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Crossfire Crossfire is an open source, cooperative multiplayer graphical RPG and adventure game. Since its initial release, Crossfire has grown to encompass over 150 monsters, about 3000 maps to explore, an elaborate magic system, 12 races, 15 character classes, a system of skills, and many artifacts and treasures. Crossfire is based in a medieval fantasy world and is similar to other games of this genre. hot Graal Graal is a massively multi-player (MMP) game that involves quests, player personalisation, persistent NPCs, sparring, and general exploration. Developed over the course of 3 years, the Graal MMP support hundreds and even thousands of simultaneously connected players. This means that you will interact in a vast virtual world, with many kingdoms and quests, with players from all over the world. hot Vendetta (commercial) Vendetta Online is a massively multiplayer game, shipping now, which permits thousands of players to interact as the pilots of spaceships in a vast universe. Users may build their characters in any direction they desire, becoming rich captains of industry, military heroes, or outlaws. A fast-paced, realtime "twitch" style combat model gives intense action, coupled with the backdrop of RPG gameplay in a massive online galaxy. hot A Tale in the Desert (commercial) A Tale in the Desert is a massively multiplayer role-playing game set in ancient Egypt. ADOM ADOM is a so-called rogue-like game. This means that it is a single-user game which allows you to play the role of an intrepid adventurer exploring a large dungeon with some specific goal in mind. The graphics in the game are based on simple text characters and the game is controlled with a large number of keyboard commands. Adonthell Adonthell is an open source Role Playing Game, a free role playing game that combines the best features of the Final Fantasy and Ultima series with an epic plot inspired by J.R.R. Tolkien. Adrian Adrian is a 3D strategy based killing game. It uses Quake2 bots. Aklabeth Aklabeth is a remake of Richard Garriott's Ultima prequel. Angband Angband is a graphical character-based RPG similiar to NetHack and Rogue. Angband has a very long history. It started 1990 as an improved and "Tolkienized" variant of Moria. Moria itself was created in 1985 and was inspired by Rogue (from the late 70s). Countless changes were introduced by many programmers on the way to the current versions of Angband. Annchienta The Annchienta project is a free, single-player graphical 2D tile-based RPG. The game takes place in an isometric fantasy world, where you battle to complete your epic and tragic quest. Explore the world, fight monsters and unravel the dark secrets of the past. Anoraks of Doom Anoraks of Doom is the first part of The Anchovy Trilogy, which can take a party of starting adventurers to a high level - of dudgeon, desperation and disaffection. Arianne Arianne is a role playing game with online and off line game support. There will be two clients, one with 2D isometric like Baldur's Gate and another with 3D like Quake or Might and Magic VI. Arkhart Arkhart uses/develops the Ark engine, which provides edition tools, a 3D client, and scripting facilities for the server. Asgard Asgard (ahs-gahrd) is a project aiming to create a classic video RPG experience complete with random battles, world maps, towns, dungeons, vibrant graphics, compelling music, and a creative plot. Auteria Auteria is a fantasy world within our real world. Avanor Avanor is rapidly-growing Rogue-like game with an easy ADOM-like user interface. Balazar Balazar is (will be) a 3D game mixing platform action and roleplaying. A multiplayer mode is planned, as well as a random map generator. Balazar is written in Python. CFPlus CFPlus is a Crossfire(+) client which was written from scratch in Perl with C bindings to SDL/OpenGL. It was written to have a more immersive overall gameplay and to base as ground to implement new features. Cosmos of Methos Cosmos of Methos is a role playing game. Crossfire TRT Crossfire TRT is an advancement of the crossfire multi-user RPG game. Unlike the original project, it focuses mainly on stability and playability, but also adds modern technology such as map scripting, Perl server extensions, asynchronous I/O, higher resolution graphics, and better