I've started playing nethack....

[RGBVideo]

Unreal World owns both Nethack and ADOM. Check out the screenshots first from the lower menu here, then move to the download-section if the images caught your interest. It's shareware, but I bought it for 100 FIM (~$20) back in late 2001, and haven't regretted it.

[General Ludd]

I forgot about that game.


Another game that is quite different in gameplay but somewhat similiar in it's motif is King of Dragon Pass - you might want to try that one.

[General Ludd]

The drums are geting a tad annoying, however.

[Jon Miller]

my best time of nethack was a cursed ring of polymorph

I killed mini great beasts, leveled a lot (I think I was some badass thing for a bit).. and then died from getting stuck in an area with no food

JM

[Urban Ranger]

The best ring in rogue is a ring of slow digestion. Extremely nice.

[DaveV]

Originally posted by Urban Ranger
The best ring in rogue is a ring of slow digestion. Extremely nice.

Actually, I prefer a ring of poison resistance; I can't remember the last time I died from starvation. I play a wizard character (if I'm playing a game with magic, I want to be able to cast some spells!), and hate to lose any of my meager strength to poisoning. Not to mention insta-death from poison...

Nethack is a cool game, with lots of sly jokes buried inside it, but I find it unfulfilling in the end. I've made it to the quest level a couple times as a wizard, but usually get bored with it before that. I just can't shake the feeling that I'm fighting against the random number generator.

[Ari Rahikkala]

ADOM > UrW > Nethack

Seriously, though... hm. I think I should try out Unreal World 2.91. It doesn't seem to have much in the way of interesting new features, however, UrW is one of those games that I simply like to play for a few days every year and I haven't played it yet this year.

And in case you haven't read the Fargo column on the game... http://www.gamespy.com/articles/517/517647p1.html

[DrSpike]

I'm glad I played Nethack, but I don't see myself playing it or anything in the genre again. I'm surprised to see that people still play tbh.

[Jon Miller]

it's quick mindless entertainment..

something to do while you are at work, or between other things..

JM
(needless to say, I never get that far)

[Harovan]

Originally posted by General Ludd
Oh, and how do you intereract with fountains?

Place yourself on the fountain and hit [q]uaff.

Nethack!

[Gamecube64]

You can also #dip things.

[General Ludd]

UnReal World is awsome.

Nothing as fun as playing hurt, helpless, and afraid or escaped slave in the winter.

I had good one going where I had to tear apart all my clothes to bandage my wounds, so I ended up crawling through the snow naked looking for food. I was begining to starve when I came apon a fox and was able to (very luckily) take him down in one swift swipe with my dagger. His meat stopped me from starving to death that night and I was able to continue on a little longer, eventually I found a cave and came across a hunter sleeping in it. The thought occured to me that I could slit his throat while he slept and take his food, but I thought maybe I could just sneak around and steal some with out him noticing - not to mention I was worried about him having friends with him that I didn't see. Unfortunetly, all that was in there was a horse which I startled causing the hunter to wake up. He didn't attack me, but he wouldn't speak to me either or give me any help, so I crawled back out of the cave to my shelter outside and slept - thinking that I would come back the next night and kill him, if I didn't find any food in the mean time. When I went back to the cave he was awake, however, and I didn't feel that my crippled self would stand a chance against an able hunter. But I was starving and desperately needed food, bso I dragged myself past him, deeper into the cave with the hope of finding a rat or something. However, what I found was a wild Lynx. It tore me to shreds as I was trying to climb back up the passage way. I wonder if the hunter knows he's sharing a cave with a Lynx. I should of slit his throat while I had the chance.

[Gamecube64]

Softy

You have to be ruthless to survive in the untamed wilds of pre-medieval evil evil Finnland

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by DaveV
Actually, I prefer a ring of poison resistance; I can't remember the last time I died from starvation. I play a wizard character (if I'm playing a game with magic, I want to be able to cast some spells!), and hate to lose any of my meager strength to poisoning. Not to mention insta-death from poison...

Well loss of strength could be cured by potions, while there's no substitution for food.

Oh, also I was talking about the original rogue. In other variants there are probably more ways to get food. For example in moria you can buy from the general store, so it's not a big problem. So the best ring is a ring of speed instead.

Originally posted by DaveV
Nethack is a cool game, with lots of sly jokes buried inside it, but I find it unfulfilling in the end. I've made it to the quest level a couple times as a wizard, but usually get bored with it before that. I just can't shake the feeling that I'm fighting against the random number generator.

Then try Omega. It's more than just random.

[Blake]

Woo, I just downloaded this. My first character survived until I figured out how to eat a corpse .