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precariousness inherent to the unknown environments of roguelikes gives that investment a great deal of meaning." Additionally, many of these newer rogue-lites strive to address the apparent high difficulty and ruthlessness that traditional roguelikes were known for, and newer players will be able to find more help through user-generated game guides and walkthroughs made possible through wide
Internet accessibility. Fabien Fischer offers that players have taken to independently developed rogue-lites as they have tired from "superficial gameplay, whitewashing spectacle, the content craze, and
624:, so no game is the same on subsequent playthroughs. Most roguelikes have an ultimate goal of either claiming an item located at the deepest level of the dungeon, or defeating a specific monster that lives on that level. Typical roguelikes assess the player's performance at the end of the game through a score based on the amount of treasure, money, experience earned, and how fast the player finished the game, if they managed to do so. The score is displayed in a ranked scoreboard to compare the player's performance on successive runs.
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1002:, many traditional roguelikes were modified to include support for having multiple windows. This was useful to not only show the character-based dungeon, but details on the character's inventory, the monster they were in battle with, and other status messages, in separate windows. Having access to multiple windows also allowed having menus to complete more complex commands. More recent examples of roguelikes that have stayed with ASCII art-based displays include
1061:, causing confusion and dilution of the term. Some players of the Berlin Interpretation roguelikes disliked the dilution of the term, believing that in the 1990s and 2000s, the term "roguelikes" served well to distinguish games that forwent aesthetics to focus on depth of gameplay from games more comparable to interactive movies, particularly games that incorporated real-time gameplay elements which tended to reduce the game's complexity. As such, the term "
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a high-value factor in these types of games. Game journalist Joshua Bycer observed that several games considered as rogue-lites feature fixed events, even if the means to reach that may be through procedural generation, whereas a roguelike game typically lacks this level of predictability. For example, several rogue-lites require the player to travel a fixed number of biomes, each which culminates in a
2989:. The result was a platform game incorporating the notion of permadeath in which the player takes an explorer character through randomly-generated caves. The intent was to create "deep" gameplay in which the game could be replayed over and over again, with the randomly generated situations driving the need for the player to develop novel, emergent strategies on the fly. Developer
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of the 2008 International
Roguelike Conference, the "Roguelike Celebration" was held for the first time in September 2016 in San Francisco where several past and present roguelike developers gathered to discuss the history and future direction of the genre. It has since been organized again in 2017, 2018 and 2019 in San Francisco, and as virtual events in 2020, 2021 and 2022.
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1281:(1979). It is unclear if these PLATO games inspired the roguelike genre as there is no evidence that the early roguelike creators had access to these games. The core roguelike games were developed independently of each other, many of the developers not learning about their respective projects until several years after the genre took off.
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an extremely useful item to complete the game. Though the DevTeam released the code publicly, they carefully maintained who could contribute to the code base to avoid excessive forking of the vanilla game, and remain relatively quiet about suggested improvements to each release, working in relatively secrecy from its player base.
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newsgroup in 2005 for roguelike developers, informally challenging them to create the core of a novel roguelike within 7 days to be submitted for judging and play by the public. The competition has continued annually each year, since growing from 5–6 entries in 2005 to over 130 in 2014. In the spirit
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map of the fictional realm of
Ancardia, and would have the player complete various quests in those dungeons to progress the game. A major feature was the influence of Chaos forces through unsealed portals, which the player would have to close. While in areas affected by Chaos, the player's character
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minicomputer for the school and instituted a course curriculum that allowed students to do whatever they wanted on the computers, including playing games, as long as they had completed assignments by the end of each semester. Fenlason, Woodland, Thome, and Payne met through these courses and became a
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Tolkien's fiction, and incorporated more of the deadlier creatures described within the Middle Earth mythology. They kept the Balrog as a difficult creature that must be overcome at a mid-game level, while Morgoth became the final boss the player must defeat to win the game. Following Cutler and
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Roguelike games were initially developed for computing environments with limited memory, including shared mainframe systems and early home computers; this limitation prevented developers from retaining all but a few dungeon levels in memory while the game was running, leading to procedural generation
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Rogue-lites favor short gameplay runs with victory conditions, in contrast to some traditional roguelikes that can be played indefinitely. The shortness of a single gameplay run in rogue-lites can motivate players to continually replay the game in the hope of reaching completion, making replayability
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to limit which monsters are visible from the player's position. Dungeons tend to be connected by stairs; lower dungeon levels generally are more difficult than higher ones, so that an underdeveloped character will have difficulty progressing too fast. Dungeon levels and the population of monsters and
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series. Several changes to the roguelike formula had to be made for this conversion: they had developed ways to reduce the difficulty of the roguelike by using progressively more difficult dungeons that were randomly generated, and made permadeath an option by selection of difficulty level. An added
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that roam the dungeon. Most combat is performed simply by attempting to move the character into the same space as the monster. The game then calculates the damage that the character and monster deal. Other types of attacks, such as firing an arrow or performing an offensive magic spell, can often be
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said that including roguelike elements into other game mechanics can be difficult due to the complex interfaces roguelikes tend to have, but eventually "it becomes an increasingly beautiful, deep, and everlasting design that allows you to generate a seemingly dynamic experience for players, so that
