AstroNerdBoy plays Epyx Rogue (1985) ASCII RPG for IBM PC

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Published on February 16, 2014 9:11:16 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8C0IsuZOOFM

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Rogue (1980)

Duration: 1:24:06

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All audio glitches, courtesy of Microsoft Windows Media Encoder.

I set up and play my old, DOS-based, Epyx Rogue RPG video game from 1985, using the DOSBox emulator to play. This was the first video game for the PC that I ever owned. The game has infinite playability as the levels are all randomly generated. The graphics (sans he splash page and its awesome 4 bit CGA image) are ASCII, but despite this, the game is still fun and possibly the most challenging game you'll ever play, thanks to it being designed to make it nearly impossible for you to win. ^_^

Some highlights -- I make it to level 17, and I nearly starve to death.

DOSBox can be found here: http://www.dosbox.com/

The history of Rogue and its spinoffs, as well as a free (abandonware) copy of said games can be found here: http://www.coredumpcentral.org/index.html

A Flash version of the game can be found here: http://www.freewebs.com/drussell/Rogue.htm

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