Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!fernwood!apple!uokmax!munnari.oz.au!sirius.ucs.adelaide.edu.au!research!phata From: phata@research.cc.flinders.oz (Zax) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games Subject: Re: Nethack ect. Help wanted. Keywords: Is these Games HARD or what. Message-ID: <492@research.cc.flinders.oz> Date: 29 Oct 90 00:13:39 GMT References: Organization: Flinders University, S.A., Australia Lines: 72 Willis F York inquires about PD "Rogue" type games: >Net Hack 3.0 - >This version uses a Custome Font, but it dosen't seem to do anything. >Does the font give ya little men and monsters? OR Just walls and such. >I loaded the font into FED and it looked just like a regular font. if it's nethack3.0pl9 then the font is only for the walls & doors. the game doesn't really need fonts - you don't play it for the graphics. >How do i get my little dog to follow me downstairs, I don't want him to get >lost. (He's followed me ONCE) to get your dog (or feline) to follow you downstairs just make sure that your pet is standing in a square next to you when you go down. it'll follow you then ( unless it doesn't like you of course) >All in all the BEST "Hack/Slash" i've seen. agreed. see rec.games.hack for much more info on this incredibly hoopy game >Moria - Is this the Worst one out there or what? > When ya have to haggle over a 2 gp biscut it's silly. > >Also there seems to be 2 versions out, 1 with Graphics and 1 with "ascii" >what's the Difference? Ie. is one Newer/faster ect... this ones not too bad. i think the version with ascii is a later version with far less bugs. check out the version number on both versions and play the latest. >The game be a lot better if it wasen't soo deadly. you have to take it slow with this game. buy some stuff, go down a level, hunt around, go back up, buy some stuff, go down a few levels etc... good fun but not as good as nethack >and ya diden't have to rerun the prog when ya die. yeah >omega - ICKKKKKKKY, graphics are all "white" and tiny, and DEADLY i've > gotten out of the city once. and The Inventory idea is inovative > and lame. omega is actually a very good game - you have a choice of what your character can become, your alignment is calculated by how you interact with other characters. also you have a series of quests to complete. these quests are different for each character class ie. if you are a paladin you must eventually kill the High Sorcerer and get the Star Gem back to the Law Giver (Law Bringer?), but if you are a sorcerer (who must be chaotic) you must eventually kill the Law Giver and give the Law Givers Crown to the High Sorcerer. the inventory is a good idea but takes awhile to get used to. there are a large number of dungeons above and below ground to explore good fun game (very humourous in places) - you don't play it for the graphics. better that Moria but not as good as Nethack >Has anyone gotten ANYWHERE on this one? yeah - i've finished it as Paladin/Magic User/Cleric of Odin (43rd level i think) >I know LARN is out there, but i can't find it. >(It was the best Graphic wise of any of them) yeah larn is a goody. a bit easy tho' - you play it for score rather than to get through it. check the fish disks for this one. play long, play hard -Zax --