Re: Rogue and Empire for Atari

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From: Ken Arnold%CGL
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1985 02:07

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In article <212@ihu1n.UUCP> freak@ihu1n.UUCP (c e malloy) writes:
>1) Will the Epyx versions be *just* like the main-frame versions?
>	I think not.  There is not enough memory on the Atari computers
>	to run a program as complex as Rogue or Empire.  The code for Rogue
>	is over 250K.  There are over 80 monsters in the version that I
>	play.  Add to that: various weapons, armor, potions, scrolls, wands
>	staffs, rings, etc.  And don't forget about the randomly generated
>	rooms, halls, traps, and other things.  It just won't fit in 48K,
>	64K or even in the 160K (you can get that high if you have a 128K
>	RamPower).

The Epyx versions will be virtually identical to 5.3 rogue, distributed
with 4.2bsd.

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From: arnold@ucsfcgl.UUCP (Ken Arnold%CGL)
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Subject: Re: Rogue and Empire for Atari
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Date: Tue, 26-Mar-85 21:07:43 EST
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