are a particular subgenre of {{Role Playing Game}}s, so named for being like ''VideoGame/{{Rogue}}'', a [[OlderThanTheNES very early]] computer game. The exact qualifications are a bit loose, but some generalizations can be made.

* As a result of the above points, roguelikes are mostly [[NintendoHard very hard]]. Death is expected to be fairly frequent, enough so that the community has developed the acronym "YASD," for YetAnotherStupidDeath. It is easily possible to play many roguelikes for years without even coming close to victory.

* ''DesktopDungeons''

** [[MetroidVania Metroid...uhh...I mean]] [[http://slashie.net/page.php?6 Castlevania, the Roguelike]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viNQLwMWjF0&feature=related with sprites]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=424eE-FQoIE or with ASCII graphics]].

** Don't forget the arcade game that these are based on, where you put in real currency to get game money which is used to pay the dungeon fee for each dungeon (and to cast spells). Each dungeon you start at 0 XP, but can usually take up to 10 spells with you. The game also featured a non-interactive multiplayer where you could beat dungeons to take them over, and the ability to customize your own dungeons (set the number of levels, type of enimies, and specials) and challenge other players to try and beat it.

** [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and there's also]] [[MetroidVania Metroid...uhh...I mean]] [[http://slashie.net/page.php?6 Castlevania, the Roguelike]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viNQLwMWjF0&feature=related with sprites]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=424eE-FQoIE or with ASCII graphics]].
*** This person's also made a [[http://slashie.net/page.php?22 Zelda roguelike]], a [[http://slashie.net/page.php?26 Rockman roguelike]], and a [[http://slashie.net/page.php?24 Metroid roguelike]] (kind of makes you wonder how he represented Samus taking off her suit at the end of each game)

* ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeon_Master_(video_game) Dungeon Master]]'', the innovative first person, turn-based roguelike for the CommodoreAmiga and AtariST.

Roguelikes are a particular subgenre of {{Role Playing Game}}s, so named for being like ''{{Rogue}}'', a [[OlderThanTheNES very early]] computer game. The exact qualifications are a bit loose, but some generalizations can be made.

* ''{{Rogue}}'', the TropeNamer and TropeMaker.

** ''HellgateLondon'', ''MYTHOS'' and ''{{Torchlight}}'', which are all {{Spiritual Successor}}s made by the remains of Blizzard North.

* ''TheBindingOfIsaac''