Thanks to the 64 of you who voted.
More roguelike-likes | 25 (39%) |
In browser gaming | 14 (21%) |
Portable gaming | 20 (31%) |
More complexity | 22 (34%) |
More releases | 15 (23%) |
Less releases | 7 (10%) |
Less complexity | 4 (6%) |
Roguelike engines/libraries | 19 (29%) |
User generated content | 20 (31%) |
Move towards mainstream | 5 (7%) |
Remain niche market | 33 (51%) |
More commercial releases | 5 (7%) |
Less commercial releases | 12 (18%) |
Stuck in fantasy settings | 11 (17%) |
Explore other settings | 25 (39%) |
The new poll asks you how you started playing Angband.
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Please note that the 'Based on JRR Tolkien' answer is correct only if you started looking for roguelikes based on the life of JRR Tolkien, not the works of JRR Tolkien.
you attempt to write the hobbit
you fail
you die....
play again?
My first roguelike was "Larn" on the Amiga, shortly before moving to Uni. I have no idea where I got it from, maybe a magazine cover disk or from a swap meet? I liked it as a game, but it really was a setup for Moria at Uni, which I'd classify as the genesis of my obsession.
My first touch with roguelikes was from some version of Moria... back when "Internet" was: "An acquaintance of a friend has a modem and access to some BBS'".
I read a review of Moria for the Amiga way back when I still had my C64 in -- I think it was Ahoy! magazine -- and when I finally made the jump to a mighty 286 it was one of the games I sought out.
I found it and some PC version of Hack. Eventually I head about Angband as Moria with more stuff. I can't remember if I played Angband on my 286, or if that had to wait until I had an even beefier machine :P
My friend got Moria from a BBS and showed it to me. After copying it to my computer and playing for a year or two, I wanted to learn more about how the game worked. I looked up some spoilers; one of the pages linked to Thangorodrim, and that was that.
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