Rogue: the original roguelike is preparing for the "debut" on Steam

Originally published June 1, 1985, Arrogant di Epyx e Pixel Games will be available on Steam starting from the next October 20 2020. In the title, players will take on the role of a thief, who will have to venture into the Dungeons of Doom in search of the legendary Amulet of Yendor. What made, and still makes, this game revolutionary for the time was the fact that i dungeons were generated completely randomly every time a player started a new game. Furthermore, in Arrogant players will be able to encounter 26 different levels, one for each letter of the alphabet, making the journey dangerous, and often very short. 

For the uninitiated, Arrogant di Epyx e Pixel Games has inspired many roguelikes over the years (such as Nethack, Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup and The Binding of Isaac), launching a category of games that remains very popular today, thanks to the guaranteed infinite replayability of the gameplay. But although the work of the US software house has been the "inspiring muse" of many titles, it has preserved some unique features, such as the graphic compartment entirely based on ASCII characters, long before emojis became popular thanks to the advent of social networks. At the moment we don't know what the price will be Arrogant su Steam, but seen that many classic titles produced Pixel Games oscillate between 2 and 6 dollars, we think that it is difficult for the stock to exceed this threshold.

Try the original that generated thousands of “Rogue-likes”. Venture into the Dungeons of Doom in search of the legendary Amulet of Yendor and hopefully escape with your life! Randomly generated dungeon layouts are waiting for you, filled with nasty monsters, treacherous traps and sparkling loot.

In the early 80s, a computer game emerged that changed the world of fantasy games forever. Randomly generated rooms meant that each journey into the infamous Dungeons of Doom was unique. The powerful combination of random generation with perma-death proved intoxicating, and the game was so influential that it spawned a whole genre: “Rogue-like”.

Now you too can experience the thrill of dungeon crawling for the legendary Amulet of Yendor in the original ASCII adventure.

• Fight dozens of unique and powerful enemies.
• Collect armor, weapons, food, and other items to help you on your quest.
• Search the rooms for hidden doors and traps.
• Discover strange spells and magical potions, which have different wonderful effects every time you play.
• Survive through 26 randomly generated levels, one more difficult and dangerous than the last, to find the Amulet, then escape… if you can!