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Expand the history pages for Advanced Rogue 7 and XRogue.
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date | Sun, 04 Apr 2021 21:19:07 -0400 |
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--- a/web/about/arogue7.html Sat Apr 03 11:12:36 2021 -0400 +++ b/web/about/arogue7.html Sun Apr 04 21:19:07 2021 -0400 @@ -9,11 +9,17 @@ <h1>Advanced Rogue 7</h1> <div class="nav"><a href="/">RLGallery</a> -> <a href="/about/">About</a> -> Advanced Rogue 7</div> <div class="content"> -<p>Advanced Rogue is a derivative of <a href="rogue3.html">Rogue 3.6</a>, with borrowings from <a href="srogue.html">Super-Rogue</a>. -It was developed at AT&T, mainly by Michael Morgan and Ken Dalka. Version 7.7 was released in the middle of 1986. -<p>This version of Advanced Rogue features nine character classes, some with special conduct requirements. It also includes a rewritten time system.</p> -<p>The <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180418191859/http://rogue.rogueforge.net/">Roguelike Restoration Project</a> updated the game to run on modern computers.</p> -<p>The Roguelike Gallery has fixed some bugs related to command repetition and saved games.</p> +<p>This game is a version of Advanced Rogue 7.7.</p> +<h2>History</h2> +<p>Michael Morgan, Ken Dalka, and their colleagues at AT&T kept working on Advanced Rogue after releasing <a href="arogue5.html">version 5.8</a>. Their game eventually had nine character classes, some with special conduct requirements. They also rewrote the time system.</p> +<p>In July 1986, they made a release numbered 7.7, the last surviving version of Advanced Rogue, though there are some references to a version 7.8.</p> +<p>The <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180418191859/http://rogue.rogueforge.net/">Roguelike Restoration Project</a> found the source code "floating on the internet" and produced a restored version in 2006.</p> +<p>The Roguelike Gallery began maintaining Advanced Rogue 7 in 2015. Some bugs related to command repetition and saving games have been fixed.</p> +<h2>More Information</h2> +<ul> +<li>The Roguelike Restoration Project's <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180418165100/http://rogue.rogueforge.net/advanced-rogue-7-7/">information page</a></li> +<li>A <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160603075331/http://rogue.rogueforge.net/advanced-rogue-7-7/dod77/">guide to playing</a></li> +</ul> </div> <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> </body>