tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post6599256571882943944..comments2024-03-29T02:34:55.592-04:00Comments on The CRPG Addict: NetHack: The Great HeistCRPG Addicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comBlogger53125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-26998778986414695242020-01-27T14:49:36.191-05:002020-01-27T14:49:36.191-05:00Link to NetHack 3.0.9 : https://archives.scovetta....Link to NetHack 3.0.9 : https://archives.scovetta.com/pub/giga_games/MSDOS/ADVENTUR/solringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06744447737261193350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-21745758050532996542016-08-22T00:16:19.197-04:002016-08-22T00:16:19.197-04:00Hahahahahah wow, what a very specific reference. G...Hahahahahah wow, what a very specific reference. Great song though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-84637746880221349792016-01-15T14:24:38.613-05:002016-01-15T14:24:38.613-05:00I thought it sounded a lot like Ocean's Eleven...I thought it sounded a lot like Ocean's Eleven, good movie. Anyway your interesting posts on Nethack got me to try it. It's brutal, and so many things going on its a but overwhelming. Think I'll have to follow your posts of it abd dream.Bakuielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06708554023018591850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-2402031949457001662014-12-31T06:45:24.331-05:002014-12-31T06:45:24.331-05:00Fantastic read Addict, simply marvelous.
Though o...Fantastic read Addict, simply marvelous.<br /><br />Though one thing does irk me to no end: "This isn't some Japanese eroge game."<br /><br />Eroge is already short for "erotic game" (ge = geemu = game), so saying "eroge game" is like saying "ATM machine" (which you deftly avoided, I noticed). Not quite enough to ruin the whole thing, but close. =)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16698091173959436473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-13736989189509925812014-08-13T14:47:57.053-04:002014-08-13T14:47:57.053-04:00I've never seen that movie, so, no, no I didn&...I've never seen that movie, so, no, no I didn't.Canageekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03770924810559440307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-18373474069455458162014-08-13T01:02:27.340-04:002014-08-13T01:02:27.340-04:00If only the party size was 11 instead of 1...If only the party size was 11 instead of 1...Kenny McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01553499727945099493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-42642810685154803722014-08-12T17:33:30.452-04:002014-08-12T17:33:30.452-04:00Thanks. I'm not sure most readers realized tha...Thanks. I'm not sure most readers realized that I paraphrased the entire thing from <i>Ocean's 11</i>.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-81033866376906161212014-08-12T17:24:25.675-04:002014-08-12T17:24:25.675-04:00This has been one oft THE greatest reads in your b...This has been one oft THE greatest reads in your blog so far. Wonderfully written. I'm afraid your prose will be the most interesting thing I ever found in a roguelike, by reading your nethack entries so far it seems more and more unlikely to be enjoyable for me. You see, I even found Diablo too random and boring in the end. When I play an RPG I want things like a story, and after that a relatively coherent design for dungeons and overworld. Even Wizardry had a kind of theme or layout for some levels. And I would hate to play through the same levels with the same monsters over and over and over and...Yes this happens also in Wiz or M&M because you die often, but nowhere near that painfully often when compared to nethack from reading your experience. I think the whole concept is lost on me.<br />fireballhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01094871771537115267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-17889493188830782472013-08-14T04:59:52.802-04:002013-08-14T04:59:52.802-04:00UnNetHack is the premier NetHack fork going right ...UnNetHack is the premier NetHack fork going right now. They did a good job with it.<br /><br />NitroHack has a substantially improved console gui that I really like, but it can be a bit glitchy at times. And the devs abandoned it, but you can still pick up a copy from google's cache.Don't Cloud Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01868427770127555304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-58435813598279464642013-02-21T09:09:03.469-05:002013-02-21T09:09:03.469-05:00After reading all this stuff about nethack, i find...After reading all this stuff about nethack, i find myself admiring ADOM so much less.