client support. Crossfire-Extended Crossfire-Extended is a successor project to the RPG crossfire. It contains all the maps, features and objects of crossfire but adds 50% to the world and aims at a higher rate of media creation. Daimonin MMORPG Daimonin MMORPG is a third-person fantasy multiplayer RPG. Deliantra MORPG Client Deliantra is a client for Deliantra game servers. It offers an intuitive user interface for exploring the vast game world, a persistent minimap, powerful macros and keymaps, dialog-based NPC interaction, and easy configuration for the skill, spell, and item system. It is based on Perl, SDL, and OpenGL for high performance on modern systems, and works on both Unix and Windows. Ports to other platforms should be very easy and are underway. Devil Whiskey (commercial) Devil Whiskey is inspired by the popular RPG Wizardry and Dragon Wars this game features OpenGL graphics. Dink Smallwood Dink Smallwood is an expandable, moddable, RPG style game released by Robinson Technologies in 1997. DM Jot DM Jot aims to provide a quick and dirty way for Dungeons & Dragons Dungeon Masters (DMs) and players to keep each other in the know about their characters. DMOE DMOE is a free SDL implementation of the classic game Dungeon Master from FTL/Interplay. It will attempt to reproduce (as far as possible) the look and feel of the former Dungeon Master version Dragon Hunt Dragon Hunt is a small graphical Role-playing game. Egoboo Egoboo is a 3d dungeon crawling adventure in the spirit of NetHack. It uses OpenGL and SDL. It should run on any Wintel, Unix, and MacOS X system. ELBot ELBot is a automated character (a "bot") for the Eternal Lands MMOROG . Empty Clip Empty Clip is a top-down 2D action RPG in which you travel through mansions, dungeons, forests, caves, cities, skyscrapers, deserts, hell, and alien worlds. Enrapture Enrapture is an OpenGL based Roleplaying game in space. It is influenced by the old masterpiece ELITE. Epic of Thalia Epic of Thalia is an RPG of the non-MMO variety. It includes features such as an embedded Lua engine and a non-linear story sequence. Eschalon: Book I (commercial) Eschalon: Book I is the first in a trilogy of role-playing games designed to have a play style similar to classic RPGs of the 80?s and 90?s. Eternal Lands Eternal Lands is a multiplatform (Windows/Linux) 3D graphical online world that will evolve into a fully-featured MMORPG. It requires a hardware-accelerated video card that supports at least OpenGL 1.2. Exile III: Ruined World (shareware) Exile III: Ruined World is a fantasy role-playing game, now available in the world of Linux. Exile III is a fascinating epic in the tradition of Untima and Wizardry. FAangband Fangband is a variant of Angband, created to experiment with changes in melee algorithms, monster AI, spells, items, a substantial reduction in both HPs and damage, and whatever else might both catch the maintainer's fancy and be practicable for him to code. Falcon's Eye Falcon's Eye is a mouse-driven interface for NetHack that enhances the visuals, audio and accessibility of the game, yet retains all the original gameplay and game features. FreedroidRPG FreedroidRPG is an isometric RPG game inspired by Diablo and Fallout. There is a war, and we are losing it. No one really knows why the bots started killing us. Most don't even want to know. The human race is reduced to little more than a few isolated groups of people trying to survive. Somewhere in a place known as Temple Wood, a hero is about to wake up from a long sleep... GalaxyMage GalaxyMage is an open-source tactical RPG. A tactical RPG is a type of role-playing game where battles are fought in a turn-based manner. Characters move on a 3D grid and take turns making attacks. Gang-star Gang-star is a text-based roleplaying game in which the goal is to become the biggest bad-ass of the city. It allows you to play over 30 missions, play gambling games at the casino and much more. GearHead 2 GearHead2 is a giant robot roguelike role playing game set five years after the events of GH1. Features include random plot generation, detailed character creation, tactical/RPG modes, graphical/ASCII interfaces, and many kinds of mecha to play with. GearHead: Arena GearHead is a mecha roguelike roleplaying game. Set a century and a half after nuclear war, you can explore a world