Doom: The Roguelike — Kill Demons without Those Pesky Graphics

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PC games didn’t always have amazing visuals — they used to involve moving little blocks that look like smiley-faces around maps made from the “#” symbol. ChaosForge returns to the ASCII days of yore, boldly taking Doom where no first-person shooter has gone before.

Doom: The Roguelike is actually just one of the projects that ChaosForge’s tackling — they’re also working on Diablo: Roguelike, and it’s just as impressive as their rendition of Doom. How long do we have to wait to play Halo on our ’80s-era PC? We’ve got some pictures of DiabloRL after the jump.