Re: Vanilla Rogue for Mac?

spamdummy3@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

My problem is simple: I like to play roguelikes, and my computer is a
Mac. (It runs Mac OS 9, to be specific.) That isn't a problem when it
comes to modern roguelikes such as NetHack and Angband, whose
developers have been kind enough to make Mac binaries available. But
things get trickier when it comes to, say, the original Rogue.

I have only been able to find two Mac ports of Rogue. One is a little
watered-down and has graphics, both of which qualities are, I feel,
unacceptable. The other is so bare-bones it lacks support for movement
using the numeric keypad. Now, maybe I'm just being too picky, but it
seems rather odd to me that nobody has done a faithful, high-quality
port of such a classic. Does anybody know where I could get my hands on
such a port? I'd be eternally grateful if you directed me to one.

Personally I think the best solution is to upgrade to OS X, since you
can get the classic version of Rogue for it. OS9 was harder to port
software to than to OS X, so if you've only found those two ports
that's probably it. If you don't want to upgrade I can see a few
solutions:

1) learn to use the vi-keys (well, it's the classic way to play
roguelikes),
2) find a server with Rogue on it, and play online with telnet or ssh,
3) contact the developer of either port, and add keyboard support
yourself. Probably requires CodeWarrior and coding skills.

Or you could,

4) play Crawl instead. ;)

--
Johan

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