   NetHack!
  ... do any of you (still) play it? I started playing earlier this week and yes, I am addicted. The official site is NetHack.org, and IMHO it's one of, if not the   best game ever created. For those of you that do   play, what's your opinion on the graphical, tile-based game? Blasphemous, since it ruins the whole "text-only/console" aspect? Wonderful, since it's easier to see/grasp? It's a dillema for me.Oh, and in case you want "competitive" NetHack, UserFriendly has a server. Fun stuff.- CD(Or CodeDark, the Samurai!)   Brought to you by Code_Dark[edited by - Code_Dark on February 16, 2004 9:22:12 PM]
  Fun, but many variants (notably ZAngband and ADOM) are better.   "Sneftel is correct, if rather vulgar." --Flarelocke ;  I love NetHack. I got up to some rediculous level about a year ago, but I havn't played since. The only problem is it's nigh-on imposible. I was only able to get that far by copying my game files to "save" the game.Bloody awesome game.And yes, the graphical renditions are generaly poor.I first played it on the Amiga - damn that was awesome  [edited by - Andrew Russell on February 16, 2004 9:31:03 PM];  Yes, it is one of the harder games I''ve seen, but since I play on the server I can''t really cheat.. death is death. Although, killed by a kitten/newt/gecko while helpless because of lack of food is quite annoying Yeah, the graphical things aren''t too great, but do you consider it lame to play with one- lame as in ruining the whole feel of the game?Just wondering - CD   Brought to you by Code_Dark;  The tile-based ones that are basicly nethack with tiny graphics instead of ASCII are ok, but it''s eaiser to just play with the text version.The 3D isometric one that I played was quite awful, both graphicaly and play-wise. ;  I play ASCII Nethack every day, almost. I even got a little text-based version of Rogue for my Palmpilot to tide me over between explorations of the dungeon.  Resist everyoneI am your only friend. Click here for more information. (MOVED);  I play nethack. I prefer the ASCII version. You don''t really get to compete on the servers aside from getting a higher score, but it does make it interesting since you can find nice items sooner from all the dead players. Just be sure you have a bottle of holy water with you.One silly way to cheat I''ve found is to enter debug mode, make everything you would ever need x10, drop it on the ground, and get in a fight with your god and let him kill you. Make sure you don''t have anything on you, otherwise it will be cursed and that wouldn''t be very fun. And sure, you could create some monsters to kill you much faster, but then odds are they''d kick your ass when you went back to get the items again. Save the bone file.Start a new normal character, wander around to see if you''re in the area you died in. If not, quit and try again. When you''re in the right place, wander over and collect your loot. Now is probably also a good time to polymorph into a female dragon and lay some eggs. Dragons make much nicer pets than the wimpy cat/dog/horse you start off with. ;  dude, I''m all about Rogue, the original roguelike, hence why they are all called roguelikes. I even have it on my palm pilot.But yes, nethack is great. ;  reminds me of rogue(i still play rogue)    ;  I''ve always hated the way the NetHack ASCII looks.  There''s just something really nasty about it, and I miss my pretty ASCII of ADoM.   - It''s a life''s work40% Off ALL Hosting Plans Until March!!!-ryan@lecherousjester.com 