Kroz

Kroz is a series of Roguelike video games created by Scott Miller for IBM PC compatibles.[2] The object of the game is to survive numerous levels of attacking monsters and ultimately find the priceless Magical Amulet of Kroz.Some levels are generated randomly; these tend to be rather chaotic, and essentially consist of a mad dash through waves of attacking enemies to pick up valuable objects and/or escape to the stairway.Scott Miller tried to create a game that had some of the elements of Rogue, but with less randomness and more reliance on the abilities of the player than on luck.[8][10] This shareware version of Kingdom of Kroz was the first game to bear the name of Miller's one-man company, Apogee Software Productions.[4][5][3] The Kroz concept, including the text mode implementation, was cloned by Potomac Computer Systems for the ZZT games, which also used the same shareware business model.
Developer(s)Scott MillerPublisher(s)Apogee SoftwareDesigner(s)Platform(s)MS-DOSGenre(s)RoguelikeSingle-playerIBM PC compatiblesBig Blue Disksharewarefreewaresource codefree softwareGPL-2.0-or-laterplayer characterdungeon crawlingsome of the elements of RogueTurbo Pascalcharacter setextended ASCIIoriginal IBM PC character setdisk magazinebulletin board systemsApogee Software ProductionsIBM PC compatibleEpic Games3D RealmsSoftdiskPolygonGamasutraMobyGameslist of gamesArctic AdventureBio MenaceBoppin'Commander Keen in Goodbye, GalaxyCommander Keen in Invasion of the VorticonsCosmo's Cosmic AdventureCrystal CavesDark AgesDuke NukemDuke Nukem IIMajor StrykerMath RescueMonster BashMonuments of MarsMystic TowersPaganitzuPharaoh's TombRealms of ChaosRise of the TriadSecret AgentStargunnerWacky WheelsWolfenstein 3DWord RescueList of minor video gamesTerminal VelocityDuke Nukem 3DShadow WarriorBalls of SteelMax PayneDuke Nukem ForeverBombshellIon FuryGravenCore DecayTempest RisingGeorge BroussardTodd ReplogleBuild engineApogee EntertainmentEmbracer GroupSaber InteractiveSoftalkLoadstarDiskworldCatacombCatacomb 3-DCatacomb AbyssDangerous DaveDangerous Dave in the Haunted MansionShadow KnightsHovertank OneTiles of the DragonRescue RoverCommander Keen in Keen Dreamsid SoftwareJAM ProductionsJohn RomeroJohn CarmackAdrian CarmackTom Hall