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  1. Necklace of the Eye - This is not actually a Roguelike, but instead it is a program that allows you to give 2d or 3d graphics to a console based Roguelike
  2. http://roguetemple.com/z/noteye.php
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  4. ADoM - A classic Roguelike which features a world map, a quest tree, multiple endings, and a detailed character generation system.
  5. http://www.adom.de/
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  7. Alan's Psychedelic Journey - A coffee-table Roguelike in which you attempt to make your way through a dungeon while eating every mushroom in sight
  8. http://exador.sourceforge.net/apj.html
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  10. Ali Baba's Cave - A stealth based coffee-table Roguelike. Collect treasure, rescue the princess, and try to avoid combat when possible by staying out of the light.
  11. http://www.stambouliote.de/alibaba/
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  13. AliensRL - Based on the movie aliens, this coffee-table Roguelike is action packed and features sound effects
  14. http://alien.chaosforge.org/downloads
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  16. Angband - The classic that inspired the Blizzard game "Diablo". It takes some inspiration from Lord of the Rings and is fairly straightforward.
  17. http://rephial.org/
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  19. A Quest Too Far - A coffee-table Roguelike where you are an old veteran adventurer who starts out very powerful but becomes weaker as you gain experience.
  20. http://www.randomstuff.org.uk/~geoffrey/roguelikes/aquesttoofar.html
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  22. Berserk! - This coffee-table Roguelike is a fantasy survival game of tactical bloodshed, loosely based on Kentaro Miura's Berserk manga.
  23. http://berserk.chaosforge.org/index.php?module=downloads
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  25. Brogue - Simple yet elegant, and very, very cruel. Familiar character based graphics are brought to a new level. You must play this.
  26. http://sites.google.com/site/broguegame/
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  28. CastlevaniaRL - Castlevania lovingly made into a Roguelike. Music, classes, monsters & more!
  29. http://slashie.net/page.php?6
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  31. Cataclysm - Post apocalyptic survival with detailed inventory and combat systems and surprisingly interesting/expansive crafting.
  32. http://whalesdev.com/download.php
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  34. ChessRogue - If you are a fan of chess, than this coffee-table Roguelike is for you!
  35. http://chessrogue.sourceforge.net/
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  37. DoomRL - It's DOOM! Guns, health kits, levers, more guns & a new graphical update so there's lot's & lot's of blood! All as a turn-based Roguelike!
  38. http://doom.chaosforge.org/
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  40. Dungeon Crawl: Stone Soup - This is a straight forward Roguelike in the spirit of Nethack. It contains many classes/races, a nice interface, and multiple game modes.
  41. http://crawl.develz.org/wordpress/downloads
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  43. Elona - Detailed, huge RL with a JRPG theme.
  44. http://homepage3.nifty.com/rfish/index_e.html
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  46. Frozen Depths - Featuring solid gameplay, this is a combat-oriented Roguelike game that takes place in a cold fantasy world.
  47. http://koti.mbnet.fi/frozend/download.php
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  49. Gearhead 1/2- MECHAS!
  50. http://www.gearheadrpg.com/
  51. (To get GH1 to run properly download http://sourceforge.net/projects/gearhead/files/gearhead/1.100/gh-1100-sdlimage.zip/download and unzip it to the same directory as arena.exe)
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  53. Gruesome - "It is pitch black. You are likely to eat someone..." This coffee-table Roguelike is stealth based, incorperating light sources and a FoV for NPCs
  54. http://www.gruesomegames.com/
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  56. Guild - A very unique Roguelike in the sense that it gives you control over a party of 4 adventurers rather than the traditional solo dungeon diving
  57. http://www.roguetemple.com/guild/
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  59. Hydra Slayer - Carefully select what weapons to use to cut off all the hydra's heads. Basic math skills are needed to get anywhere in this game.
  60. http://www.roguetemple.com/z/hydra.php
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  62. IVAN - Iter Vehemens ad Necem
  63. RL with a sense of dark-humor, I discovered here & love it.
  64. http://ivan.sourceforge.net/
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  66. Nethack - One of the granddaddies of the genre.
  67. http://www.nethack.org/
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  69. NLarn - This project took re-coded the Roguelike "Larn" from scratch and the result is a more stable and aesthetically pleasing version of a classic.
  70. http://nlarn.sourceforge.net/
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  72. Omega - A somewhat obscure but very in-depth Roguelike which features a world map, a questing system, and a good sense of humor
  73. http://www.alcyone.com/max/projects/omega/
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  75. POWDER - A simple but fairly difficult roguelike in the vein of Nethack. Great for beginners to the genre, and also available on the NDS,GBA and PSP.
  76. http://www.zincland.com/powder/index.php?pagename=about
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  78. Red Rogue - Flash based platformer style of RL, still being dev'd, so new features always being added.
  79. http://robotacid.com/flash/red_rogue/
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  81. Rogue - The original Roguelike! It may lack complexity, but without it, none of the other games in this list would exist.
  82. http://rogue.rogueforge.net/
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  84. Rogue Survivor - Zombie themed RL where the goal is survival.
  85. http://roguesurvivor.blogspot.com/
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  87. Sil - A complex roguelike that boasts a very by-the-book Tolkien theme, with strong emphasis on tactical combat and discovery.
  88. http://www.amirrorclear.net/flowers/game/sil/
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  90. Slaves to Armok II: Dwarf Fortress - Besides the excellent mining & building main game there is an adventure mode.
  91. http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/
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  93. Slash'EM - This project is Nethack with added classes, races, items, spells, techniques, creatures, and dungeon branches
  94. http://slashem.sourceforge.net/
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  96. Sporkhack - This project is Nethack with some modified code to improve game balance, making it easier in the early game and harder in the end game
  97. http://sporkhack.com/
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  99. T.o.M.E. - Featuring the T-Engine, this Angband-based Roguelike has unlockable content and support for player created modules
  100. http://te4.org/download
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  102. You Only Live Once - This coffee-table Roguelike has a unique combat system(attacks never miss) and a nice dungeon generation system
  103. http://www.zincland.com/7drl/liveonce/
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  105. ZeldaRL - Based on the hit video-game franchise "Zelda"
  106. http://slashie.net/page.php?22
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  108. For a more complete list of Roguelikes look here
  109. http://roguebasin.roguelikedevelopment.org/index.php/List_of_roguelikes_by_name
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