Re: Vanilla Rogue for Mac?

On 12 May 2006 08:53:30 -0700, johan.strandell@xxxxxxxxx tried to
confuse everyone with this message:

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.

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.

There is also a Rogue clone implemented for Z-machine (which is mostly
used for interactive fiction games)

You can download it at
ftp://ftp.ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/inform/rogue.z5

You need a Z-machine interpreter to play it, one of these probably
works:
http://www.inform-fiction.org/zmachine/macos.html

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