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Dhruin
Stranger In A Strange Land
Joined: 20 May 2002
Posts: 1825
Location: Sydney, Australia |
| Nethack Enters Gamespy Hall of Fame |
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A pretty irrelevant newsbit but I was a bit surprised to see Nethack selected for the Gamespy Hall of Fame. Here's a snip from the accompanying <a href="http://www.gamespy.com/legacy/halloffame/nethack_a.shtm" target="_blank">article</a>:<blockquote><em>Progress from version to version is fairly slow (sometimes a couple of years will elapse in silence between releases), but every change in the game is debugged extensively and thought out to its fullest extent. The result? A fascinating exploration of possibilities.
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<br>Some examples: Eat a floating eye corpse and you'll get ESP, which will allow you to see enemies anywhere on the map, but only while blinded. To take advantage of it, you may want to drink a potion of blindness, or preferably, find and wear a blindfold. Of course, while blindfolded, even with ESP you won't be able to see inanimate objects on the floor -- when you find piles of items, your character will have to "feel" for them. Oh, and you won't be able to read scrolls. Whoops! In that pile of items you just felt is a cockatrice corpse -- fortunately you were wearing gloves, otherwise you would've been turned to stone just by touching it. But now, blind and protected, you can pick up the cockatrice corpse and use it to attack monsters -- now your enemies will turn to stone when you strike them! Unfortunately, their inventory turns to stone as well. Hey, no problem -- you've got a pick-axe, so you can chisel open their statues to yield a pile of rocks and any of their old possessions. Sadly, thanks to the blindfold, you can't see a nearby pit and tumble inside. Too bad you were holding the cockatrice corpse -- it landed on top of you and turned you to stone. Yet Another Stupid Death, and another reason to cry out in anguish because they think of everything! </em></blockquote>For those that haven't played it - give it a go! You'll have a heart-attack when you see the ASCII "graphics" - but you might be surprised how addictive it is. Version 3.4.3 was only recently released <a href="http://www.nethack.org/" target="_blank">here</a>. Any readers Ascended? |
Mon Jan 05, 2004 7:07 pm |
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Ozymandias
Leader of the Senate
Joined: 26 Apr 2003
Posts: 319
Location: Otherland |
If you don't think you can cope with ascii graphics, try NetHack - Falcon's Eye, it's not the latest version of Nethack but it comes with graphics, sound and music.
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"There is no way around it. Correct is correct. I am correct, therefore I win."
Roqua
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Mon Jan 05, 2004 7:19 pm |
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Jung
Most Exalted Highlord
Joined: 19 Jun 2002
Posts: 411
Location: Texas |
Yes, try it. You'll be surprised at how deep it is for a dungeon crawl, and how easily and unexpectedly you will die. There is no save game, so you really have to consider whether or not you want to eat those spoiled rations or drink from that tepid fountain 
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Mon Jan 05, 2004 8:11 pm |
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Bill
Guest
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I've ascended twice.
There's a tiled graphic view option for PCs that I really like. Try that instead of the raw ASCII. |
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Mon Jan 05, 2004 8:57 pm |
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cfmdobbie
High Emperor
Joined: 01 Jul 2002
Posts: 1859
Location: London, England |
I've never ascended, and have never got close - I usually die in the Gnomish Mines from a sudden attack of my own stupidity!
If I don't die from hunger or choking, I'll be beaten up by water snakes. I know the risks of messing with fountains, but it's just so tempting!
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Mon Jan 05, 2004 11:51 pm |
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I remember having the ultimate character waay back in college... had a ring of polymorf and a ring of polymorf control... ah the memories... vampire lord and black dragon were particularly fun 
The SYSADMIN then did an unscheduled systemwipe... I'll never forgive him.
Ah well.... at it again... this little game rocks! Now PLEASE get it done for my PDA! iRogue is ok, but it aint Nethack |
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Tue Jan 06, 2004 10:13 am |
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