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Western market, the genre languished as more advanced personal computers capable of improved graphics capabilities and games that utilized these features became popular. However, some of these new graphical games drew
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series) in the high fantasy setting, and the use of pre-defined levels with some procedural elements that the player would encounter deeper in the dungeons. Further iterations of the game included branching pathways through the dungeon and optional character-based quests that could grant the player
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being the oldest of these types of games, was picked as "the least of all available evils". By the time it was suggested that a group be created to discuss the development of these kind of games in 1998, the "roguelike" term was already established within the community. This usage parallels that of
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around 1993, as this was the principal channel the players of roguelike games of that period were using to discuss these games, as well as what the developers used to announce new releases and even distribute the game's source code in some cases. With several individual groups for each game, it was
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It seems to me that we'd do a lot better taking all of the dungeon-adventure games, including ones that don't have their own newsgroups like larn and omega, and reorganizing them under rec.games.dungeon – recognizing the intrinsic similarities of all these games. It would make it a lot easier for
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developer Keith Burgun, that more popular titles may not always offer. David
Bamguart of Gaslamp Games stated that there is a thrill of the risk inherent in rogue-lites with random generation and permadeath, helping the player become more invested in the fate of their player character: "The deadly
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approach rather than true randomness. Procedural generation uses a set of rules defined by the game developers to seed the generation of the dungeon generally to assure that each level of the dungeon can be completed by the player without special equipment, and also can generate more aesthetically
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who created a new subgenre designated "rogue-lite", though the games are also sometimes called "roguelike-likes". Indie developers began to incorporate roguelike elements into genres not normally associated with roguelikes, creating games that would form the basis of this new subgenre. Two of the
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library that enabled them to better manipulate characters on the terminal screen, prompting Toy and
Wichman to create a graphical-like randomized adventure game. They created the story of the game by having the player seek out the "Amulet of Yendor", "Yendor" being "Rodney" spelled backwards, the
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as a leading example; in such games, the player generally fights through wave after wave of enemies, their character often fully firing or using all possible attacks without player intervention, with the ability to expand their character through a random selection of power-ups as they defeat more
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Western computer audiences, into a more streamlined approach better suited for Japanese players that preferred consoles. With roguelikes starting to gain popularity, Chunsoft's developers believed they could do a similar treatment for that genre to make it better suited for
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448:, several new "roguelikes" have appeared, with some but not all of these high-value factors, nominally the use of procedural generation and permadeath, while often incorporating other gameplay genres, thematic elements, and graphical styles; common examples of these include
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Astrand's graduation, Sean March and Geoff Hill took over the development to see the game through to a public release outside of the university, adding in elements such as giving the player a sense of the rewards and dangers of a level when they entered it the first time.
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people who like one of these games to find newsgroups about other, basically similar games, and would finally provide a home for all those random posts about Larn and other games of the same genre that keep popping up in rec.games.hack and other inappropriate places.
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Everything" in that the developers seem to have anticipated every possible combination of actions that a player may attempt to try in their gameplay strategy, such as using gloves to protect one's character while wielding the corpse of a
758:. Once a character dies, the player must begin a new game, known as a "run", which will regenerate the game's levels anew due to procedural generation. A "save game" feature will only provide suspension of gameplay and not a limitlessly recoverable state; the
517:, all of which shared common elements, that the groups be consolidated under an umbrella term to facilitate cross-game discussion. Debate among users of these groups ensued to try to find an encapsulating term that described the common elements, starting with
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Other Japanese role-playing games would incorporate random dungeon generation as part of their design, mimicking part of the nature of roguelikes, and were considered roguelike titles when published in Western markets. Such titles include
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The player must use resource management to survive. Items that help sustain the player, such as food and healing items, are in limited supply, and the player must figure out how to use these most advantageously to survive in the dungeon.
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genre, and which frequently uses procedural generation to create the worlds that players must survive in, was developed by Sami Maaranen and was influenced by roguelikes, with its initial interface being similar to that of
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games, player-characters may die or become too injured, resetting their progress to the start of the dungeon, but the games typically provide means to store and recover equipment and other items from the previous run. The
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each time they play your game they're getting a totally new adventure". Procedural-generated world lets developers create many hours worth of game content without spending resources on designing detailed worlds.
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close group of friends and competent programmers. Harvey had invited the group to the computer labs at UC Berkeley where they had the opportunity to use the mainframe systems there, and were introduced to
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s Michael Toy, they saw their approach to permadeath not as a means to make the game painful or difficult but to put weight on every decision the player made as to create a more immersive experience.
