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9 <h1>XRogue</h1>
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10 <div class="nav"><a href="/">RLGallery</a> -&gt; <a href="/about/">About</a> -&gt; XRogue</div>
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12 <p>This game is a version of XRogue 8.0.</p>
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13 <h2>History</h2>
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14 <p>XRogue is a further development of <a href="arogue7.html">Advanced Rogue 7</a>, created by Robert Pietkivitch. He completed this version, numbered 8.0, in 1991 or 1992. Compared to its predecessor, it features interface improvements and small adjustments to the game's balance.</p>
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15 <p>Robert Pietkivitch provided the XRogue source code to the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180418191859/http://rogue.rogueforge.net/">Roguelike Restoration Project</a> and helped with the restoration work. Sadly, he was killed in a car accident on December 3, 2002, leaving an unfinished set of changes.</p>
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16 <p>The Roguelike Restoration Project continued working on XRogue until 2005, when an update numbered 8.0.3 was released.</p>
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17 <p>The Roguelike Gallery began maintaining XRogue in 2015, fixing some bugs related to command repetition and saved games.</p>
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18 <h2>More Information</h2>
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19 <ul>
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20 <li>The Roguelike Restoration Project's <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180418165125/http://rogue.rogueforge.net/xrogue-8-0/">information page</a></li>
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21 <li>A <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160603060001/http://rogue.rogueforge.net/xrogue-8-0/dod80/">guide to playing</a></li>
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22 <li>An <a href="http://www.gamesetwatch.com/2009/03/column_play_xrogue_has_not_yet_ceased.php">@Play article</a> on XRogue</li>
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25 <div class="foot"><a href="/">RLGallery</a> <a href="/recent.cgi">Recent Games</a> <a href="/scoring/high.cgi">High Scores</a> <a href="/notes/">Notes</a> <a href="https://rlgallery.org:8080/">Play</a></div>
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