<br />It is still a favorite, but up to know i didn't know it was so heavily influenced by nethack. I had the impression that most of the cool features (corpse-eating,thousands of different ways to die,altars,praying and so many others) in ADOM where innovations. <br />Now i see that most of them are directly "copied" from nethack.<br /><br />Wow. I should try this game sometime.<br /><br />PS.<br />All articles about nethack were great! Comments too.<br />stakonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17983551050051118130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-5411317242707969342013-02-13T15:11:08.841-05:002013-02-13T15:11:08.841-05:00When you finish with this version of nethack I thi...When you finish with this version of nethack I think you should see about going onto roguelike radio and having a chat with those guys regarding your experiences with the early roguelikes.<br /><br />Actually now that you are going back to do some games you missed because of your dos only rule I would love to see you play some Moria. Just to get a feel for how things diverged from rogue to Nethack to Moria/bands and the rare Omega here and there.UbAhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13447678457902055799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-11424709335999278762012-12-18T15:42:11.047-05:002012-12-18T15:42:11.047-05:00Oh, god. I remember it being a nightmare to find i...Oh, god. I remember it being a nightmare to find it. I was trying to find the last 3.0 version--3.0.10--and I was never able to. Rather than try to track it down again, why don't you just send me an e-mail (crpgaddict@gmail.com) and I'll send you a .zip file with the version I have.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-72905007824430722642012-12-18T05:36:40.075-05:002012-12-18T05:36:40.075-05:00CRPGA, do you have a link to download the 3.0.9 ex...CRPGA, do you have a link to download the 3.0.9 executable that you are playing? I'd love to check out the version you are on.Davenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-58486151600443271952012-12-17T17:53:17.305-05:002012-12-17T17:53:17.305-05:00Based entirely upon this post, I am now convinced ...Based entirely upon this post, I am now convinced that the game needs a "Mastermind" class. I don't know exactly what it would do, but it should be totally based upon Tim Hutton's character in "Leverage"<br /><br />"To pull this off, we need a dungeon. So lets go steal one."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-33425785913718001672012-12-16T18:54:41.836-05:002012-12-16T18:54:41.836-05:00Oh, I see. I think that's a wise choice. You h...Oh, I see. I think that's a wise choice. You have invested enough time in the game to grasp how difficult a completely spoiler-less ascenscion would be. You've also gotten a sense of how the early Nethack communities on university campuses shared information on discussion boards and by word of mouth, rather than by reading a manual.<br /><br />To fully grok Nethack you need to remember that it was a work in progress for decades -- an evolving entity that grew up alongside the 'Net. We played on small local servers at first, often without official approval from sysadmins. They would turn a blind eye (if you got them addicted also) but using University resources for games could not be sanctioned. This added a further element of illicit pleasure to our addiction.<br /><br />We were coders contributing to the greatest game the world had ever seen, and our contributions live on. <br /><br />Two suggested assignments for you:<br />1) Read about Izchak Miller and the Dev Team<br />2) Learn how to use a magic marker to its fullest potential<br />2a) Learn how to create a blank scroll<br />Davenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-20967052506232593082012-12-16T18:06:56.787-05:002012-12-16T18:06:56.787-05:00I don't think my opening was clear. By posting...I don't think my opening was clear. By posting that quote from Wikipedia--along with a lot of the discussion from my last NH posting--I was trying to convey that I had, at last, caved and looked at some spoilers.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-18804990218199645182012-12-16T17:01:09.124-05:002012-12-16T17:01:09.124-05:00Addict, You seem to define spoiler differently. Th...Addict, You seem to define spoiler differently. There is a great deal of spoiler content in this post, which readers should expect based on how much is revealed about other games in your posts. But I would also say that you have been receiving and using spoiler content about Nethack for quite a while, especially if you are using a wiki. Davenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-90436248573288687132012-12-16T16:52:25.502-05:002012-12-16T16:52:25.502-05:00Mind flayers are easily dealt with from a distance...Mind flayers are easily dealt with from a distance in many ways, even for a melee class. SlashEM