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as showing how to distill down the nature of a traditional roguelike to apply it to other gaming genres which they had done for their rogue-lites. Justin Ma and Matthew Davis, the co-developers of
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s first major release in ten years in 2015 is set to help the DevTeam expand the game further. New roguelikes that adhere to core Berlin Interpretation rules are still being created, including
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family where the player can buy and sell equipment, but these are considered to reduce the randomness set by the Berlin Interpretation. This "random generation" is nearly always based on some
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was often remembered for its odd inventory approach in which the player would have to pick up an object, considering it being held, and then moving that object to a bag or an equipment slot.
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graphics. These games were popularized among college students and computer programmers of the 1980s and 1990s, leading to hundreds of variants. Some of the better-known variants include
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that kept the depth of gameplay with a focused theme and setting. The resulting game featured several different dungeons, many generated procedurally, connected through an
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computer; its limited memory forced them to use a simple text-based interface for the game. Toy eventually dropped out of school but got a job at the computing labs at
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of the games, adding in new monsters, items, and gameplay features, creating several dozen variants. This process was aided by switching code to languages with better
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that gave an "aesthetic construction of nostalgia" by "depicting textual symbols as aesthetic forms in their own right" and consistency across multiple roguelikes.
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within the game. He got help from several playtesters as well as another student, Jimmey Wayne Todd, who helped to program a deeper character generation system.
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games were not as successful in Western markets when published there, as the target players – younger players who likely had not experienced games like
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stories. Following Tolkien's fiction, the player's goal was to descend to the depths of Moria to defeat the
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roleplaying, included procedural generation using a modification of the random maze generator from the game
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exemplified this by using these criteria to numerically score some seemingly roguelike games;
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monsters at low level dungeons. Rich Carlson, one of the creators of an early roguelike-like
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Dungeon Hacks: How NetHack, Angband, and Other Roguelikes Changed the Course of Video Games
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The Game Developer's Dictionary: A Multidisciplinary Lexicon for Professionals and Students
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series were popular, and would become a staple of the Japanese video game market.
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6117:"PWYW Pick: SanctuaryRPG blends old-school aesthetics and new-school mechanics"
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6712:"How S.F.'s Supergiant made 'Hades,' one of 2020's most acclaimed video games"
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Solovay, Andrew. (July 20, 1993). "3rd RFD: rec.games.roguelike.* hierarchy".
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Solovay, Andrew. (July 27, 1993). "CFV: rec.games.roguelike reorganization".
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4687:"Vampire Survivors—a cheap, minimalistic indie game—is my game of the year"
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Grabiner, David. (March 9, 1998). "RFD: rec.games.roguelike.development".
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Craddock 2015, Chapter 1: "The BAM-Like: Exploring Beneath Apple Manor".
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due to computer administrator restrictions, he began trying to recreate
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6348:"IGF awards 2013: FTL acceptance speech for Excellence in Design award"
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5791:"Baroque, Sting's Eerie Roguelike, Comes To iOS With Score Attack Mode"
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Craddock 2015, Chapter 7: "None Shall Pass: Braving the Mines of Moria"
4715:"How One Of Gaming's Most Intimidating Genres Spawned A Legion Of Hits"
4046:"@Play 85: A Talk with Digital Eel, Makers of the Infinite Space Games"
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from scratch with the aim of creating a more story-driven game than
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5342:"COLUMN: @Play: Larn, Or, I Hocked The Car To Buy A Lance Of Death"
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5921:"20 years later, David Brevik shares the story of making Diablo"
5258:"Infinite Dungeons, Infinite Death: Tales of Maj'Eyal PC Review"
4321:"Going Rogue: A Brief History of the Computerized Dungeon Crawl"
2884:(1992), the game that is considered to be the forerunner of the
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Several rogue-lites feature daily challenges, in which a preset
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RogueBasin tracks hundreds of roguelikes and their development.
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4422:"What the hell is a roguelike? We try to hash out a definition"
4113:"Remembering the best shareware-era DOS games that time forgot"
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5987:"Dragon Fin Soup: a fairytale roguelike set on a space turtle"
3673:"Roguelikes: A Unique & Challenging Spin On The RPG Genre"
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series, a series which established fundamental aspects of the
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Bycer, Joshua (2021). "Chapter 9: The Roguelike Confusion".
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name of the wizard they envisioned had created the dungeon.
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of being roguelikes or rogue-lites, as they are inspired by
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6420:"Where I'm @: A Brief Look At The Resurgence of Roguelikes"
6053:"The Best Roguelikes To Play When You're On A Coffee Break"
5758:"One Man's Quest To Bring Mystery Dungeon Games To Android"
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4488:"Procedural Death Jam cites Spelunky and FTL as influences"
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5528:"Permanece vigente Akira Toriyama gracias a 'Dragon Ball'"
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4181:"Control Dwarf Fortress With Isometric Graphics And Mouse"
3869:"Procedural vs. Randomly Generated Content in Game Design"
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641:"Vultures" sprite-based interface for the roguelike game
4356:"Roguelike, Roguelikelike, Roguelikelikelike, Or Rogue?"
