Rogue Clone

a.k.a. Rogue Clone I / Rogue Clone II / Rogue Clone III

published by author in 2007, running on Linux

type: maze, adventure, role-play
genre: Fantasy, Roguelike
perspective: bird's-eye
player options: single player

languages: eng

Personal review

Though very simular, RC does not share any underlying algorythms with the original. Thus, random generation is different. This is mainly noticeable in maze design. Certain features actually make this clone easier than the original. Unknown items are identified with one use. There are many more items. These items are more likely to be found due to an increased spawn rate for monsters. RC1 omits traps and secret doors. 2 & 3 have them, but traps have low chance of being triggered.

Because of the restrictive license of the original Rogue, Tim Stoehr created Rogue Clone for UNIX. Other authors maintained the project as Rogue Clone II and Rogue Clone III for UNIX systems. These versions no longer function on modern UNIX (or Linux) systems. Rogue Clone III was followed by Rogue Clone IV for DOS which was discontinued after Rogue Clone IV for Windows (32-bit).