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changeset 96:1555628aedd3
Expand the history pages for Advanced Rogue 7 and XRogue.
author | John "Elwin" Edwards |
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date | Sun, 04 Apr 2021 21:19:07 -0400 |
parents | 501ea260724f |
children | fb292a0184d9 |
files | web/about/arogue7.html web/about/xrogue.html |
diffstat | 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) [+] |
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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>
--- a/web/about/xrogue.html Sat Apr 03 11:12:36 2021 -0400 +++ b/web/about/xrogue.html Sun Apr 04 21:19:07 2021 -0400 @@ -9,10 +9,18 @@ <h1>XRogue</h1> <div class="nav"><a href="/">RLGallery</a> -> <a href="/about/">About</a> -> XRogue</div> <div class="content"> -<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> -<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 XRogue 8.0.</p> +<h2>History</h2> +<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> +<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> +<p>The Roguelike Restoration Project continued working on XRogue until 2005, when an update numbered 8.0.3 was released.</p> +<p>The Roguelike Gallery began maintaining XRogue in 2015, fixing some bugs related to command repetition and saved games.</p> +<h2>More Information</h2> +<ul> +<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> +<li>A <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160603060001/http://rogue.rogueforge.net/xrogue-8-0/dod80/">guide to playing</a></li> +<li>An <a href="http://www.gamesetwatch.com/2009/03/column_play_xrogue_has_not_yet_ceased.php">@Play article</a> on XRogue</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>