3598:"ASCII art + permadeath: The history of roguelike games"
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which he shared locally with friends while a student at
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6486:"Postmortem: McMillen and Himsl's The Binding of Isaac"
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5166:"The Game Archaeologist: A brief history of roguelikes"
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6552:"Slay the Spire finally taught me how to build a deck"
5446:"Roguelikes: How a Niche PC RPG Genre Went Mainstream"
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which many college students had easy access to, while
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within roguelikes instead of the turn-based gameplay.
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for a red dragon that would shoot fire, while a green
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6748:"Devs discuss the past and future of the 'roguelike'"
6519:"Dead Cells review — the apotheosis of the Roguelike"
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on filesystems without long filenames), and from the
5291:"The Twelve Years Of Nethack: Version 3.6.0 Out Now"
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6781:"The Many Faces Of Roguelikes: Seven Days Of Rogue"
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5692:"NDS Review – Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer"
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5954:"NetHack gets first major update in over a decade"
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3278:"On the Historical Origin of the "Roguelike" Term"
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5560:"Japan Votes on All Time Top 100 – Edge Magazine"
4943:"The History of Rogue: Have @ You, You Deadly Zs"
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2358:for short, derived from concepts presented in
2063:language allowed him to create a more diverse
1437:and Michael Toy in 1980 while students at the
1259:inspired similar PLATO-based dungeon crawlers
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5122:
5001:
4941:Barton, Matt; Loguidice, Bill (May 9, 2009).
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3625:
3106:which establishes roguelike progression in a
2948:that has elements in common with roguelikes.
2862:, and would serve as a major inspiration for
2193:remains in development today by the devteam.
1942:source, other developers were able to create
1396:, and giving him access to the more powerful
1364:, an earlier title McCord had created on the
257:
6838:
6649:Di Benedetto, Antonio G. (August 17, 2023).
6648:
6370:
4420:Kuchera, Ben; Groen, Andrew (May 13, 2013).
4419:
4353:
4307:
4205:
3637:"The 50 most important PC games of all time"
3584:
3444:
3264:
1372:in Kentucky; the game itself was based on a
1209:
822:as a weapon to petrify enemies by its touch.
5623:
5159:
5157:
5071:"Freeware Game Pick: Brogue (Brian Walker)"
4678:
4250:"Cloudy with a chance of being eviscerated"
4217:"Roguelikes Aren't Done With ASCII Art Yet"
3935:
3933:
3931:
3929:
3505:
3413:
3411:
3409:
3407:
2906:earliest cited examples of rogue-lites are
2858:(2006) uses the roguelike interface atop a
1018:Rogue-lites and procedural death labyrinths
314:narrative, reflecting their influence from
6967:
6953:
6736:
6413:
6411:
6409:
4973:
4934:
4545:
3800:"COLUMN: @Play: The Berlin Interpretation"
3766:
3700:
3698:
3622:
3553:
3551:
3420:"Video Games That Embrace Irony and Death"
2757:influence for roguelike concepts, notably
2583:Torneko's Great Adventure: Mystery Dungeon
1177:Another type of roguelike subgenre is the
264:
250:
6745:
6676:
6582:
6280:
5225:"A History of Roguelikes in 6 Free Games"
4974:Carmichael, Stephanie (August 12, 2015).
4829:
4684:
3742:"Rise Of The Roguelikes: A Genre Evolves"
2633:games span various franchises, including
1502:. Toy and Arnold had anticipated selling
501:suggested that with rising popularity of
6883:) is being considered for deletion. See
6845:
6583:McWhertor, Michael (September 2, 2013).
6483:
5821:
5470:
5255:
5190:
5163:
5154:
4915:
4882:
4485:
4247:
4215:Valentin, Christian (October 17, 2016).
4214:
3926:
3739:
3404:
2950:
2741:
2291:would eventually be dropped in favor of
2275:
2081:
1961:While there are some direct variants of
1339:had advantage of being distributed over
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633:
31:
6760:from the original on September 17, 2016
6597:from the original on September 24, 2019
6549:
6450:
6417:
6406:
6379:
6313:
6226:from the original on September 10, 2014
6211:
6084:"Where Do Dwarf-Eating Carp Come From?"
