Re: Epyx Rogue?

[Jeffrey Lampert <cjl068@email.mot.com>]

Rubywand wrote:
> 
> Manuel Polik writes ...
> >
> > Hi there!
> >
> > In the Spring '85 Epyx catalogue 'Rogue' was advertised for the Apple 2.
> > Does someone know if this version really existed?
>  ....
> 
>      Have that catalog, too. There's a checkmark by the title, which probably
> means Epyx was contacted for a review copy. However, I do not recall ever playing
> Epyx Rogue and the game does not seem to be in our collection. Also, it is not in
> The Giant List ( http://www.dadgum.com/giantlist/list.html ).
> 
>      In a later catalog, Rogue is listed again; but, not for Apple II. You could
> get Rogue for Amiga, Atari ST, PC, and Mac. Since Commodore 64 is not listed,
> either, it looks like Epyx Rogue was limited to larger platforms.

Not entirely true. Rogue was released for the Trs-80 Color Computer 3,
which
I'm not sure I'd consider a larger platform (although it did have a
primitive
version of X-windows called Multivue and some pretty nifty OS features
planned at the time of its demise).

			- Jeff


>      So, it seems unlikely that Epyx released an Apple II Rogue; but, I do not
> know for sure.
> 
> Rubywand

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