Talk:Yendor

Origin of the name in Rogue

bouquet found this on a wikipedia talk page, supposedly from Michael Toy, one of the creators of Rogue. (No proof that it is in fact Michael Toy, but assuming it is.) Copying here in case wikipedia happens to delete it:

Here is what I (Michael Toy, co-creator of this game) remember, I can't tell you this is the truth, but this is what I believe we were thinking when we chose that name ...
The idea was that the dungeon had been constructed by a wizard, and that the quest was to retrieve his lost amulet. In a weak attempt at humor, the all-mighty wizard who creates the dungeon is given the name "Rodney" spelled backwards. Rodney was selected at random, in an instant, as a very unlikely name for a powerful wizard. Through the brilliant (or so it seemed when I was 19), technique of reversing the letters of his name, this secret joke was now "hidden" in a very reasonable "fantasy sounding" name of Yendor.

--Phol ende wodan (talk) 04:28, 13 August 2018 (UTC)