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## **Sources**

## **Overview**

Rogue is a dungeon crawling video game first developed by Michael Toy and Glenn Wichman around 1980. It was a favorite on college Unix systems in the early to mid-1980s, in part due to the procedural generation of game content.

## **Media**

## **Release constellation**

1. 1980

   **PDP-11**
2. 1984

   **DOS**
3. 1985

   **Mac**
4. Jan 1986

   **PC-8800 Series**
5. 1986

   **Amiga**
6. 1986

   **Atari ST/STE**
7. 1986

   **TRS-80 Color Computer**
8. 1988

   **Amstrad CPC**
9. 1988

   **Commodore C64/128/MAX**
10. 1988

    **Atari 8-bit**
11. 1988

    **ZX Spectrum**
12. Oct 20, 2020

    **PC (Microsoft Windows)**

## **All releases**

| Date | Platform | Region | Precision | Status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 20, 2020 | PC (Microsoft Windows) | Unspecified | YYYYMMDD | Status 6 |
| Dec 31, 1986 | Amiga | Unspecified | YYYY | Status 6 |
| Dec 31, 1986 | Atari ST/STE | Unspecified | YYYY | Status 6 |
| Dec 31, 1988 | Amstrad CPC | Unspecified | YYYY | Status 6 |
| Dec 31, 1986 | TRS-80 Color Computer | Unspecified | YYYY | Status 6 |
| Dec 31, 1980 | PDP-11 | Unspecified | YYYY | Status 6 |
| Dec 31, 1988 | Commodore C64/128/MAX | Unspecified | YYYY | Status 6 |
| Dec 31, 1988 | Atari 8-bit | Unspecified | YYYY | Status 6 |
| Dec 31, 1984 | DOS | Unspecified | YYYY | Status 6 |
| Dec 31, 1988 | ZX Spectrum | Unspecified | YYYY | Status 6 |
| Jan 1, 1986 | PC-8800 Series | Unspecified | YYYYMM | Status 6 |
| Dec 31, 1985 | Mac | Unspecified | YYYY | Status 6 |

## **Language support**

**English · Support type 3**

## **Names & keywords**

**Alternative names**

DOSBox.exe · Rogue: Exploring the Dungeons of Doom

**orcs****magic****turn-based****roguelike****procedural generation****permadeath****ascii****backtracking****traps****snake****trolls****leveling up****bow and arrow****goblins****randomly generated dungeons****centaurs****single-screen level****potion****secret area****yeti****dart****disorientation****real time game clock**

## **Creators & technology**

[**Epyx · publisher**](https://cineshare.app/game/companies/366?name=Epyx) [**Mastertronic · publisher**](https://cineshare.app/game/companies/1466?name=Mastertronic) [**Artificial Intelligence Design · developer**](https://cineshare.app/game/companies/1349?name=Artificial+Intelligence+Design) [**ASCII Entertainment · publisher**](https://cineshare.app/game/companies/1821?name=ASCII+Entertainment)

## **Classification**

[**Role-playing (RPG)**](<https://cineshare.app/game/genres/12?name=Role-playing+(RPG)>) [**Strategy**](https://cineshare.app/game/genres/15?name=Strategy) [**Adventure**](https://cineshare.app/game/genres/31?name=Adventure) [**Fantasy**](https://cineshare.app/game/themes/17) [**Single player**](https://cineshare.app/game/modes/1) [**Bird view / Isometric**](https://cineshare.app/game/perspectives/3) [**Text**](https://cineshare.app/game/perspectives/5)

## **Related games**

### **Ports**

### **Similar games**

## **Official & store links**

[**Wikipedia**](<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogue_(video_game)>) [**Twitch**](https://www.twitch.tv/directory/game/Rogue) [**YouTube**](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeGEgK_bpmPOxeEzTTGKRQQ) [**View on Steam**](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1443430)

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