🧙♂️ Calling all C64 adventurers!
Paul Nicholls – higher recognized to the retro neighborhood as Syntax Error Software program, is again with one other Commodore 64 gem: ROGUEish, a brand-new roguelike impressed by the cult favourites Rogue 64 (C64) and Roguecraft (Amiga).
When you’re a sucker for pixel-perfect dungeon crawling, randomised loot, and that candy “only one extra run” feeling, then ROGUEish is correct up your retro alley. It’s bought the whole lot we love about old-school roguelikes – difficult exploration, permadeath rigidity, and heaps of attraction, all neatly packed into wonderful 8-bit type.
Developed for actual C64 {hardware} (and emulators, in fact), ROGUEish captures that basic stability between frustration and reward – with each run feeling contemporary, each mistake feeling like your personal, and each treasure chest may simply be your final.
🕹️ Why you’ll like it:
- Attractive C64 visuals that ooze nostalgia.
- Procedurally generated dungeons to maintain you guessing.
- A soundtrack that’ll make your SID chip sing.
- Homage to the golden age of roguelikes – constructed by a dev who will get it.
So whether or not you’re a die-hard C64 proprietor or simply somebody who loves seeing new life breathed into previous {hardware}, ROGUEish deserves a spot in your floppy (or SD card!).
supply: Syntax Error Software program
🎮 Able to descend into the dungeon?
Head over to Paul’s itch.io web page to seize ROGUEish now:
Then tell us how lengthy you survive earlier than the dungeon will get the higher of you — as a result of on this planet of ROGUEish, each run is a narrative ready to be informed.

