tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post574254745573653724..comments2024-03-28T08:17:48.059-04:00Comments on The CRPG Addict: NetHack: DocumentationCRPG Addicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comBlogger97125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-66935531665320034402013-12-21T18:33:06.200-05:002013-12-21T18:33:06.200-05:00There is a wonderful roguelike called POWDER which...There is a wonderful roguelike called POWDER which got its name because so many people misspell "roguelike" as "rougelike".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-18540160247293185552013-03-08T03:01:36.587-05:002013-03-08T03:01:36.587-05:00I love punching gnomes in the face.I love punching gnomes in the face.Kenny McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01553499727945099493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-89693512596864974912012-08-19T00:49:29.604-04:002012-08-19T00:49:29.604-04:00This comic totally made me think of Nethack.
http...This comic totally made me think of Nethack.<br /><br />http://poindexterjacksonclaude.com/2012/08/17/hi-res-heroes-96/<br />Casayotohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13214353237501957084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-53335849545948162962012-08-01T10:56:53.177-04:002012-08-01T10:56:53.177-04:00You reached the 99th place on the top 100 list.
9...You reached the 99th place on the top 100 list.<br /><br />99 1950 Chet-Wiz-Orc-Mal-Cha died in The Dungeons of Doom on level 4 [max 5]. Killed by a giant mimic. - [35]Canageekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03770924810559440307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-32102268355001421052012-07-08T03:21:25.228-04:002012-07-08T03:21:25.228-04:00I had forgotten the previous discussion. In any ev...I had forgotten the previous discussion. In any event, all fo the "major roguelikes" (I keep typing "rougelikes," which would be a very different genre) seem to be on my list.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-29743655605377194212012-07-07T13:16:17.130-04:002012-07-07T13:16:17.130-04:00There is a roguebasin page for "major rogueli...There is a roguebasin page for "major roguelikes". It currently lists 11 games: 1st generation: Hack, Larn, Omega, Moria, Rogue; 2nd: ADOM, Angband, NetHack; 3rd: Crawl, ToME, Dwarf Fortress.Kusigroszhttp://www.dummyfake.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-50024356554015221482012-07-07T10:40:29.561-04:002012-07-07T10:40:29.561-04:00Well, the King James is what I have on hand (oh ju...Well, the King James is what I have on hand (oh just remembered I have a pretty old family one that is of a different translation- if I remember right the copyright is around the 1820s and there's a news clipping of Custer having just been killed) plus a nice thick reference book that's pretty comprehensive. The Internet, libraries and readers can fill in any blanks. Also, from what I can tell most sources agree that most translations including the KJV have around 2% difference in what they functionally say.<br /><br />This had been an experiment I have been kicking around for awhile: to read through the entire Bible and draw my own understanding. With readers along I hopefully won't botch it too badly. I hope to adopt a neutral but thourough tone to get the most out of what the text says to me in modern USA English and grammar and continue to keep interpretation in the readers' hands. Thanks for the replies!Giauzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09045059974421586849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-64224822852295257732012-07-07T07:41:30.458-04:002012-07-07T07:41:30.458-04:00Please don't go the old wiki at Wikia. It has ...Please don't go the old wiki at Wikia. It has been abandoned by the community but Wikia doesn't allow its content to be deleted.<br /><br />The new location of the NetHack wiki is http://nethackwiki.com/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-43099693272537973402012-07-07T02:44:37.818-04:002012-07-07T02:44:37.818-04:00We discussed this last time, if you'll recall....We discussed this last time, if you'll recall. We decided that you didn't need to include every 7 day roguelike, just the major ones that people actually play a loot (Angaband, TOME, DCSS, Nethack, Slash'em, DoomRL, and so on) I think we even started on a list of early, important Roguelikes.Canageekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03770924810559440307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-79732778078571454302012-07-06T20:35:48.968-04:002012-07-06T20:35:48.968-04:00It's not as bad as it seems.
