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Tag: foundational
Games: 10
Date Range: 1975 - 1993

01. dnd (PLATO)

[traditional] 1975 by Gary Whisenhunt

dnd (PLATO) is a computer role-playing game developed by Gary Whisenhunt and Ray Wood for the PLATO system in 1975. The game represents one of the earliest computer implementations of Dungeons & Drago...

Other
Diff: hard

02. pedit5

[traditional] 1975 by Rusty Rutherford

Pedit5 is recognized as the first computer dungeon crawler, developed in late 1975 by Reginald "Rusty" Rutherford at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. The game was created as a solo program...

Other
Diff: varies

03. Mines of Mordor

[traditional] 1979 by Scott Cunningham

Mines of Mordor is a roguelike computer game developed by Scott Cunningham in 1979 for the TRS-80 personal computer. It represents one of the earliest roguelike games developed for home computers and ...

Other
Diff: moderate

04. Rogue

[traditional] 1980 by Michael Toy

Rogue is the foundational video game that defined the roguelike genre, created by Michael Toy and Glenn Wichman (with later contributions from Ken Arnold and Jon Lane) at UC Berkeley. The game was inc...

Unix, DOS
Diff: hard

05. Hack

[traditional] 1982 by Jay Fenlason

Hack is a roguelike game released in 1982, developed collaboratively by Jay Fenlason and other contributors as an enhanced version of Rogue. The game introduced pet companions, shop mechanics, and rel...

Unix
Diff: hard

06. Ancalagon

[traditional] 1983 by Hans Pennings

Ancalagon is a roguelike game developed by Hans Pennings for the Philips P2000 computer, released in 1983. The game is historically significant as one of the earliest non-English roguelike implementat...

Other
Diff: hard

07. Moria

[traditional] 1983 by Robert Alan Koeneke

Moria is Robert Alan Koeneke's 1983 literary roguelike that brought Tolkien's Middle-earth to the genre, establishing the template for depth-based dungeon exploration and spawning the entire Angband f...

Unix, DOS
Diff: hard

08. Advanced Rogue

[traditional] 1984 by Michael Morgan

Advanced Rogue is a roguelike game developed by Michael Morgan and Ken Dalka, released in 1984. It represents the first major expansion and enhancement of the original Rogue, introducing significant n...

Unix, DOS
Diff: hard

09. Super Rogue

[traditional] 1984 by Robert Dan Henry

Super Rogue is an enhanced version of Rogue developed by Robert Dan Henry in 1984 as part of the mid-1980s Unix community enhancement wave. The game features improved visual presentation, expanded mec...

Unix, DOS
Diff: hard

10. Torneko no Daibouken: Fushigi no Dungeon

[roguelike] 1993-09-19 by Chunsoft

**The console roguelike revolution** - Chunsoft's **legendary achievement** that created the **first Mystery Dungeon game** featuring **Dragon Quest's Torneko** as protagonist, establishing the **Myst...

Super Famicom, Game Boy
Diff: moderate