It might have a touchscreen, but it still uses ASCII…

By: Alehkhs

On: December 6th, 2008

Ah, new-age meets old-school!

Free from Gandreas Software, this iteration of the father of dungeon crawling is advertised as being faithful to the original. This version is controlled via touch using a ‘Commands’ menu for actions such as opening doors and climbing stairs, although these actions also have a gesture-based ‘hotkey’ for those of us just barely patient enough to play a traditional roguelike.

Playable in both the original ASCII as well as a nice tileset.

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Posted in Adventure, Freeware, iPhone, Mobile / Handheld, Nerd Love, Roguelikes | Tags: GandreasSoftware

VD

That makes me so happy…

To see the legendary ROGUE still infiltrating every gaming outlet it can get its “at” symbols into…
sinoth

<3 roguelikes... would definitely like to see some Angband on there as well :)
BeamSplashX

Beneath Apple Manor ripoff!

I kid, Rogue never blasted PC Speaker music at me or only existed on just two platforms.
null

not just a roguelike, but rouge itself. big difference
Phasma Felis

Wait, it’s taken this long for someone to put a roguelike on the iPhone? I’m disappointed.
BeamSplashX

Well that’s a sour attitude, isn’t it? It’s as if not doing it would’ve made you feel better. Cheer up and play some Rogue!
corpus

Phasma Felis, get a grip.

This is fun! It’s a fun thing.
splotki

too bad the controls are terrible…. I hope they patch this up and provide some fuax-dpad / faux-keyboard buttons for control eventually.
Phasma Felis

I’m kidding, you guys, chill out. :D
BeamSplashX

DON’T THROW YOUR LIFE AWAY!