Rogue-likes vs Rogue-lites: A Brief Comparison

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Published on May 27, 2022 2:01:45 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TB3clX9LX6w

Game:

Rogue (1980)

Duration: 13:58

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What is a rogue-like? What's a rogue-lite? Why do we say 'rogue'? As someone who was constantly confused when it came to these genres, I decided to take a look into these questions. Let's have a look at the origins of the name and the differences between rogue-likes and rogue-lites.

Reference:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roguelike#Rogue-lites_and_procedural_death_labyrinths

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Pictures:
Rogue
The box/cover art can or could be obtained from the distributor., Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=67216321

Moria
Benasselstine at English Wikipedia - Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons., CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=63401492
Moria GIF
https://worldofspectrum.org//pub/sinclair/screens/in-game/m/Moria.gif
https://worldofspectrum.org//scr2gif?file=pub/sinclair/screens/load/m/scr/Moria.scr
Moria Screenshot
https://worldofspectrum.org/archive/software/games/moria-severn-software

Nethack Legacy
steam https://store.steampowered.com/app/837200/NetHack_Legacy/

Torneko's Great Adventure: Mystery Dungeon
http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/bigboxshots/3/581043_22163_front.jpg, Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=21725987

http://www.mobygames.com/game/snes/torneko-no-daibken-fushigi-no-dungeon/screenshots/gameShotId,152513/, Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=37235393

Chunsoft Logo
logos.wikia.com/wiki/File:Chunsoft_logo.png, Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=56967666

Linley's Dungeon Crawl
http://www.dungeoncrawl.org/site/gfx/ss-dos-lg
https://archive.ph/iuws
https://ia800701.us.archive.org/0/items/Dc400b26W32/dc400b26-w32.png

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Giphy

Music:
Wondershare Filmora 11

Avatar:
CHARAT

Gameplay captured personally. Footage of Rogue (Steam version), Nethack Legacy (Steam version), Rogue Legacy (Nintendo Switch version), Children of Morta (Nintendo Switch version), Curse of the Dead Gods (Xbox Series S/Game Pass version), Void Bastards (Nintendo Switch version)

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