5788:
5755:
5405:
5387:from the original on September 24, 2015
5354:from the original on September 24, 2015
5222:
5110:from the original on September 24, 2015
4654:"More Games Need Daily Challenge Modes"
4651:
4585:
4368:from the original on September 15, 2016
4141:
3914:from the original on September 24, 2016
3899:
3695:
3670:
3548:
3417:
2570:Torneko no Daibōken: Fushigi no Dungeon
1983:, that were developed in the spirit of
1099:further identified games they consider
588:Defeating monsters earns the character
521:, but after three weeks of discussion,
14:
8039:
6823:from the original on December 11, 2014
6746:Brightman, John (September 16, 2016).
6484:McMillen, Edmund (November 28, 2012).
6432:from the original on September 3, 2014
6394:from the original on September 3, 2014
6358:from the original on February 16, 2016
6328:from the original on December 24, 2015
6283:"Spelunky: The Everlasting Platformer"
6193:from the original on November 17, 2015
6178:
6081:
6063:from the original on November 17, 2015
6032:from the original on November 17, 2015
5966:from the original on December 10, 2015
5853:
5803:from the original on November 18, 2015
5770:from the original on December 22, 2015
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5458:from the original on February 13, 2020
5443:
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4817:from the original on November 17, 2015
4743:
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4618:
4533:from the original on November 12, 2020
4518:
4452:
4386:
4354:O'Conner, Alice (September 14, 2016).
4318:
4262:from the original on November 17, 2013
4248:Nakamura, Darren (November 14, 2013).
4043:
3954:from the original on September 2, 2014
3900:Francis, Bryant (September 19, 2016).
3797:
3683:from the original on November 16, 2015
3572:from the original on December 18, 2015
3557:
3477:. Berlin: Springer. pp. 245–246.
3473:Rouchart, Sandy; Aylett, Ruth (2003).
3432:from the original on November 17, 2015
3276:Zapata, Santiago (November 13, 2017).
3275:
3098:-style approach in a roguelike dungeon
3083:, bringing roguelike progression to a
3025:Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space
2915:Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space
2897:Growth of the rogue-lite (2005–onward)
2860:construction and management simulation
2319:s code. They named their new version
1292:
541:
6974:
6948:
6778:
6724:from the original on January 23, 2021
6691:from the original on January 16, 2021
6677:Wiltshire, Alex (February 12, 2020).
6516:
6465:from the original on February 5, 2016
6244:
6179:Murphy, Stephen (December 26, 2012).
6147:
6129:from the original on November 7, 2021
6114:
6096:from the original on October 15, 2014
6017:
5999:from the original on November 3, 2015
5984:
5918:
5303:from the original on December 8, 2015
5288:
5270:from the original on November 9, 2015
5204:from the original on October 15, 2007
5164:Olivetti, Justin (January 18, 2014).
4885:"RPG Reload File 047 – 'Rogue Touch'"
4685:Zimmerman, Aaron (October 20, 2022).
4666:from the original on November 3, 2015
4652:Klepeck, Patrick (November 2, 2015).
4633:from the original on October 11, 2021
4556:
4467:from the original on January 22, 2014
4295:from the original on January 22, 2016
4280:
4178:
3866:
3754:from the original on October 13, 2018
3716:from the original on November 6, 2015
3510:. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR. p. 114.
3330:from the original on November 7, 2021
3288:from the original on October 14, 2018
3248:from the original on January 22, 2011
2542:had gained success by developing the
2121:, the massive fortress controlled by
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1307:(1978), written by Don Worth for the
6899:rec.games.roguelike Usenet hierarchy
6615:
6498:from the original on August 23, 2017
6451:Fischer, Fabian (February 4, 2016).
6295:from the original on January 2, 2016
6281:Frushtick, Russ (October 23, 2012).
5951:
5737:from the original on January 2, 2016
5704:from the original on January 2, 2016
5671:from the original on January 2, 2016
5656:
5638:from the original on January 2, 2016
5605:from the original on January 2, 2016
5418:from the original on October 3, 2017
5256:Davidson, Pete (December 17, 2013).
4897:from the original on August 26, 2015
4229:from the original on January 4, 2020
4123:from the original on August 10, 2021
4093:from the original on August 10, 2021
3939:
3595:
3309:"RFD: rec.games.dungeon.* hierarchy"
3227:"Time for a new level of hierarchy?"
2909:Strange Adventures in Infinite Space
2614:Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer
2217:. Harvey had been able to acquire a
2211:Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School
1439:University of California, Santa Cruz
836:Strange Adventures in Infinite Space
27:Subgenre of role-playing video games
6564:from the original on April 28, 2019
6259:from the original on April 13, 2015
6050:
5933:from the original on March 19, 2016
5900:from the original on April 29, 2012
5689:
5624:Casamassina, Matt (July 25, 2007).
5590:
5444:Parish, Jeremy (January 17, 2019).
5237:from the original on April 13, 2014
5223:Spenser, Alex (December 26, 2013).
5098:"Column: @Play: Angband – At Last!"
5077:from the original on April 20, 2015
5017:
4804:
4058:from the original on March 23, 2016
3881:from the original on March 20, 2020
3649:from the original on April 30, 2019
3610:from the original on March 19, 2020
3596:Moss, Richard C. (March 19, 2020).
