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Going Rogue - Part 01

Ben warms up and gets a feel for things before attempting his first real run.

Ben attempts to beat the original Rogue. Will he succeed?

Dec. 28 2020

Cast: Vinny, Ben

Posted by: Vinny

In This Episode:

Rogue

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Should've played Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup

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throwing my name in for the character pool

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Talk to that Rorie!

Loot those catacombs.

Share the wealth.

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AN INTRO?! Hell yes!

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Excited for this series. Love it.

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Good Luck Ben!

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Ben you're gonna use my name and you're gonna finish it

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love the intro

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taco bell

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The intro looks great!

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"holy shit. piss. It's Rogue."

Tip from a Rogue Liker: Positioning is important. When there are a lot of enemies, run into a nearby hall so you don't get surrounded.

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Allan Holdsless.

as a kid I had a copy of the freeware version of Castle of the Winds (which is available online from the dev and a fansite) I beat it one in like 24 years. but I also used the magic arrow cheat. been interested in rogues ever since.

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You're. Gonna. Finish It!

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Here for moral support.

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Hah, good luck Ben.

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This is a good dumb idea.

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Starting out by throwing your bow at a hobgoblin shows this is going to be a beautiful disaster. I can't wait.

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I totally think Ben can do it! Let's go!

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Is it fair to call actual Rogue a Roguelike?

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AleSatan enlisting for duty.

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excellent

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Go, Ben! Go name a character after me!

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Comment!

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Good Luck Ben! You know I love playing pure Rogue-likes like Nethack but never beaten true Rogue. I will say if you wish to play a more pure Rogue-like that might be easier to get into Shiren the Wanderer is a fantastic series that I wish more people talked about.

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I'm here for anything with "Papa Vinnie" in it.

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Edited By purspike

Is this rogue-like, rogue-like or rogue-ish?

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Don't pick me.

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Use my username Ben it's HOT!

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Was this intro made in Fuser?

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Edited By BlackLagoon

I guess you're playing the "original" commercial release by Epyx, but the actual original release was a hobby project for university BSD mainframes "around 1980".

Anyway, as someone who played its descendant Angband a ton in my youth, I'm finding this feature fascinating.

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@glots: my video stopping like it was the end of the video. I had to restart it it and find my place again. Same boat as you not knowing if was just me or a thing. But, you're the only other one I saw post about about problem. Soooooo, who knows.

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Got a good feeling about this series. Vinnies optimism of Ben’s ability is giving me unforeseen confidence.

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Definitely retreat into already explored areas. I treat these kind of games almost like a stealth game.

I've never played the original Rogue, but I played Nethack quite a bit, and after that, Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup. This seems quite bare in terms of features, but you would expect that from its age.

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Excited for this new ER

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Cool to finally see this game!

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Is this game rogue-like or rogue-lite?

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Name your Rogue my actual name, Joe!

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Welp, this is definitely not what I guessed it would be!

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I’d be honored to be your Rogue hero.

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This was a nice suprise, never played this one, but played Moria on Atari ST and later Angband on pc.

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You can't go wrong with CannyBangbang as your name.

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A prize?!?!?!

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All these DOS games coming to Steam makes me happy.

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Awesome, I’m down for this series.

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I am so excited for this.

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Ooh! I really hope dungeon explorer Izdoy makes it through!

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Ben, I would be honored if the Iron Octopus became your Rogue. You have my sword.

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This sure is a pit to fall down lol

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@dkbomber13: Same thing happening me. 15 minutes in and the video just stops playing (twice so far) and I've to refind my position. I just downloaded it instead. It only 423 megs on HD probably due to the very low bitrate required for this video.