where various factions compete to determine the future of the human race. Major features include random plot generation, a detailed character system, and over two hundred customizable mecha designs. Gee Whiz Gee Whiz is a game in the same style of Wizardry that takes place in a two dimensional maze rendered from a first person perspective. Genecys Genecys is an open-source Multiplayer Online RPG (MMORPG) which places an emphasis on having an intricate AI for the NPCS, to enhance the player experience. The Genecys Project's goal is to create a massively multiplayer online RPG that is completely free to play, and run a server for. Ginanh Ginanh is a multiplayer, network RPG game. Our goal is to combine features of various games and give a free hand to player in interacting with surrounding. Ginanh is supposed to be easly extendable with ability to create scenarios, maps and objects. glHack glHack is a port of the game NetHack, using hardware acceleration via OpenGLŪ to render the 2D graphics. It uses LibSDL as the video and input library. GnomeHack GnomeHack is a Gnome port of NetHack, the popular role-playing game based loosely on Advanced Dungeons and Dragons(tm). goblinhack Goblin Hack is an opengl-based smooth-scrolling ASCII graphics game! Inspired by the likes of NetHack, it opts for a simple interface that appears to appeal to kids (and adults) and fires the imagination in today's world of over-rendered games. Gorky 17 (commercial) Gorky 17 is a horror conspiracy game mixing elements of strategy and RPG gameplay. You the player command a small group of NATO soldiers who must reveal the mystery behind the sudden appearance of hybrid creatures in a small Polish city named Lubin. Gtk2Hack Gtk2Hack is a graphical frontend (window port in nethack terminology) for the popular rogue-like role playing game nethack using the modern GTK2 toolkit. It aims to provide an improved visual interface while maintaining complete keyboard controlability. Hacknet Hacknet is a multiplayer networked roguelike. Client: telnet with a VT100 compatable terminal. harnmaker harnmaker is a character generator for the HarnMaster roleplaying game. Helherron Helherron is a fantasy roleplaying game where you get to create and control a party of eight heroes. It was shareware, but now it is freeware. Features include: 9 character classes, 9 races, over 500 different enemies/NPCs, set in a huge world (8 towns, 100+ dungeons). Hero of Allacrost Hero of Allacrost is a single player, 2D sprite-based role playing game. Hero of Allacrost is also often referred to as simply "Allacrost" or "HoA". Hopkins FBI for Linux (commercial) Hopkins FBI for Linux is an adventure game which offers many 3D cinematics scenes, hand drawn animations, sounds and music. Iter Vehemens ad Necem Iter Vehemens ad Necem is a graphical roguelike game, which currently runs in Windows, DOS and Linux. Its most innovative parts at the moment are its material handling system and its lighting system. JNetHack JNetHack is Japanese localization of the dungeon exploration game, NetHack. JnuxBand JnuxBand is a Linux bootdisk that contains everything you need to play Angband, an ASCII roguelike dungeon exploration game based on the books of J.R.R.Tolkien. jzip jzip is an interpreter for the Infocom z-code-format adventure games. Kamband Katachthonios Desmoterion is a wacky roguelike game based on Angband and an old Angband variant that used to be called "Kamband". Desmoterion is a somewhat fresh perspective on the roguelike genre with a few original ideas. Kamyran's Eye 2 (commercial) Kamyran's Eye 2 is a is a graphical fantasy-themed roguelike role-playing game. KQ KQ is a console-style role playing game. Originally developed by DoubleEdge software, abandoned and rescued by the Allegro community. KRogue Rogue for KDE - explore dungeons, fight with monsters, use magic items and find the amulet of Yendor. LambdaRogue LambdaRogue is a roguelike RPG. Centuries ago people went underground to survive. An endless river brought life to this dark world - but suddenly it brings evil, death & sadness. Legend of the Wind X Legend of the Wind X is a RPG game engine from stratch in C++, defaulted to textmode, but graphics/music adoptable, no requirement to link against other DLL's or libsomething.so, for programmers to develop and a more enjoyable customized game. Lgc