Many were made a...It's not as bad as it seems. <br />Many were made after 2005, when the roguelike community started running the contests. Seven Day Roguelike Challenge, etc. Simple games that can be safely skipped...or finished quickly, if you decide to play them. <br /><br />I think all the older RL are already on the master list.Zaltysnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-18575100470965219422012-07-06T17:55:07.258-04:002012-07-06T17:55:07.258-04:00On the list of roguelikes...holy...I can't eve...On the list of roguelikes...holy...I can't even begin to know what to do here. Clearly, I'm including the genre among CRPGs, but there's no way I can add this many to my list. I might need to get some advice.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-5041659374828250982012-07-06T17:53:13.273-04:002012-07-06T17:53:13.273-04:00That looks like a cool application. I don't un...That looks like a cool application. I don't understand all of the technological variables, but if it worked with <i>NetHack</i> at all, wouldn't he have listed it on this page along with the others?CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-58142211542857202042012-07-06T10:36:26.568-04:002012-07-06T10:36:26.568-04:00As another Agnostic, but with friends in both the ...As another Agnostic, but with friends in both the United Church of Canada, and with Religious Studies degrees: The King James Bible was not a great translation, and you'd get a much more interesting read if you used a scholarly translation with footnotes. I have one at home on my shelf from when I was Christian, which is, as I recall The New International Version, and has some very interesting footnotes comparing different versions of the text that have been found (For example, Goliath grows by about a foot in each later translation, as people got taller and the writer wanted to make him more of a giant; a 6 foot tall giant isn't very impressive today, but back when most men were only 5 feet tall?)Canageekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03770924810559440307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-24454026940969760302012-07-06T10:32:41.169-04:002012-07-06T10:32:41.169-04:00There is a reason that Nethack fans invented the p...There is a reason that Nethack fans invented the phrase The Dev Team Thinks of Everything.Canageekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03770924810559440307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-2152819409735925302012-07-05T20:00:40.882-04:002012-07-05T20:00:40.882-04:00One more little idea... I don't think it will ...One more little idea... I don't think it will work with the Nethack you're playing now since it's probably not a Windows binary, but in the future, for fun, you could play the occasional RL character using NotEye (http://www.roguetemple.com/z/noteye.php). It parses the console/text output of the RL and can display it as is, or with tiles in overhead, isometric, or even first-person mode. First-person perspective is kind of fun sometimes. :^)Gamma Leaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-91473770159924176962012-07-05T19:35:58.552-04:002012-07-05T19:35:58.552-04:00I'm glad my mention of the game could help out...I'm glad my mention of the game could help out! You could always check RogueBasin (roguebasin.roguelikedevelopment.org/) for the full list of known RLs out there, but then you might be playing a ton more RLs than you are currently anticipating.<br /><br />Perhaps simply the exemplars from a given RL family should be included in your list?Gamma Leaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-55663758164322502992012-07-05T17:09:04.376-04:002012-07-05T17:09:04.376-04:00Sorry--should have said "strong religious per...Sorry--should have said "strong religious perspective," not "strong Christian perspective."CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-28266379035592783102012-07-05T17:08:29.415-04:002012-07-05T17:08:29.415-04:00For whatever reason, your comment got marked as sp...For whatever reason, your comment got marked as spam, so I just approved it.<br /><br />It could be interesting, but I think it would depend a lot on the perspective. As an agnostic, I wouldn't be particularly interested in reading such a blog from either a strong Christian perspective nor from a strong atheist perspective. I'd want the author to be insightful and critical when necessary, and to explore the history and traditions behind certain passages.<br /><br />Now, what I'd be interested in reading is probably a lot different from what would interest others. You're likely to get criticisms and hate mail no matter what perspective you take.<br /><br />This was already done by David Plotz on Slate in 2006/2007, but his entries were very short, and not very insightful. He also only did the Old Testament (he's Jewish).<br /><br />http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/blogging_the_bible/2006/09/the_complete_blogging_the_bible.htmlCRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-23959097562178849432012-07-05T17:03:19.808-04:002012-07-05T17:03:19.808-04:00Good god. I've nowhere near scratched the surf...Good god. I've nowhere near scratched the surface of this game, have I?CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-70412811054959163502012-07-05T17:02:49.858-04:002012-07-05T17:02:49.858-04:00The good news is that half the time I don't ev...The good news is that half the time I don't even understand.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-53017297537402698122012-07-05T12:24:21.541-04:002012-07-05T12:24:21.541-04:00In an aside of silliness (half-remembered from a T...In an aside of silliness (half-remembered from a The Developers Think of Everything thread)-<br /><br />If your character is currently female, and you get polymorphed into a cockatrice, I believe you can lay eggs somehow. Those eggs can hatch into baby cockatrices that will follow you around like pets and fight for you. Unhatched eggs can be thrown as missile weapons to stone enemies at range- with the same caveats as handling a cockatrice corpse.<br /><br />Also, be careful throwing around a cockatrice corpse- if you accidentally throw it straight up instead of in a direction, it can land on your head and stone you.<br />-----<br />I believe there is an item that lets you control teleportitis, or at least turn it to at-will instead of random.Kellandrosnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-71044392720194701102012-07-05T03:07:51.878-04:002012-07-05T03:07:51.878-04:00DCSS is more forgiving in the early levels, and fa...DCSS is more forgiving in the early levels, and far more brutal afterwards.Davenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-76244227418870238592012-07-05T01:10:26.985-04:002012-07-05T01:10:26.985-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.BacklogKillerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00638617207043621777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-60163958563647665932012-07-05T00:36:27.218-04:002012-07-05T00:36:27.218-04:00Curiously, that wasn't on my list until now. T...Curiously, that wasn't on my list until now. Thanks.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-72754097183004728582012-07-05T00:21:38.424-04:002012-07-05T00:21:38.424-04:00*Slaps BacklogKiller upside the head with a rubber...*Slaps BacklogKiller upside the head with a rubber chicken* Hey, no giving more hints, he can figure it out on his own.Canageekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03770924810559440307noreply@blogger.com