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		talloaktrees on July 7, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Going Rogue at the time when Diablo came out it was clear it was a polished, graphical version of Nethack

ido on July 8, 2023 [–]

It was more like a polished graphical off-shot of Angband. But I wouldn't call it a "version of it" anymore than I'd call Battlefield a version of Doom (or any platformer a version of Super Mario), they are simply games in the same (or similar) genre.

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