[Coco] rogue

[Bill Loguidice]

It's a good question, but I assume it had to do with the unusual
flexibility each port seems to have been given. In other words, it seems to
have been up to whoever was coding it to interpret it as they deemed best.
Certainly the classic inspirations and then the original PC version were
text-based - and that's how most Rogue-like purists prefer it - so it's not
a particular loss to not have traditional graphics. In fact, some actively
despise the graphical versions (or any graphical versions for that matter).
Certainly, while, for example, the Atari ST port is excellent, having the
visuals cuts down considerably on view/map distance, so you have far less
insight into the game world than you do with the text versions, and in
particular contrast, the 80-column CoCo 3 version.

You may want to check out our online-only bonus chapter from our book,
Vintage Games, on Rogue:
http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/4013/the_history_of_rogue_have__you_.php
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The comments include some additional info from the authors of the original.

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On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 10:17 AM, Mike Craig <mdcmike at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> I wonder why they only used text on the CoCo3 version?
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