Rogue is a very cool game, but what get me into the genre is Angband and Nethack.
I played them with ascci tiles on my computer at the french university in 2002-2004 and my classmates where all playing Warcraft 3, Diablo or Call of Duty and they where very confused to see my little games!
I think that ascii characters are a good interface for this kind of game because the brain has to work to imagine the game which makes the memories of games more memorable.
I still play Nethack some times and I must try Brogue. I never had the time to get into Dwarf Fortress.
I played them with ascci tiles on my computer at the french university in 2002-2004 and my classmates where all playing Warcraft 3, Diablo or Call of Duty and they where very confused to see my little games!
I think that ascii characters are a good interface for this kind of game because the brain has to work to imagine the game which makes the memories of games more memorable.
I still play Nethack some times and I must try Brogue. I never had the time to get into Dwarf Fortress.