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In 1980, computer systems were instruments of technology and mathematics, armed forces secrets and academia. Stern administrators lorded over sterile school laboratories and pressured one indicate the wide-eyed students privileged enough to create foot within them: Computers weren't toys. Defying expert, hackers seized control of monolithic mainframes to create a new variety of video game: the roguelike, cryptic, and tough-as-nails adventures drawn from text-based symbols rather than state-of-the-art 3-D images. Despite their visible simplicity, roguelike video games captivate thousands of players about the world. From the writer of the best-selling Stay Awhile and Listen closely series, Dungeon Hacks presents you to the visionaries behind some of the most popular roguelikes ever and shows how their masterpieces paved just how for the blockbuster video games of today - and beyond.
