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NetHack: Still One of the Greatest Games Ever Written

Posted by Soulskill on from the aside-from-starcon2 dept.

M-Saunders writes: While everyone obsesses about frame rates and polygon counts, there's one game that hasn't changed visually for decades. NetHack may look incredibly primitive today, but it's still arguably the best game of all time, with an unmatched level of depth, creativity and replayability. Linux Voice looks at this fascinating dungeon romp, explaining what makes it great, how to get started with it, and how to discover some of its secrets.

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  1. Don't foget by aglider · · Score: 4, Informative

    Rogue, Moria and the likes. I personally played Rogue and Moria.

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  2. Re:One of the few games with incredible imaginatio by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup is by far my favorite crawler and it's regularly updated as well.

    http://crawl.develz.org/wordpress/

    download it or play it in your browser as ascii or with tiles.

  3. Permadeath? by Dynamoo · · Score: 3, Informative

    Permadeath? Well, one of the first things you have to learn to do is cheat by backing up those file. Of course, on a Unix box you'll need to be root, but easier on other platforms.

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