A game similar to Zelda, with 2D graphics. Linley's Dungeon Crawl Linley's Dungeon Crawl is a free and portable roguelike molded in the tradition of the early greats of the genre: Rogue, Hack, and Moria. The player guides a single character deep into a subterranean complex to retrieve the Orb of Zot, fending off many horrible and hideous creatures along the way. LinuxRogue LinuxRogue is a version of the popular Rogue RPG. It needs ncurses to compile the source code. Lords of Midnight Lords of Midnight is an epic adventure game written for the ZX Spectrum microcomputer (amongst others) in the early 1980's which runs under Linux with dosemu. Lost Labyrinth Lost Labyrinth is a so-called "roguelike" roleplaying computer game with a "Zelda"-like graphics engine and very high replayability. Lynn's Legacy Follow Lynn the mercenary as she recollects the mysterious mission that nearly took her life. Travel through multiple overworld areas, (forest, towns, desert, mountains) and boldly step into uncharted dimensions in search of memory! MAngband MAngband is a free online multiplayer real-time roguelike game, derived from the single player game Angband. To win the game you must build up a character, selected from any one of 10 races and 6 classes, to be powerful enough to defeat Morgoth, Lord of Darkness, who lives in the dungeon 5000 feet below the surface of the town. As you work towards this near-impossible goal, you will chart unexplored dungeon passageways, do battle with legendary creatures, and find lost artifacts. Metacosm Metacosm is a framework for multiplayer Computer Role Playing, to easily build games. Miller's Quest! Miller's Quest! is a role-playing simulator game. It could also be described as a "fire-and-forget role-playing game". In other words, it is not a role-playing game in the most traditional sense, because there is absolutely no player interaction. The emphasis on this game is the simulation of role-playing. Mistlands Mistlands is an online roleplaying game created by the ZeroFps team for Windows/Linux OS. The goal with Mistlands is to create an open source online roleplaying game system that is similar to the pen & paper role playing games. Monster Monster is a short NES/SNES style RPG. Name of Game In Name of Game you control a peasant who must travel through woods, villages, mountains, mines, and more to complete several missions. Nazghul Nazghul is a computer role-playing game (CRPG) engine. NetHack NetHack is a single player dungeon exploration game that runs on a wide variety of computer systems, with a variety of graphical and text interfaces all using the same game engine. Unlike many other Dungeons & Dragons-inspired games, the emphasis in NetHack is on discovering the detail of the dungeon and not simply killing everything in sight - in fact, killing everything in sight is a good way to die quickly. Each game presents a different landscape - the random number generator provides an essentially unlimited number of variations of the dungeon and its denizens to be discovered by the player in one of a number of characters: you can pick your race, your role, and your gender. NetHack-De NetHack-De is a translation of the single player dungeon exploration game NetHack into German. Neverwinter Nights Client (commercial) Neverwinter Nights Client is a Linux client port of the popular Dungeons and Dragons engine. newt newt (formerly SDLPure) is a pure graphical NetHack/SLASH'EM interface mimicing the tty interface as much as possible in look and in feel, yet with tiles. It requires: SDL, SDL_image, SDL_mixer, SDL_ttf. noeGNUd noeGNUd is an alternate ascii/2D/3D UI for nethack using SDL and OpenGL. OpenRPG OpenRPG is a role-playing game shell. In its basic form, OpenRPG is a peer-to-peer chat program with some advanced die rolling capabilities, a web based miniature map, and a data organizer (game tree). Pentagram Pentagram is a project aiming to create an Ultima 8 engine for use on modern operating systems, including Linux, Mac OS X and Windows. Pertergrin Pertergrin is a fantasy role playing game. As such it has certain known features of this type of games. It has a freely invented historic background. The player (i.e. YOU) plays the role of a hero. The computer plays the role of the master which controls the game. Pertergrin is also a fantasy role playing game