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Your Friday Afternoon Seeks the Amulet of Yendor

Nov 6, 2009
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Gaming, Geekery

I've written perviously about my love of Nethack, and how excited I was to be able to play it on my phone. Well, now I have a few other random Nethack updates for you to waste your Friday afternoon.

First off, in the everything old is new again department, you can now play Nethack over the internet. This is great for me, since I don't have to install it on a work machine. It plays nicely right through a java app via the website alt.org.

Next up is something for those of us who can't bring ourselves to attack a g or a p. You want some graphics with your hack? Well, I give you Falcon's Eye. It converts my beloved Nethack into a nice isometric 3D graphics game. Definitely worth checking out. (note for you purists, Falcon's Eye uses SLASH, a Nethack variant with lots of extra stuff added)

I still have never won a game of Nethack, so if you find the amulet and return it, please don't rub it in. Maybe I should stop playing as tourists…

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  1. Nick  •  Nov 6, 2009 @1:54 pm

    IMHO, valks are a good class for noobs. It's what I used in my first (and only) ascension. They get the fast intrinsic pretty early on (lvl 7 I think) and mojllner is nifty first gift.

    Other friends of mine recommend priests – auto detect bless / cursedness of all items.

    Maybe I'm just an old unix geek, but I think the console ascii version is still the way to play. If nothing else it will teach you the vim keys (keypad's for wimps)

  2. Ian Argent  •  Nov 6, 2009 @7:28 pm

    http://www.thefump.com/fump.php?id=93

    Chorus:
    I don't mind the text sometimes, the images it shows.
    Running from the Ds and Ls, and killing all the Os.
    Faded prints and subtle hints and fortune cookie lies.
    You never ID all your stuff, until your @ sign dies.

    worth the buck