adds some other monsters worthy of genociding, but Liches are by far the greatest threat in Nethack due to their summoning, draining, and destroy armor capabilities.Davenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-34228328354484372722012-12-16T16:15:54.680-05:002012-12-16T16:15:54.680-05:00Canageek is right, at least as regards 3.0.9. I th...Canageek is right, at least as regards 3.0.9. I think the overall problem is that I rarely find multiple rings of the same type in a single game. I'd rather wait until I get a Blessed Scroll of Identify (which is comparatively easy to come by).CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-12725083300982287952012-12-14T23:21:02.789-05:002012-12-14T23:21:02.789-05:00Perhaps this is 3.43 specific, but the last time I...Perhaps this is 3.43 specific, but the last time I played (Windows 7 has a bit of a fit running Nethack, and I find it just too difficult to play hjkl/tilebased/mouse version) - but I've always had the game ask 'what sort of ring'. More importantly, as the majority of rings are quite useless IMO (yes, I know that having a spare ring of adornment is a free out to a nymph in an early level, but I've never actually WORN a ring of constitution, say.. and the X resistances are much better found as intrinsics which come randomly from black puddings, or a dozen other monsters to nibble at) I find I'm only ever really looking for a shortlist of rings anyhow..Aperamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13669724908141286435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-65638613406544429722012-12-14T21:50:30.212-05:002012-12-14T21:50:30.212-05:00Yeah, but you have to keep external notes then as ...Yeah, but you have to keep external notes then as you can't (N)ame them. Canageekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03770924810559440307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-20151426754538493172012-12-14T21:16:39.926-05:002012-12-14T21:16:39.926-05:00I would actually recommend genocide for mind flaye...I would actually recommend genocide for mind flayers, not for liches. Liches are drain-heavy bastards who can go invisible.. but mind flayers can one-hit-KO you if you don't have the right equipments.<br /><br />I have a little mini-spoiler for you too, though I'm not sure which edition of Nethack it comes into. Fvaxf ner nznmvat, cnegvphyneyl va rneyl yriryf. Lbh pna iveghnyyl VQ nalguvat ivn n fvax. Boivbhfyl vs lbh unir na nygne gb qebc vgrzf bagb gb VQ phefrq fghss, gung'f tbbq - ohg gur znwbevgl bs evatf lbh svaq va rneyl yriryf graq gb or dhvgr penc nalubj. Fybj qvtrfgvba/frnepuvat evatf jvyy nyjnlf whzc onpx hc guebhtu fvaxf, naq cerggl jryy rirelguvat ryfr jvyy tvir n urnil uvag nf gb jung gurl ner (r.t. n evat bs ertrarengvba tvirf 'Gur fvax ybbxf nf tbbq nf arj.'.) Tvira gur znwbevgl bs hfrshy evatf jvyy or rapunagrq gbb cbbeyl, vg bsgra cnlf gb whfg guebj lbhe evatf qbja va guvf snfuvba vs lbh qba'g trg na nygne va gur svefg 5 yriryf be fb, nf vqragvsl fpebyyf ner bsgra sne gbb inyhnoyr gb jnfgr ba jung raqf hc orvat n phefrq evat bs uhatre.Aperamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13669724908141286435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-4610821014666360732012-12-14T20:03:45.733-05:002012-12-14T20:03:45.733-05:00You asked for it. ROT13ed so as to not get people ...You asked for it. ROT13ed so as to not get people clicking on it accidentally, and so your blog doesn't get hit by filters: uggc://tevtoregm.pbz/<br /><br />I should note: I got two artists mixed up. The above is by Håkan Ackegård. Fredrik K T Andersson is another artists who has a habit of drawing risque art in a similar style, but without the cession with srznyr obaqntr. That said, he has his own focuses in his art, which is at Elfwood: uggc://naqreffba.rysjbbq.pbz/ and his webcomic at uggc://jjj.cnja.fr/ (Both ROT13ed to be on the safe side, as there is a fair bit of nudity in both, though no sex)Canageekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03770924810559440307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-79906015492167156642012-12-14T19:50:48.186-05:002012-12-14T19:50:48.186-05:00Valk could probably do it too. Most of my best cha...Valk could probably do it too. Most of my best characters are valks, because their crazy low AC means I can wade into rooms of monsters without taking a hit. Canageekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03770924810559440307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-77602979670672297492012-12-14T19:49:34.329-05:002012-12-14T19:49:34.329-05:00That idea has been floated many times. That I know...That idea has been floated many times. That I know of nothing has ever come of it. Canageekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03770924810559440307noreply@blogger.com