We’ve seen a lot of retro titles coming through the App Store of late and the trend doesn’t seem to be slowing. (And that’s fine by me!) ChronoSoft is putting the finishing touches on Rogue Touch, their iPhone port of the classic dungeon crawler Rogue.
Rogue Touch is the classic dungeon adventure-RPG completely reborn for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Explore the Dungeons of Doom while trying to retrieve the Amulet of Yendor…
Features as listed by the developer:
- Random dungeon layouts and items: no two games are ever the same!
- Graphical, animated actions, special attacks, traps, and more.
- Ambient background dungeon sounds.
- Auto-mapping feature with map overlay.
- Keyboard command system replaced with streamlined inventory-item-action
system for simple touch gameplay. Read scrolls, Drink potions (or throw them
at your enemies!) and much more with a clear, simple interface. - Dedicated on-screen buttons for resting and searching for traps/secret
doors. - Auto save system so you can resume where you left off next time.
- All of the monsters and items as seen in the Rogue ports of the mid 1980s,
plus new items! - Secrets to be found!
Rogue Touch appears to use an enhanced set of the well done graphics tiles found in the Atari ST commercial release of the game, giving it a nice appearance and a retro feel. The developer tells us that the game will be submitted to the App Store in the next few days. It will be available at a first-week introductory price of $2.99.
A future update will bring multiple difficulty levels, achievements, and new equipment and monsters.
Have a look at ChronoSoft’s demo video to get a feel for the game.
Users interested in this title may also want to have a look at Gandreas Software‘s solid iPhone port of Rogue [App Store, Free] which we looked at back in November.
