Nethack - Best Game Ever (2000)
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Nethack - Best Game Ever (2000)
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#2So classic. A few years ago I told my dad what I was playing and he told me he had played Hack (from which NetHack is derived) on his first PC.
Roguelikes have aged better than any other games I can think of.
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#3"Say a hacker who's suddenly become wealthy from a Linux-related IPO approaches you and says, 'Here's a million dollars. Let's make a full-blown, graphics-rich version of Nethack to rival Diablo. Interested?'"
That would really kick ass. Anyone having a spare million dolars?
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#4For those of you who might be looking for something similar in a strategy/empire-building game, Dwarf Fortress is available for free at:
http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/
With a free graphics front-end for the game at: http://mayday.w.staszic.waw.pl/df.php
It's donation-ware, still under development, and the learning curve is a right-angle, but the game is really fun and addictive.
A wiki has been put together in lieu of proper documentation with this page: http://www.dwarffortresswiki.net/index.php/Your_first_fortre...
providing everything you need to start.
If you enjoy the game, please donate. This is a startup which really deserves to succeed.
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#5ADoM is also good, but closed source unfortunately. Can't play it on my PDA.
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#6"Say a hacker who's suddenly become wealthy from a Linux-related IPO approaches you and says, 'Here's a million dollars. Let's make a full-blown, graphics-rich version of Nethack to rival Diablo. Interested?'" That would really kick ass. Anyone having a spare million dolars?
I suspect it would take more than a million dollars to make a modern graphics-rich game, regardless of its basis in Nethack.
I'd certainly like to play such a game, though. The depth of the Nethack world is impressive. Put it on the Wii so I can swing swords, throw daggers, fling spells, etc. and I would probably never be heard from in the real world again.
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#7"Say a hacker who's suddenly become wealthy from a Linux-related IPO approaches you and says, 'Here's a million dollars. Let's make a full-blown, graphics-rich version of Nethack to rival Diablo. Interested?'" That would really kick ass. Anyone having a spare million dolars?
There are graphic clients available, in various stages of maintenance (see the Wiki article on NH). But I keep going back to the text version. It's like porting Pacman to the Quake or other 3d engine - you don't really gain anything, and arguably the visual distractions get in the way, over-emphasizing the limitations of the square grid and limited view. Additionally, the isometric 3d of some ports makes it too easy to step into the wrong square.
When I was in High School (80s) I used to sneak onto the campus of the local technical college to play Hack.
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#8ADoM is also good, but closed source unfortunately. Can't play it on my PDA.
Yes, this is an amazing roguelike. My favorite one.
Too bad it's sequel (Jade) is still vaporware...
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#9If you like this sort of thing there is also Angband - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angband_(computer_game)
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#10Rogue is on the iPhone. Nethack and Dwarf Fortress would be amazing. Does anyone have any inside info?