system. Planeshift Planeshift is a persistent fantasy multiplayer Role Playing Game with state-of-the-art 3D graphics. Porrog Porrog is a rogue like game very much in development. Project LRNJ Project LRNJ is a console-style role-playing game that teaches Japanese. pyrpg pyrpg is a project to create a Python-based 3D role playing game engine, similar to those used in The Bard's Tale or Might and Magic. It is currently in the very early stages of development. Qt NetHack NetHack is a graphical one-player role-playing game with a highly modular window system interface that supports TTY, VGA, Mac, Amiga and other displays. Qt is a graphical user interface toolkit. So, "NetHack with Qt interface" is a version of NetHack that has a user interface module written using the Qt toolkit. Quiet Console Town Quiet Console Town is a turn-based console RPG city simulator. You, as mayor, build the kind of RPG town you've always wanted heroes to visit. Regnum Online Regnum Online is a massive multiplayer online role playing game for the PC where the player are immersed in a 3D virtual world. There they can live as Elves, Humans Dwarves, or Dark Elves having exciting adventures, exploring the wild lands or joining an army of players to take on the other kingdoms armies. Rogue Rogue is the original graphical adventure game. RPG1 A text-mode console role playing game written in Perl. It features ASCII graphics provided by the ANSI::Color module, an inventory, a magic system, food depletion, killing, getting killed, a library system, and themes. RPGD RPGD is an addictive hack and slash style game. Multiple users play medieval characters and battle each other and monsters in arenas, gang fights, taverns, at sea, or in the deep, dank dungeons. S.C.O.U.R.G.E. S.C.O.U.R.G.E. is a rogue-like game in the fine tradition of NetHack and Moria It sports a graphical front-end, similar to glHack or the Falcon's eye. I tried to design the 3D UI as a best of both worlds from old to new: It lets you rotate the view, zoom in/out, view special effects, etc. On the other hand I've always liked the old-school isometric games like Exult or Woodward. Sacred Sacred is an enhanced version of the ROM 2.4b6 codebase. The enhancements include new player skills, spells, classes, and races. Samoth Samoth is a medieval/fantasy universe RPG. Save Scummer In Save Scummer, all the usual rough edges of roguelikes have been polished off. You no longer have to make obvious decisions like whether to open a door, climb stairs, attack an enemy, or even move down a corridor. Scorched Island 3D Scorched Island 3D is a game that combines tactics from the popular game "Scorch" and elements from RGP games. And all of this in three dimensions. Second Life (commercial) Second Life is a 3-D virtual world entirely built and owned by its residents. Since opening to the public in 2003, it has grown explosively and today is inhabited by nearly 100,000 people from around the globe. Silmar (shareware) Silmar is a random dungeon game for Windows and Linux. SLASH'EM SLASH'EM is a variant of Nethack. It is a roguelike, single-player role-playing game where the hero must venture through the depths of the Dungeon of Doom to retrieve the Amulet of Yendor. SoulFu SoulFu is a polished roguelike game. Sword of Fargoal (shareware) Sword of Fargoal is a simple rogue-like game where you are on a quest to retrieve the Sword of Fargoal, which lies between levels 15 and 20 of a dungeon. Tactical Rogue Tactical Rogue aims to take the best of two very interesting concepts and merge them together, namely, the variety and endlessness of rogue and the strategic elements of Tactics Ogre/Final Fantasy Tactics. Basically this means we'll be autogenerating vast amounts of items, weapons and armors, autogenerating dungeon labyrinths and autogenerating monsters based on set profiles. Tales of Middle Earth Tales of Middle Earth (ToME) is a fantasy adventure game, based on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien. It is a game that emphasizes intricate, challenging, and varied gameplay over graphics. Hundreds of different monsters in randomly-generated, unpredictable dungeons will strive to slay you by various means, and you counter - if you survive - by developing the skills of your choice and wielding mighty artifacts. The Black Legacy Darkness The Black Legacy