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Egoboo is a fun 3D Rogue-like game for Windows, Mac, and Linux
by Sebastian Anthony Nov 4th 2009 at 12:00PM
Egoboo is a (90 megabyte!!) 3D Rogue-like game. Rogue is a very, very old game -- the original adventure game, really -- and Egoboo builds on its legacy, throws in a little hack-and-slash... and it's even a bit of a RPG! There is loot, there are gribbly monsters that are out to eat your face, and there are plenty of pretty zones to explore (plus there's a map editor!)
To top it all off, it's fully cross-platform (Windows, Mac AND Linux) and has a thriving forum community. It's free of course. Oh, and It's quite brutal. I died several times very quickly, so I'd recommend reading the guide before you jump in.
Download Egoboo (yes, their site is so old it even uses frames! OK, iframes, but still...)
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Parker said 10:01PM on 11-06-2009
You take that back! Zork is the original adventure game.
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Sebastian Anthony said 10:01PM on 11-06-2009
OK, Rogue was the first GRAPHICAL adventure game.