Comments on: The Ultimate Retro-Stupid CRPG gets a facelift! http://critical-hits.com/2008/04/14/the-ultimate-retro-stupid-crpg-gets-a-facelift/ The Journal of Gamer Culture Sat, 11 Feb 2012 08:43:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ChattyDM http://critical-hits.com/2008/04/14/the-ultimate-retro-stupid-crpg-gets-a-facelift/#comment-48754 ChattyDM Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:29:32 +0000 http://chattydm.net/?p=506#comment-48754 Woot! Welcome to the world of Nethack: Try the following (spoilers): 1-Drop a ring in a sink 2-While levitating, move over a sink 3-Zap a wand of turn Undead on a Corpse 4-Dip your longsword in fountains (especially if you are a Knight) 5- Name your Elven Dagger 'Sting' 6- Polymorph into a Dragon, Lay an egg, and pack the egg in your backpack 7-Try eating a troll corpse 8- Write on the floor with an unidentified wand 9-Eat a dead quantum mechanic 10- When in doubt, apply a Unicorn horn to you (press '.') Woot!

Welcome to the world of Nethack:

Try the following (spoilers):

1-Drop a ring in a sink
2-While levitating, move over a sink
3-Zap a wand of turn Undead on a Corpse
4-Dip your longsword in fountains (especially if you are a Knight)
5- Name your Elven Dagger ‘Sting’
6- Polymorph into a Dragon, Lay an egg, and pack the egg in your backpack
7-Try eating a troll corpse
8- Write on the floor with an unidentified wand
9-Eat a dead quantum mechanic
10- When in doubt, apply a Unicorn horn to you (press ‘.’)

]]> By: Adalore http://critical-hits.com/2008/04/14/the-ultimate-retro-stupid-crpg-gets-a-facelift/#comment-48753 Adalore Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:23:59 +0000 http://chattydm.net/?p=506#comment-48753 Hahaha, Messed around with it quite a bit this morning. Found out a few things. 1- Kicking walls and such can lead to death 2- I like monks 3- You don't think it was a good idea to eat that 4-Exploration mode! 5- Do you die? Y/N 6-You seemed to have entered a primitive world. (Monsters were Large letters!) :D Hahaha, Messed around with it quite a bit this morning.
Found out a few things.

1- Kicking walls and such can lead to death
2- I like monks
3- You don’t think it was a good idea to eat that
4-Exploration mode!
5- Do you die? Y/N
6-You seemed to have entered a primitive world. (Monsters were Large letters!) :D

]]> By: ChattyDM http://critical-hits.com/2008/04/14/the-ultimate-retro-stupid-crpg-gets-a-facelift/#comment-48752 ChattyDM Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:44:02 +0000 http://chattydm.net/?p=506#comment-48752 @Maikl: Come on... just until the castle level to see if the Wand of Wish is still there. Wand of wish man! @Rip: Have you tried Puzzle Pirates yet? It's a puzzle driven pirate game whose whole economy rests on player labour and Loot money! You can even win a gazillion of the game's fake money (that can buy the game's real money) by playing Texas Hold'em poker in the inns. My favorite Pirate game remains Sid Meier's Pirates (all versions). Damn I loved that game. I still have it on my Steam account. @Maikl: Come on… just until the castle level to see if the Wand of Wish is still there. Wand of wish man!

@Rip: Have you tried Puzzle Pirates yet? It’s a puzzle driven pirate game whose whole economy rests on player labour and Loot money! You can even win a gazillion of the game’s fake money (that can buy the game’s real money) by playing Texas Hold’em poker in the inns.

My favorite Pirate game remains Sid Meier’s Pirates (all versions). Damn I loved that game. I still have it on my Steam account.

]]> By: Ripper X http://critical-hits.com/2008/04/14/the-ultimate-retro-stupid-crpg-gets-a-facelift/#comment-48751 Ripper X Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:39:37 +0000 http://chattydm.net/?p=506#comment-48751 I think that I played this a long time ago. It took me longer to make my character then it did for me to die. I really suck at video games. I also tend to get obsessed. I have a very weak spot for Legend of Zelda games, when a new one comes out I tend to disappear. I need to get a Wii! I was going to pick one up this year, but with 2 kids they tend to think that all of my money is theirs, and they are damned good at doing this. Currently I'm playing a leisure PC game called Port Royal 2 which is fun for me. ARRG It's a pirate game, and I'm such a pirate dork I go to Ren Faire dressed as one, even going so far as dressing my kids like them too. Thank god I love being a geek :) <em>Ripper X's last blog post..<a href='http://advancedgaming-theory.blogspot.com/2008/04/creating-mysteries-part-2.html' rel="nofollow">Creating Mysteries part 2</a></em> I think that I played this a long time ago. It took me longer to make my character then it did for me to die. I really suck at video games. I also tend to get obsessed. I have a very weak spot for Legend of Zelda games, when a new one comes out I tend to disappear. I need to get a Wii! I was going to pick one up this year, but with 2 kids they tend to think that all of my money is theirs, and they are damned good at doing this.

Currently I’m playing a leisure PC game called Port Royal 2 which is fun for me. ARRG It’s a pirate game, and I’m such a pirate dork I go to Ren Faire dressed as one, even going so far as dressing my kids like them too. Thank god I love being a geek :)

Ripper X’s last blog post..Creating Mysteries part 2

]]> By: Maikl http://critical-hits.com/2008/04/14/the-ultimate-retro-stupid-crpg-gets-a-facelift/#comment-48750 Maikl Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:39:16 +0000 http://chattydm.net/?p=506#comment-48750 2D version is definitely the best one. However, I don't have time for this. I don't. I don't. If I remind myself much enough my will is stronger. <em>Maikl's last blog post..<a href='http://www.rpgthoughts.com/?p=10' rel="nofollow">Elemental Elementals part 2 - “Burned to the ground”</a></em> 2D version is definitely the best one. However, I don’t have time for this. I don’t. I don’t.
If I remind myself much enough my will is stronger.

