chris@umcp-cs.UUCP (04/16/84)
(I decided I just couldn't let this one go with only a mail reply...) A ``superb'' job? Now wait just a minute here! I'll grant them a ``good job'' or even perhaps a ``bravo!'', but ``superb''? Never! How many games have I lost because of some stupid bug in the source? How many times must I kill a great game because rogue can't figure out where to put the next monster in the room ----- |AKK| |HJS| ----- ? How about the poor guy that was ``killed by God''? Unless and until I see a rogue that doesn't crash on one out of five games, I'll hold back on my ``superb''s. Tongue planted firmly in cheek, -- In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Univ of MD Comp Sci (301) 454-7690 UUCP: {seismo,allegra,brl-bmd}!umcp-cs!chris CSNet: chris@umcp-cs ARPA: chris.umcp-cs@CSNet-Relay
nonh@utzoo.UUCP (Chris Robertson) (05/24/84)
Yeah, rogue's a great game. About the source, though -- I don't want to rip the originators off, I just want to do my own variations for my own and my friends' amusement! Since rogue is not sold commercially, I wish they'd let the source out -- think of all the fun stuff you could do! (dirty rogue, anyone?) ... surely a suitable acknowledgement to the original authors could be made in the "Version" command. --Isolde the Invincible
wcs@ho95b.UUCP (59577) (05/30/84)
From nonh@utzoo.UUCP (Chris Robertson) Wed Dec 31 19:00:00 1969
....
Since rogue is not sold commercially,
I wish they'd let the source out -- think of all the fun stuff you could
do! (dirty rogue, anyone?) ... surely a suitable acknowledgement to
the original authors could be made in the "Version" command.
--Isolde the Invincible
Wrong - Rogue is sold commercially, for the IBM-PC. You can
find ads in Byte or similar magazines. The authors of standard
UNIX(tm) Rogue(tm?) adapted it, and renamed any monsters that
would be affected by copyrights for Dungeons and Dragons(tm of
Gary Gygax/TSR Hobbies), which is why the monsters in Rogue 5.3
have weird names.
"Oh bummer! It's all dark!"
--
Bill Stewart
AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel NJ
...!ihnp4!ho95b!wcschongo@nsc.UUCP (Landon C. Noll) (06/03/84)
a superb job eh? have you seen rogue 3.6 sources? id like to get famious after writing such quality code! :-) but on the nice side, the goodness of ROGUE is in the IDEA of the game. since you cant get sources, the quality of the source has less impact. (except for save file bugs, and Fly Traps that move, and .... ) chongo <> /\../\