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  1. roguelike love

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  1. Rogue +‎ -like, after the 1980 computer game Rogue, the original roguelike. (Wiktionary)

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  • “The roguelike is a genre that is about developing skills to compete with randomness.”

    PopMatters

  • “The roguelike is a kind of game that utilizes our relationship with experiencing failure and the belief that changed circumstances can alter such experiences.”

    PopMatters

  • “Old-school gamers call this kind of game a "roguelike," after 1980's”

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  • roguelike" in its marketing for Shiren the Wanderer, instead trying to push it as more of an RPG.”

    GamePro.com

  • “Sounds like POWDER, the roguelike I've been playing lately.”

    Making Light: Open thread 134

  • “Shameless bragging: I've lately been doing a lot of work under my "Mental Mouse" alias on the fan-wiki for the cross-platform roguelike game POWDER.”

    Making Light: Open thread 137

  • “So, I had an idea to make a roguelike boardgame - probably solitaire inspired by Zombies in my Pocket, the Dungeon variant and other dungeon crawl games out there.”

    August 21st, 2008

  • “Shiren is a "graphical roguelike" game which I've heard a lot about but haven't actually played.”

    Mystery Dungeon Shiren DS game heading for the US

  • “I also only found out today that a game I bought on Play Asia years ago super-cheap like, a fiver or something - Dragon Quest: Shonen Yangus to Fushigi no Dungeon - is another roguelike.”

    Archive 2008-02-01

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