Maikl’s last blog post..Elemental Elementals part 2 – “Burned to the ground”

]]> By: ChattyDM http://critical-hits.com/2008/04/14/the-ultimate-retro-stupid-crpg-gets-a-facelift/#comment-48749 ChattyDM Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:02:00 +0000 http://chattydm.net/?p=506#comment-48749 @Michael: I remember Slash'EM quite well, I don't know if it's still there but my name used to be part of the credits when I played the game heavily in the mid 90's and gave a lot of feedback. @Michael: I remember Slash’EM quite well, I don’t know if it’s still there but my name used to be part of the credits when I played the game heavily in the mid 90′s and gave a lot of feedback.

]]> By: Michael Phillips http://critical-hits.com/2008/04/14/the-ultimate-retro-stupid-crpg-gets-a-facelift/#comment-48748 Michael Phillips Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:48:43 +0000 http://chattydm.net/?p=506#comment-48748 Slash'Em is a decent version of the game, and it stays pretty current with the main Nethack development cycle, or it did a couple of years ago when I was playing it. That was pretty much my experience. The 3d was prettier, but the 2d graphical interface was a lot easier to use. Ooh for other retrogaming fun, there's a very nice port of Elite out there called Oolite. Slash’Em is a decent version of the game, and it stays pretty current with the main Nethack development cycle, or it did a couple of years ago when I was playing it.

That was pretty much my experience. The 3d was prettier, but the 2d graphical interface was a lot easier to use.

Ooh for other retrogaming fun, there’s a very nice port of Elite out there called Oolite.

]]> By: ChattyDM http://critical-hits.com/2008/04/14/the-ultimate-retro-stupid-crpg-gets-a-facelift/#comment-48747 ChattyDM Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:38:29 +0000 http://chattydm.net/?p=506#comment-48747 @ John: You remind me of the time I was on Usenet reading about Nethack ascendancy stories! Good times! @ Trask: I'm sorry man... couldn't resist @Tommi: I played Angbang some but I never tried ADOM. I used to think I'd try to beat Nethack first before moving on to the other Rogue-likes... I don't think that's ever goping to happen. @Michael: After having played a few games with this interface, I must say that I also prefer the 2d tiles... makes it easier to see where everything is... @ John: You remind me of the time I was on Usenet reading about Nethack ascendancy stories! Good times!

@ Trask: I’m sorry man… couldn’t resist

@Tommi: I played Angbang some but I never tried ADOM. I used to think I’d try to beat Nethack first before moving on to the other Rogue-likes… I don’t think that’s ever goping to happen.

@Michael: After having played a few games with this interface, I must say that I also prefer the 2d tiles… makes it easier to see where everything is…

]]> By: Michael Phillips http://critical-hits.com/2008/04/14/the-ultimate-retro-stupid-crpg-gets-a-facelift/#comment-48746 Michael Phillips Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:30:50 +0000 http://chattydm.net/?p=506#comment-48746 I've played a few of the isometric 3-d tile sets of Nethack, but I've never been happy with them. I do definately prefer them to the ascii sets, but to date my favorite play method is a top down 2-d graphical set. I’ve played a few of the isometric 3-d tile sets of Nethack, but I’ve never been happy with them. I do definately prefer them to the ascii sets, but to date my favorite play method is a top down 2-d graphical set.

]]> By: Tommi http://critical-hits.com/2008/04/14/the-ultimate-retro-stupid-crpg-gets-a-facelift/#comment-48745 Tommi Tue, 15 Apr 2008 05:23:46 +0000 http://chattydm.net/?p=506#comment-48745 ADOM (<a>http://www.adom.de</a>) is objectively better than Nethack and it has not been spoiled with bad graphics thus far, and probably won't be in the near future. <em>Tommi's last blog post..<a href='http://thanuir.wordpress.com/2008/04/12/fluxx-and-uno-system-and-memory/' rel="nofollow">Fluxx and Uno; system and memory</a></em> ADOM (http://www.adom.de) is objectively better than Nethack and it has not been spoiled with bad graphics thus far, and probably won’t be in the near future.

Tommi’s last blog post..Fluxx and Uno; system and memory

]]> By: Trask http://critical-hits.com/2008/04/14/the-ultimate-retro-stupid-crpg-gets-a-facelift/#comment-48744 Trask Tue, 15 Apr 2008 05:05:05 +0000 http://chattydm.net/?p=506#comment-48744 Stop it! Do not show me new ways to waste my weekends. I have a wife now, have you no shame...oh the humanity. Must resist game...stay strong...deep, cleansing breathes... Trask, the Last Tyromancer Stop it! Do not show me new ways to waste my weekends. I have a wife now, have you no shame…oh the humanity. Must resist game…stay strong…deep, cleansing breathes…

Trask, the Last Tyromancer

]]> By: John Arcadian http://critical-hits.com/2008/04/14/the-ultimate-retro-stupid-crpg-gets-a-facelift/#comment-48743 John Arcadian Tue, 15 Apr 2008 02:19:05 +0000 http://chattydm.net/?p=506#comment-48743 YASVON - Yet Another Stupid Version Of Nethack . . . :) Actually I love nethack, despite never having had time to get far into it, and this is the prettiest version I've seen so far. I might have to keep a copy of this on my flash drive for the really really slow days at work. YASVON – Yet Another Stupid Version Of Nethack . . .
:)

Actually I love nethack, despite never having had time to get far into it, and this is the prettiest version I’ve seen so far. I might have to keep a copy of this on my flash drive for the really really slow days at work.

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