2629:titles, many of the other Chunsoft
2027:but specifically flavored with the
912:
24:
6709:
6679:"How Hades plays with Greek myths"
6531:from the original on June 14, 2019
6453:"What do you mean, losing is fun?"
6247:"Infinite Caves, Infinite Stories"
6148:Smith, Graham (October 20, 2014).
5836:from the original on June 16, 2016
5478:"Cave Noire – Hardcore Gaming 101"
4838:"The Essential 50 Part 12 – Rogue"
4835:
4619:Stuart, Keith (October 11, 2021).
4600:from the original on July 28, 2015
4559:Game Design Deep Dive - Roguelikes
4500:from the original on March 5, 2014
4486:Nakamura, Darren (March 3, 2014).
3833:
3798:Harris, John (December 18, 2009).
3740:Hatfield, Tom (January 29, 2013).
3671:Brookes, Tim (September 2, 2013).
3418:Rothman, Joshua (April 22, 2014).
3013:(2012), credit Yu's approach with
2234:conference for the source code to
1474:University of California, Berkeley
1407:s PC release the same year due to
1155:with the roguelike formula, while
25:
8063:
6887:to help reach a consensus. ›
6866:
6793:from the original on May 13, 2014
6418:Pearson, Dan (January 30, 2013).
6160:from the original on May 24, 2019
5822:Schreier, Jason (June 16, 2016),
5373:Harris, John (January 15, 2010).
5178:from the original on May 18, 2015
5096:Harris, John (January 19, 2008).
4955:from the original on May 12, 2014
4920:. Cengage Learning. p. 338.
4883:Musgrave, Shaun (July 16, 2015).
4768:from the original on May 10, 2017
4453:Doucet, Lars (December 3, 2013).
4401:from the original on June 7, 2021
4010:"The Gateway Guide to Roguelikes"
3466:
3307:Solovay, Andrew. (July 2, 1993).
2680:A primary difference between the
2597:was that it used the established
2414:
2280:An example of a fixed level from
2175:codebase would be used to create
1033:combines roguelike elements with
310:. Most roguelikes are based on a
287:traditionally characterized by a
7179:
6910:– The Roguelike information wiki
6805:
6772:
6703:
6670:
6642:
6609:
6576:
6543:
6510:
6477:
6444:
6340:
6307:
6018:Smith, Adam (October 19, 2015).
5952:Kerr, Chris (December 8, 2015).
5495:Jeremy Parish (August 6, 2012).
5289:Smith, Adam (December 8, 2015).
5068:
4455:"On Procedural Death Labyrinths"
4283:"The Evolution of the Roguelike"
4281:Forde, Jack (January 21, 2016).
4193:from the original on May 5, 2015
4022:from the original on May 9, 2015
3940:Nutt, Christian (May 21, 2014).
3225:Panitz, Aliza. (June 18, 1993).
3071:, a roguelike incorporated with
2607:did not sell as well as typical
2557:stated their intent was to take
2372:Technical University of Dortmund
1380:in 1981, he had started work on
976:, using one keypress to enter a
61:
6813:"The 7 Day Roguelike Challenge"
6550:Gilliam, Ryan (June 11, 2019).
6314:Stanton, Rich (July 29, 2013).
6245:Birch, Anthony (July 7, 2009).
6238:
6214:"Making a Case for Short Games"
6205:
6181:"A Game 20 Years In the Making"
6172:
6141:
6115:LeRay, Lena (August 24, 2014).
6108:
6082:Weiner, Johan (July 24, 2011).
6075:
6044:
6011:
5985:Skyes, Tom (October 31, 2015).
5978:
5945:
5912:
5880:
5854:Parish, J (February 11, 2004).
5847:
5815:
5782:
5749:
5716:
5683:
5650:
5617:
5584:
5568:. March 3, 2006. Archived from
5552:
5533:
5521:
5488:
5366:
5340:Harris, John (April 26, 2008).
5333:
5282:
5249:
5216:
5089:
4967:
4909:
4876:
4805:Lee, Joel (November 28, 2014).
4798:
4713:Gordon, Lewis (June 30, 2022).
4706:
4645:
4612:
4586:Johnson, Mark (July 22, 2015).
4579:
4479:
4446:
4413:
4380:
4347:
4319:Brewer, Nathan (July 7, 2016).
4274:
4241:
4179:Smith, Graham (June 26, 2014).
4172:
4135:
4105:
4079:
4044:Harris, John (March 22, 2016).
4008:Jeremy Parish (April 6, 2015).
3893:
3860:
3558:Harris, John (March 11, 2015).
3499:
3031:as part of their influence for
2782:, acknowledged that games like
2553:Japanese audiences. Chunsoft's
2133:was released to the public via
1514:Following evolution (1980–1995)
1414:s superior graphics and sound.
