[Coco] rogue

[Blake Patterson]

I was 15 playing Rogue on my Atari ST, and the graphics there really set a mood and connected dramatically with me, right then in my life. I am sure I would not have gotten into it right then had it just been a text-rendred game.

The CoCo 3 could easily have done a take on the ST graphics, with pretty close results, I'd say.



bp

On Sep 25, 2012, at 10:58 AM, Bill Loguidice <bill at armchairarcade.com> wrote:

> It's a good question, but I assume it had to do with the unusual
> flexibility each port seems to have been given. In other words, it seems to
> have been up to whoever was coding it to interpret it as they deemed best.
> Certainly the classic inspirations and then the original PC version were
> text-based - and that's how most Rogue-like purists prefer it - so it's not
> a particular loss to not have traditional graphics. In fact, some actively
> despise the graphical versions (or any graphical versions for that matter).
> Certainly, while, for example, the Atari ST port is excellent, having the
> visuals cuts down considerably on view/map distance, so you have far less
> insight into the game world than you do with the text versions, and in
> particular contrast, the 80-column CoCo 3 version.
> 
> You may want to check out our online-only bonus chapter from our book,
> Vintage Games, on Rogue:
> http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/4013/the_history_of_rogue_have__you_.php
> ..
> The comments include some additional info from the authors of the original.
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> On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 10:17 AM, Mike Craig <mdcmike at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> 
>> I wonder why they only used text on the CoCo3 version?
>> 
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