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Rogue and Tetris ported to . . . . . Diablo II?!?!

Posted by Hemos on from the gettin-it-on-with-the-golden-oldies dept.

lord2800 writes "While Diablo II is nearing the end of it useable life-cycle, it would seem that Diablo II hacking is still alive and well. Diablo II hacking pioneer Syadasti (Mike Gogulski), has recently ported and released both Rogue and Tetris for Diablo II. Since Blizzard has not yet released their upcoming patch, is it left up to the open source programmers to breathe some life into modern games, with a little retro twist. A quote from the author: Finally, an answer to the question "what the hell do I do while my bot is running?" Play Tetris! Grab yours today at from Otaku-Elite. Requires bind.d2h and d2hackit. Self-documenting. (tetris.d2h features an autopilot mode as well, so if you get as tired of playing Tetris as you are of playing Diablo II, well just turn that puppy on and let the computer play for you) Syadasti (Mike Gogulski) is also the Head of Research for the d2jsp Development Team which, among other things, has embedded a Javascript engine within Diablo II to facilitate the creation of AI "bots" which can play the game on their own, "thus freeing the user from the tedium of playing with ... er ... for ... himself," he says."

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  1. Tetrinet by daitengu · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    pfft! until they make it so you can challenege others like in TetriNet I'll stick with ... uh .. TetriNet :) besides, Tetrinet needs more players :)

  2. Re:Tetris for Diablo 2 might be ILLEGAL by Sinistar2k · · Score: 3, Offtopic

    Never mind the Tetris mark, watch out for Blizzard/Vivendi who HATE anything that makes their game more fun for people.

  3. Commander Keen by Engdy · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Don't forget the pong game on Commander Keen's wristwatch. I can't say I played it much while I was trying to rescue the babysitter, but it definitely impressed me at the time.

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  4. Re:Ultima Online by noxavior · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Grammar patrol.

    how in the world are they going to know which account his is

    is his?

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  5. Yet more proof by Inoshiro · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    That rather than design aircraft to be resistant to things (interference, via proper shielding; terrorism, via a separate cockpit cabin), people feel the need to legislate problems away.

    I doubt that cell phones interfere with planes. In fact, many pilots will use them on planes (mainly smaller ones) as a replacement for their radio if they break.

    This doesn't even touch on how unhappy airline staff are to see a PalmPilot turned on (which emits the same RF as my digital camera that they don't care about).

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