"Rogue-like" meaning in English

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  "pos": "noun",
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          "word": "roguelike"
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          "ref": "1997, John Withers, Developing Java™ Entertainment Applets, Wiley Computer Publishing, →ISBN, page 93:",
          "text": "Roughly a dozen different flavors of Rogue-likes have evolved over the years, but one of the most popular is Nethack.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Michael J. Tresca, The Evolution of Fantasy Role-Playing Games, McFarland & Company, →ISBN, page 138:",
          "text": "As with the Rogue-likes before it, Tunnels of Doom featured random encounters with monsters, wildly varying treasure, and a final quest that required the lost king to be defeated (Barton 2008:81).",
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        {
          "ref": "2013, Greg Costikyan, Uncertainty in Games, Cambridge, Mass., London: The MIT Press, →ISBN, page 47:",
          "text": "The main tool Rogue-likes bring to creating interesting gameplay through randomness is algorithmic complexity far beyond that provided by a few 1D100 tables in the back of the D&D rulebook.",
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        {
          "ref": "2014, Rob Strangman, Memoirs of a Virtual Caveman, →ISBN, page 334:",
          "text": "DND just goes to show you that you don't need graphics to achieve greatness. I think the legions of people who still play Rogue-likes such as Nethack would agree.",
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        "Alternative form of roguelike"
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  "word": "Rogue-like"
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          "ref": "1997, John Withers, Developing Java™ Entertainment Applets, Wiley Computer Publishing, →ISBN, page 93:",
          "text": "Roughly a dozen different flavors of Rogue-likes have evolved over the years, but one of the most popular is Nethack.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Michael J. Tresca, The Evolution of Fantasy Role-Playing Games, McFarland & Company, →ISBN, page 138:",
          "text": "As with the Rogue-likes before it, Tunnels of Doom featured random encounters with monsters, wildly varying treasure, and a final quest that required the lost king to be defeated (Barton 2008:81).",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, Greg Costikyan, Uncertainty in Games, Cambridge, Mass., London: The MIT Press, →ISBN, page 47:",
          "text": "The main tool Rogue-likes bring to creating interesting gameplay through randomness is algorithmic complexity far beyond that provided by a few 1D100 tables in the back of the D&D rulebook.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
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          "ref": "2014, Rob Strangman, Memoirs of a Virtual Caveman, →ISBN, page 334:",
          "text": "DND just goes to show you that you don't need graphics to achieve greatness. I think the legions of people who still play Rogue-likes such as Nethack would agree.",
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        }
      ],
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        "Alternative form of roguelike"
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