About
Ragnarok is a freeware roguelike for MS-DOS, developed by Norsehelm Productions (Thomas Boyd and Robert Vawter) from 1992 to 1995. NorseWorld: Ragnarok is a roguelike remake of Ragnarok based on Scandinavian mythology, in which a viking helps the gods win the final battle across nine worlds. It offers six player classes, randomly generated worlds and levels, isometric and flat tile views, and Russian and English text. The code was moved from Java to C#, and the repository is now archived.
How it differs from the original
It lists more than 150 creature races, 200 item types, 230 magic effects and 110 levels across 15+ generated worlds, plus a game database editor, support for adding new story branches and content, and an option to side with evil.
History
Development began in November 2002 by the Alchemist Team, with copyright running from 2002 to 2008; lead Sergey Zhdanovskih handled design, code and graphics.
Known limitations
- features: Built-in script language temporarily does not work after transfer to C#; needs replacement.
- platform: Linux support is temporarily not worked out for C#.
Media
Additional notes
- Status
- After the move from Java to C#, the built-in scripting language no longer works and Linux support has not been reworked.
- Localization
- The authors estimate the English localization is about 90% correct.