664:game catalog, and the user-run
627:
496:The term "roguelike" came from
6779:Smith, Adam (March 20, 2012).
6710:Li, Roland (January 3, 2021).
6616:Tack, Daniel (April 6, 2016).
6517:Grubb, Jeff (August 6, 2018).
6380:Mahardy, Mike (July 4, 2014).
6150:"Survival Games Are Important"
5919:Wawro, Alex (March 18, 2016).
4519:Hawkes, Ethan (July 6, 2013).
3867:Bycer, Josh (August 7, 2015).
3836:"Essential 50: Part 12. Rogue"
3374:
3345:
3300:
3218:
3189:
3047:design" in titles produced by
2242:, stayed true to the original
2161:and altered the theme towards
2089:and its descendants—including
1990:
1289:, as no two games were alike.
795:representation of the dungeon.
13:
1:
6872:
6212:Carlson, Rich (May 2, 2005).
5789:Spenser (December 27, 2012).
5723:Caoili, Eric (May 28, 2008).
5593:"Shiren Wanders Into America"
4387:Winkie, Luke (June 6, 2021).
3178:
2874:(2014) is a more traditional
2838:Seven Day Roguelike Challenge
2567:, with the first title being
2196:
1468:was originally executed on a
1239:setting of the tabletop game
1151:is an example of combining a
546:Drawing from the concepts of
135:Social interaction in MMORPGs
6316:"The making of Rogue Legacy"
5888:"The best game ever – Linux"
5657:Lyon, James (May 22, 2008).
3183:
3168:Roguelike deck-building game
3137:
2876:turn-based role playing game
2366:was originally developed by
2308:, a philosophy professor at
2269:, the maintainership of the
2019:, but without the source to
564:, and gender, and adjusting
446:indie video game development
7:
3151:
3117:, a minimalistic roguelike
3051:developers and publishers.
2928:along with roguelikes like
2840:; examples include such as
2582:
1490:had joked at the time that
1331:, it was not as popular as
1136:Subgenres within roguelikes
806:do break this non-modality.
548:tabletop role-playing games
333:predates it, the 1980 game
316:tabletop role-playing games
302:, grid-based movement, and
10:
8068:
7177:
6352:Game Developers Conference
6051:Lee, Joel (July 7, 2014).
5756:Spensor (April 10, 2012).
5690:Day, John (May 27, 2008).
5591:Nix (September 20, 2007).
3635:staff (January 18, 2016).
2550:computer role-playing game
2351:Ancient Domains of Mystery
2310:University of Pennsylvania
2075:) is a close variation on
1423:
1202:
1198:
1011:Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead
960:for monetary treasure and
931:text-based user interfaces
905:do exist and are playable
381:Ancient Domains of Mystery
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7257:
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7115:
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7027:
7004:
6995:
6987:List of video game genres
6982:
6839:General and cited sources
5408:"Hackin' the Nights Away"
5406:Scorpia (February 1994).
2960:(2014) is a multiplayer,
2759:action role-playing games
2576:
2145:, leading to a number of
1875:
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1210:Early history (1975–1980)
491:
408:. The Japanese series of
7279:Digital collectible card
6885:templates for discussion
5540:ドラクエVSファイナルファンタジー 売り上げ対決
4158:10.1177/1555412015585884
3132:action role-playing game
3091:Crypt of the Necrodancer
3075:-style of platform games
2821:Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup
2749:Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup
2673:. Several titles in the
2474:Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup
2374:. After playing through
2330:s major deviations from
2177:Troubles of Middle Earth
1417:
1163:are effective roguelike
475:Crypt of the NecroDancer
405:Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup
343:based game that runs in
55:Role-playing video games
7364:Roguelike deck-building
7272:Roguelike deck-building
6717:San Francisco Chronicle
5626:"Nintendo Sales Update"
3387:news.announce.newgroups
3358:news.announce.newgroups
3317:news.announce.newgroups
3202:news.announce.newgroups
2934:beer and pretzels games
2657:, and a crossover with
2648:Pokémon Mystery Dungeon
2168:The Chronicles of Amber
1378:University of Tennessee
1224:Colossal Cave Adventure
842:The game is focused on
165:History of Western RPGs
155:History of Eastern RPGs
5198:"Angband variant list"
5035:Free software magazine
5029:July 26, 2020, at the
4916:Carreker, Dan (2012).
