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Introduction Current EventsThread over. See the next post for all the videos.Ahh,. One of the most challenging games out there. It's 20 years old and still going strong. Some people have been playing for that long and haven't ever beaten it. Besting Hell is apparently too much for some people.Who are you?I'm Filburt Shellbach and I'm here to make NetHack my bitch.
Nethack gameplay screenshot DOSGames.com Review: Rating: 5 Despite it's name, this game does NOT involve any type of computer 'hacking'. It's actually my favorite 'Roguelike' game, orignally based on the 'Hack' roguelike. While it may take awhile to learn all of the different commands, the game itself is very deep and involving. Official NetHack logo. This is the page on the culture, development, and historic aspects of NetHack.For information on how to play the game and a start to the game mechanics, see Guidebook. NetHack is a roguelike computer game, and the most famous and popular of its kind. The latest version is 3.4.3, released on 8 December 2003.
I also go by the name Eidolos. Some of my claims to NetHack fame ( ) are that I:. in 1h 56m and 5420 turns. have 70 ascensions, more than a third of them wizards. run the annual June tournament on NAO. regularly ascend in under four hours.
wrote the drat near everyone uses. coded most of (though I won't be using it in this LP). gave two lectures about NetHack at MIT, one about expert tactics and strategy, another about Interhack and my NetHack bot TAEBWhile I don't claim to be the best NetHack player out there, I'm certainly up there.What is this LP?I'm not doing the condition per video any more. Too much overhead! But I will do conditions for blocks of videos (entire games, if your condition is good!).I'm here to show off a lot of NetHack's little tricks.
I'll be happy to answer any questions about how I did things my videos, or really, anything about NetHack.Important Links., a public NetHack server., a telnet client for you Windows folk., the NetHack wiki., Windows ttyrec player., UNIX ttyrec player (ironically, written by the PuTTY guy)Fan Art!raocow answers the question 'where do turtles roam?' BurningNinja answers the question 'For what do you wish?' Blinn answers the question 'Shall I pick a character's race, role, gender and alignment for you?' VideosNote: the Vimeo videos are higher quality, but all the videos should have readable text.
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One of the deepest, richest gameplay found in any game on any platform, NetHack is a cult classic since its release in 1987, and has since spawned many descendants (including Diablo). Gandreas software now presents this classic for the iPhone/iPod Touch:- Playable in either 'ASCII' mode, or graphics mode (just rotate the device to switch)- Obscure keyboard commands replaced with a simple taps for movement, or a handy command picker.- Commands can also be activated by a unique gesture based command - want to search for a secret door?
Swipe across the top of the play area (all the gestures are shown on the command picker for easy reference)- Graphics can be zoomed in/out via pinch- Completely faithful NetHack experience (all the levels, monsters, potions, scrolls, etc.)- iPhone UI - standard scrolling lists, pickers, etc.- Multiple tiles sets, from the classic to the sublime- Never see a keyboard unless you are doing something like typing in a name!Can you retrieve the Amulet of Yendor and return to the surface? Snow Husky, Just a few problems.My games do crash occasionally, but when they do, if I press restore at the startup, it works fine. One crash cause is selecting an un-enhancable (needs training) skill while there is another skill you can enhance available, and pressing done.If the game didn't crash when you died, it would be fine. If that crash is ever fixed, when you select 'no' to restore after crash, it should say an are you sure? Message.The force command isn't in the picker, and options aren't saved between lives (likely because of the crash upon a death). Those would be nice fixes.All in all, it is very convenient and streamlined, once you learn most of the commands by muscle memory. Instead of using them straight from the picker, close it and do the glyph on your screen.
This show about a screw up company of space cops was brilliant semi-satire. It brings to my mind a tiny film about a loving family type crew of a 'renegade' ship that acquires a 8 yr old kid as a stowaway. Space rangers 2: rise of the dominators. It took the nuclear family dynamic of the ultra serious 'Waltons' mixed it with the sarcastic 'Ice Pirates' crews' family weirdness, added space adventure, and voila-Instant Cult Hit!
You will learn fast.Also, it needs a way to enter wizard mode!!!!!! Ghengispwns, Classic game, needs to be fixedI have always loved nethack and I got to play this port when I found it on the iPhone 4. Interface was great and almost everything worked (occasional crashes were an issue - but just like having your mind eaten by a mind flayer so too, I suppose, is the risk of getting randomly crunched under the mighty heel of a software crash). However I have now upgraded to iPhone 6 with latest software (8.0.2 at time of writing) and it won't even launch properly. Please fix this game!
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