Subj : Re: ANSI Dungeon World...
To   : kirkspragg
From : Shurato
Date : Sat Jul 19 2025 06:58 pm


 ki> Sh> When I worked at IBM in the early 90's, I was able to telnet to a
 ki> system
 ki> Sh> that had a mostly full screen ANSI world with dungeons and cities.
 ki> It
 ki> Sh> was much more than a rogue like, it was an entire world.  Does anyone
 ki> Sh> know what I'm talking about, or where I could find something like
 ki> this?
 ki> Sh> I'd just be willing to play it, I don't have to host it (though I'd
 ki> like
 ki> Sh> to!).

 ki> Would that have been angband or one of it's many many derivatives?

It wasn't angband.  It was a more detailed upper world, like the door game
LORE, but full screen, not in a window.

 ki> If you want to take it for a spin there is a website that lets you play
 ki> multiple different versions  and derivatives of it: angband.live

 ki> zangband and some of the other angband derivatives are kinda like nethack
 ki> but with an overworld with towns an multiple dungeons...

 ki> ... All answers questioned here.

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