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[Sowelu]

Specifically I'm looking at very-low-fantasy, but tech to the level that you might have energy shields or be able to heal wounds sometimes.

Gearhead kinda works, though I've always hated that game as a matter of purely personal taste.  And a LOT of old games (like the unofficial sequel to Starflight 2, I don't remember the name...also, the precursor to Fallout which I also don't remember) are smack-dab in the middle of this genre, but they're not roguelikes--they have multiple party members, plotlines and NPCs and stuff, and expect you to save.

DoomRL is a REAL good example, but it is simplistic.    I really, really like some of its game mechanics however.

I ask because every once in a while I get it into my head that I want to make a post-apocalyptic roguelike featuring long tunnels underground, an emphasis on ranged weapons, taking cover behind debris, and the ability to hear noises from far away--they'll show up on your map as a circle where you don't know for sure where in the circle they are.  Repairing machinery, scavenging stuff, etc.

I'd like to know if anyone else already did that so I don't have to, and also so I can find more mechanics to rip off, heh.

[a1s]

the "precursor to fallout" is called "Wasteland".

as for apocalyptic roguelikes, there's:
alphaman (ASCII)
Thunderbolt (graphical)
Boomtown  , the worlds are random, and it generally feels like it fits here, even if it's not at all a roguelike, but a survival game. (Old!)
lambdarogue
if you liked doomRL, look into MetoridRL (ASCII) (or for that matter castlevaniaRL- graphical and just better)
warprogue


in the sci-fi category it's impossible not to mention RLprospector, because it's right in the next thread (not that that's the only reason to mention it)

[Sowelu]

That was very informative, thanks!

Since it's often hard to know how good a roguelike is before playing it for a while, could you recommend favorites?

(RLprospector was good!  And MetroidRL was pretty neat.  Haven't played the others.)

[a1s]

actually my favorites are Gearhead and Prospector, both of which you played. 

[Muz]

Hah, I enjoyed alphaman back in the days when ADOM was king. It's sort of messed up, but that was what was fun about it. It's an old one, though.