Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!ncar!gatech!udel!rochester!pt.cs.cmu.edu!henry!hairston From: hairston@henry.ece.cmu.edu (David Hairston) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games Subject: Re: Recomendations for a Game Message-ID: Date: 4 Feb 91 01:42:10 GMT References: <1991Feb3.233015.28322@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Organization: Gaia II Lines: 17 In-reply-to: aasg7935@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu's message of 3 Feb 91 23:30:15 GMT [aasg7935@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Anton A Sanderfoot) writes:] [] ... [] I guess I'd like something of a fantasy game. I played most of the [] "Ultima" series when I had my //c, and enjoied them. I also played a game [] on a Commodore system called (something like) "D&D Forgotten Realms". It [] was an interesting game, and I'm wondering if there is something similar [] for the mac. Wizardry seems to get talked about alot on this group, but I [] never got into the complexities of the game when I tried it on the //c, [] perhaps its better now. i'm biased but there's a very good _freeware_ fantasy role-playing game called nethack which you can get via anonymous ftp. i happen to know that version 3.0 patchlevel 10 (the final 3.0 patch) will be announced on comp.sources.games and rec.games.hack this week. look for it! -dave- hairston@henry.ece.cmu.edu