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2006 NetHack Tournament

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the may-those-who-are-about-to-die-salute-you dept.

robin writes "With another Halloween here and gone, the fall NetHack season is open once again. The 8th annual /dev/null/nethack Tournament started at midnight on November 1st, and will last through the rest of the month. You may wish to read the instructions and see what trophies are available this year before registering to compete."

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  1. Re:Just started by wertarbyte · · Score: 3, Informative

    There are many gui frontends for nethack, I especially like this one for my Nokia 770 :-)

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  2. Re:Just started by pla · · Score: 3, Informative

    If something like this could ever be made graphical I would eat it alive.

    Although I think, based on that statement, that you might not quite "get" the charm of NetHack...

    Falcon's Eye does exactly what you ask for, a fully (isometric) 3d interface on top of core game engine.

  3. Re:I *heart* nethack by AdamTrace · · Score: 3, Informative

    I think completing the Gnomish Mines and Sokoban are good goals for a newbie player... Afterwards follow the Quest, Medusa, and the Castle...

  4. If stuck... by ZzzzSleep · · Score: 3, Informative

    If you need some help, here are some of the best places to visit.
    rec.games.roguelike.nethack.
    Dylan O'Donnell's nethack spoiler page.

    Enjoy and good luck everybody!

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