February 15, 2010 – The Retro Gaming Treasury

Rogue: Story and Gameplay

On February 15, 2010September 6, 2018 By ciathyza

There are many versions of Rogue floating about. The original was published in 1980; the one I ended up playing was a 1985 DOS-based re-release (I’m playing in order of original release, not in order of the particular edition I find). The instruction manual sets up the story: you are […]

Rogue: the most difficult CRPG I’ve played

On February 15, 2010September 6, 2018 By ciathyza

The original version had even more primitive ASCII graphics. I played a 1984 update. Rogue was the second game I played as part of this little project, and it nearly ended the project. Computer games can up the difficulty–and, hence, much of the excitement–based on how often they allow you […]

Akalabeth and Skipped Games

On February 15, 2010September 6, 2018 By ciathyza

This main screen is from a later DOS re-make, by which time the game had become known as Ultima 0. [Edit from 2 March 2013: Over three years after I hurriedly wrote about Akalabeth at the beginning of my blogging experience, I revisited the game in much more detail, playing […]

Why We’re Here

On February 15, 2010September 6, 2018 By ciathyza

Hello, readers! Welcome to my blog, in which I play all computer role-playing games in roughly chronological order from the beginning of time to the modern age. As I write this paragraph, I’m currently in 1991 playing Fate: Gates of Dawn. I find that many people who stumble upon my […]