3023:(2012), credited both
3020:FTL: Faster Than Light
2965:
2912:(2002) and its sequel
2903:independent developers
2807:successfully received
2763:Blizzard Entertainment
2753:
2670:Etrian Mystery Dungeon
2464:Linley's Dungeon Crawl
2285:
2094:
2005:University of Oklahoma
1374:Dungeons & Dragons
1370:Henry Clay High School
1317:Dungeons & Dragons
1242:Dungeons & Dragons
1179:roguelike deck-builder
1038:
926:
711:Linley's Dungeon Crawl
693:Linley's Dungeon Crawl
647:
553:Dungeons & Dragons
457:FTL: Faster Than Light
321:Dungeons & Dragons
293:procedurally generated
43:
8047:Roguelike video games
7606:Tactical role-playing
7371:Tactical role-playing
6919:May 15, 2019, at the
6850:. Press Start Press.
6630:on September 24, 2019
5549:from www9.plala.or.jp
5545:July 1, 2010, at the
5412:Computer Gaming World
5033:by Ben Asselstine on
4744:Barton, Matt (2008).
4335:on September 19, 2016
3812:on September 20, 2015
3508:Dungeon Masters Guide
2975:Berlin Interpretation
2954:
2745:
2279:
2157:), which expanded on
2104:University of Warwick
2085:
2015:. Having access to a
1227:(often simply titled
1027:
920:
744:procedural generation
681:Berlin Interpretation
637:
622:procedural generation
523:rec.games.roguelike.*
438:from edge cases like
35:
7986:Vertically scrolling
5896:. January 27, 2000.
5572:on December 26, 2009
4850:on February 28, 2013
3848:on February 28, 2013
3506:Gygax, Gary (1979).
3056:The Binding of Isaac
3004:The Binding of Isaac
2588:(1993) based on the
2489:AD&D 2nd Edition
2244:Dungeons and Dragons
2189:(2009). The vanilla
2141:would become highly
2031:of the same name in
1157:The Binding of Isaac
998:and point-and-click
766:; the developers of
536:first-person shooter
463:The Binding of Isaac
170:Non-player character
7616:Turn-based strategy
7521:Submarine simulator
7327:Action role-playing
7234:Interactive fiction
6618:"Enter the Gungeon"
5482:Hardcore Gaming 101
5414:. pp. 62, 64.
5410:. Scorpion's View.
5024:Freeing an old game
4427:Penny Arcade Report
4331:USA. Archived from
4119:. August 21, 2019.
3001:, the developer of
2945:The Sorcerer's Cave
2827:Dungeons of Dredmor
2605:Torneko no Daibōken
2595:Torneko no Daibōken
2498:games (1993–onward)
2370:while a student at
2007:, inspired by both
1971:, most variants of
1455:, they came across
1345:Beneath Apple Manor
1325:Beneath Apple Manor
1313:Beneath Apple Manor
1304:Beneath Apple Manor
1293:Concurrent variants
1220:text adventure game
585:performed as well.
542:Gameplay and design
519:rec.games.dungeon.*
330:Beneath Apple Manor
300:turn-based gameplay
49:Part of a series on
8017:Video game modding
7959:Nonlinear gameplay
7621:Turn-based tactics
7589:Real-time strategy
6786:Rock Paper Shotgun
6684:Rock Paper Shotgun
6354:. March 28, 2013.
6154:Rock Paper Shotgun
6025:Rock Paper Shotgun
5296:Rock Paper Shotgun
4989:on August 15, 2015
4361:Rock Paper Shotgun
4186:Rock Paper Shotgun
3284:. self-published.
3173:List of roguelikes
3085:deck building game
2966:
2754:
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1205:List of roguelikes
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140:Character creation
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6425:GamesIndustry.biz
5069:Shaw, Cassandra.
4927:978-1-4354-6082-9
4761:978-1-56881-411-7
4145:Games and Culture
4089:. June 12, 2017.
3484:978-3-540-39396-2
3282:Slashie's Journal
3114:Vampire Survivors
3103:Enter the Gungeon
2981:was developed by
2731:Final Fantasy XIV
2469:experience points
2186:Tales of Maj'Eyal
2029:complex cave maze
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2686:Mystery Dungeon
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2631:Mystery Dungeon
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2555:Koichi Nakamura
2513:Fatal Labyrinth
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7123:Beat 'em up
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6133:November 6,
6003:November 4,
5970:December 8,
5462:January 17,
5422:November 9,
5307:December 8,
5208:January 18,
4890:TouchArcade
4698:October 27,
4670:November 4,
4637:October 12,
4493:Destructoid
4299:January 22,
4255:Destructoid
4222:Kill Screen
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3292:October 14,
3096:rhythm game
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2920:Digital Eel
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2778:s creator,
2516:(1990) and
2354:(1994), or
2071:(short for
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1948:data typing
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1090:random seed
1048:platformers
1035:beat 'em up
1008:(2017) and
921:A level in
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8041:Categories
7964:Open world
7875:Production
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7479:Sim racing
7446:Government
7381:Simulation
7072:Twin-stick
7006:Platformer
6908:Roguebasin
6890:Roguelikes
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6797:August 31,
6436:August 30,
6398:August 30,
6362:January 1,
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6100:August 30,
5796:Siliconera
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