"[The idea for Diablo] was modified over and over until it solidified when [Dave Brevik] was in college and got hooked on ... Moria/Angband". Pitts, Russ (6 June 2006). "Secret Sauce: The Rise of Blizzard". The Escapist. Archived from the original on 10 August 2013. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
"... I worked on one of the early VAX 11/780s [so] no more games, and no more rogue! This was intolerable! So I decided to write my own rogue game, Moria Beta 1.0". Koeneke, Robert Alan (21 February 1996). "Early history of Moria". Retrieved 3 August 2017.
"[The idea for Diablo] was modified over and over until it solidified when [Dave Brevik] was in college and got hooked on ... Moria/Angband". Pitts, Russ (6 June 2006). "Secret Sauce: The Rise of Blizzard". The Escapist. Archived from the original on 10 August 2013. Retrieved 20 December 2012.