darkness is a 3D medieval MMORPG project, licensed under the GNU GPL using OpenGL and SDL libraries. The Labyrinth of Time (commercial) The Labyrinth of Time is a retro adventure title from 1993 ported to SDL. The Mana World The Mana World is an attempt to create a free MMORPG in the style of "Secret of Mana" and "Ragnarok Online", completely customizable by the players by providing new ideas. The Metaverse The OpenSource Metaverse Project allows anyone to create and publish their own three dimensional virtual world, such as an MMORPG, a social virtual world, or a metaverse. The Minstrel's Song The Minstrel's Song is a roguelike game which seeks to let the user interact with a rich and extensive world. Among roguelikes, emphasis is on providing nonlinear play in a detailed environment. The Valley The Valley is a game that's probably got more home computer ports than any other - a twenty year old graphical RPG. Tibia Tibia is a medieval fantasy online game full of exciting adventures, mighty magic, and great battles. On your journey, you will meet players from all over the world. Tower Tower-game is a roguelike game of questionable intent and purpose. Tower of Doom Tower of Doom is a traditional roguelike dungeon crawler with a dark futuristic fantasy theme and many unique features. Ultima Iris Ultima Iris is a 3D game client for the popular Massive Multiplayer Role Playing Game "Ultima Online" (tm). Adding a third dimension to the well-known Ultima Online World, Iris allows the player to navigate the gaming environment just like any modern 3d rpg and still retain the unique roleplaying experience that only classic Ultima can provide. Umbra Umbra is a computer role-playing game written in Python. The world is randomly-generated for new play every time, but there is an eventual goal and storyline. Unangband Unangband is a variant of Angband that has a distinct flavor. You adventure in Tolkien's world, through towns and wilderness and multiple dungeons, journeying from Bree towards greater and greater danger. This variant roughly doubles the monster list, expands the class-based system of Angband with numerous possible specialties that let you fashion a unique character, offers an absurd variety of terrain, and includes a bunch of major interface improvements, including better presentation of graphics and an experimental isometric view. Warp Rogue Warp Rogue is a gothic science fantasy roguelike game. It is based on pen and paper RPGs and features complex game mechanics and a consistent theme. Futhermore many unique features set the game apart; it has a party system, a more forgiving variant of perma-death and a great UI for example. Windy City Pains CRPG Windy City Pains is an over-ambitious undertaking which uses the engine to emulate guns rather than magic (from the target's point of view, there's not much difference). There are a lot of fights, some of which are serious in their place, a few more bits of artwork, and a lot of wandering about to get things. Wolfpack Emu Wolfpack is a server-side Ultima Online MMORPG software. The project has started back in 1998 and has aquired both users and developers since then. xBaK xBaK is a fan-made remake of the classic Sierra computer RPG "Betrayal at Krondor" running on linux. xBaK is basicly a game engine, that uses the data files that came with the original game by Sierra Online. XU4 XU4 is a remake of the computer game Ultima IV. The goal is to make it easy and convenient to play this classic on modern operating systems. XU4 is primarily inspired by the much more ambitious project Exult. XU4 is a cross-platform application thanks to SDL; it's available for Windows, MacOS X, Linux and more. Xutumno Xutumno is an XWindow port of Utumno, which is a graphical, real-time, roguelike. Yet Another Dungeon-game YAD is a maze (or dungeon) game with a flexible text-based map format and interface plugins. You Only Live Once You Only Live Once is a rogue-like game in which you are represented by an @ which moves through a world populated by ASCII characters. The goal of this game is to tell a simple story. ZAngband ZAngband is a single-player rogue-like dungeon exploration game that runs on a wide variety of computer systems. ZapM ZapM is a silly science fiction roguelike game. Play as a space marine, psion, software engineer, or quarterback.
