Angband history

myshkin · October 23, 2014, 12:10

Prompted by the recent discovery (thanks, elly!) that most of the posts from rec.games.moria and rec.games.roguelike.angband are available for download from archive.org, I started curating a collection of Usenet posts about Angband. Please add on if you can (I'd like to see notable variant announcements and discussions about game design and strategy, for example), and enjoy if you haven't seen them before. Most of the links below go to Google Groups individual post pages.

The Angband trailer (Keith Robinson, May 1991)
A longer tease, part 1 and part 2 (Sean Marsh, Jan 1993)
The first release (Sean Marsh, Apr 1993)
Changes from Moria (Geoff Hill, Apr 1993)
A major Angband update announcement (Ben Harrison, Jan 1995)
Early discussion of the borg (Ben Harrison et al., May 1995)
The first (?) borg winner (Andrew White, Apr 1997)
The first competition (George Quail, Feb 1999)
The Arch-Mage's Tale (David Grabiner, Jul 2003 -- zip of chapters)
Tales of the Bold [V3.0.4] (Eddie Grove, Mar 2004)
The hunt for old authors' GPL consent (Dec 2006-Jan 2007)
Tales of the Bold Rogue (Eddie Grove, Jun 2008)

half · October 23, 2014, 13:39

This is brilliant. I've only read the first three so far, but they are a fascinating record. I actually got quite excited about this 'Angband' game. It is easy to look at all of its flaws now that they are well known (e.g. many cases of bigger but not actually better), but they really were making an impressive contribution to roguelikes. Artefacts and uniques are probably my favourite improvements, but I may be forgetting some others.

half · October 23, 2014, 13:41

Quote:

Originally Posted by myshkin

The Angband trailer (Keith Robinson, May 1991)

I had thought you were referring to these, which are already archived on this forum, but well worth watching again. I remember the first of them vividly.

http://angband.oook.cz/fun/lotr2.php
http://angband.oook.cz/fun/lotr3.php

thapper · October 24, 2014, 12:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by half

I had thought you were referring to these, which are already archived on this forum, but well worth watching again. I remember the first of them vividly.

http://angband.oook.cz/fun/lotr2.php
http://angband.oook.cz/fun/lotr3.php

"You hear a door burst open" made me laugh out loud, and I needed that, so thanks!

half · October 24, 2014, 13:18

Quote:

Originally Posted by half

Artefacts and uniques are probably my favourite improvements, but I may be forgetting some others.

Oh, I forgot vaults.

Nick · October 24, 2014, 13:35

This is a great collection, myshkin, well done.

half · October 24, 2014, 16:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nick

This is a great collection, myshkin, well done.

Nick: you probably want to download these for your archives as they might not be around for ever.

HugoVirtuoso · October 24, 2014, 23:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by half

Nick: you probably want to download these for your archives as they might not be around for ever.

....And re-post on another server. :

takkaria · October 25, 2014, 00:12

Quote:

Originally Posted by HugoTheGreat2011

....And re-post on another server. :

All the posts are archived on archive.org forever so it's probably not worth worrying about it.

AnonymousHero · October 25, 2014, 01:45

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Originally Posted by takkaria

All the posts are archived on archive.org forever so it's probably not worth worrying about it.

archive.org FTW. Although... they could probably use donations.

October 23, 2014, 12:10	#1
myshkin Angband Devteam member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 334	Angband history Prompted by the recent discovery (thanks, elly!) that most of the posts from rec.games.moria and rec.games.roguelike.angband are available for download from archive.org, I started curating a collection of Usenet posts about Angband. Please add on if you can (I'd like to see notable variant announcements and discussions about game design and strategy, for example), and enjoy if you haven't seen them before. Most of the links below go to Google Groups individual post pages. The Angband trailer (Keith Robinson, May 1991) A longer tease, part 1 and part 2 (Sean Marsh, Jan 1993) The first release (Sean Marsh, Apr 1993) Changes from Moria (Geoff Hill, Apr 1993) A major Angband update announcement (Ben Harrison, Jan 1995) Early discussion of the borg (Ben Harrison et al., May 1995) The first (?) borg winner (Andrew White, Apr 1997) The first competition (George Quail, Feb 1999) The Arch-Mage's Tale (David Grabiner, Jul 2003 -- zip of chapters) Tales of the Bold [V3.0.4] (Eddie Grove, Mar 2004) The hunt for old authors' GPL consent (Dec 2006-Jan 2007) Tales of the Bold Rogue (Eddie Grove, Jun 2008)

October 24, 2014, 13:35	#6
Nick Vanilla maintainer Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Canberra, Australia Age: 57 Posts: 9,426 Donated: $60	This is a great collection, myshkin, well done. __________________ One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.

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half Knight Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 909	This is brilliant. I've only read the first three so far, but they are a fascinating record. I actually got quite excited about this 'Angband' game. It is easy to look at all of its flaws now that they are well known (e.g. many cases of bigger but not actually better), but they really were making an impressive contribution to roguelikes. Artefacts and uniques are probably my favourite improvements, but I may be forgetting some others.

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