Nethack...

[+DarkLord]

I know a lot of you old time gamers remember Nethack and all of it's various clones

and offshoots.

 

Well, we've got a version running on The DarkForce BBS now, and it's pretty cool (and

very detailed!).

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moria_(1983_video_game)

 

https://www.mobygames.com/game/atari-st/moria

 

Here are some screenshots of it actually running on the BBS:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We're in a testing phase now, but it seems to be pretty solid so far...

 

[Justin Payne]

Unfortunally, as my C language teacher spoke, I was playing a bit too much Rogue.

[+DarkLord]

1 hour ago, Justin Payne said:

Unfortunally, as my C language teacher spoke, I was playing a bit too much Rogue.

 

Love Rogue on the Atari ST. One of the earlier games that I played and really got into.

 

It was just so...Nethack with graphics. 

 

To once more hold the Amulet of Yendor in the light of day! 

 

[mdivancic]

Probably the first computer game most of us old farts ever played.

[TGB1718]

2 minutes ago, mdivancic said:

Probably the first computer game most of us old farts ever played.

Lunar Lander on a teletype terminal (college computer  )

I may be a bit of an older fart than some ?

[Zogging Hell]

There was a Falcon version of Nethack with graphics was there not? I remember playing back in the late 90s.

[+DarkLord]

Yes there was...

 

[+DarkLord]

Well....I guess I spoke too soon.

 

The game refuses to load any saved file but that of the last

person who called/played. I've been through the docs and

can't find anything about this.

 

I didn't catch it because I only played my character. When

someone else tried it, it loaded up *my* character.

 

I'll have to think this over but for now, it's a no-go. 

 

[+DarkLord]

Okay, I re-wrote the startup script and it seems to be working.

 

We'll see how it goes... 

 

[Tillek]

I've had this on SFHQ since... maybe actually back in the 90's.

 

Never checked to see if it had the same problem with loading the last guy's game... I'll have to check on that.

 

Of course, the way people play games, there will likely only be one guy playing anyway.

 

I did notice it mentioned "Further versions available" but never saw any.  We seem to be running the same version according to the loading screen.

 

My files listing also seems to have a "manifest" text file that looks like there was a bigger archive (with source).  Wonder if that's out there somewhere.

 

[+DarkLord]

Not a clue. Was going through my BBS games archive and noticed this one.

 

I don't remember ever trying to set it up before.

 

Since I'm a big RPG in general and Nethack in particular fan, I thought I'd

give it a shot.

 

This is one huge game for an online BBS game. 50 levels, IIRC the docs

correctly and you face a Balrog at the end!  

 

[Android8675]

My board has Rogue-JS on the web server. Runs great, but Moria is a huge upgrade from Rogue. I need to fix my  server, all the ports are forked up. What happens when you want to run Foundry VTT.

[Tillek]

3 hours ago, Android8675 said:

My board has Rogue-JS on the web server. Runs great, but Moria is a huge upgrade from Rogue. I need to fix my  server, all the ports are forked up. What happens when you want to run Foundry VTT.

Refresh my memory.... that's not an Atari BBS is it?

 

[Hwlngmad]

On 7/26/2021 at 3:28 AM, DarkLord said:

Love Rogue on the Atari ST. One of the earlier games that I played and really got into.

Rogue on the ST is damn good and its graphical touches really help it shine and stand out from the pack imo.

[+DarkLord]

1 hour ago, Hwlngmad said:

Rogue on the ST is damn good and its graphical touches really help it shine and stand out from the pack imo.

 

Totally agreed. A dream of mine would be to see the online BBS game Moria updated to better graphics.

 

Tough with VT52 and ANSI but still, I think a lot of little "touches" could be done to make it more visually pleasing.

 

After all, look at Thieves Guild (although that is an entirely different game).

 

[Android8675]

On 8/19/2021 at 3:18 PM, Tillek said:

Refresh my memory.... that's not an Atari BBS is it?

 

Nope. I feel like I just committed a cardinal sin. Am I being reprimanded? I do have a few Atari bases, and my system does recognize ATASCII terminals, but alas the menus are just .txt in that mode. Someday I'll tweak everything to look good on the 8-bits. PETASCII also works, but I have to fix my rev.proxy, it's not configured properly.

[+DarkLord]

Nah, nothing cardinal my son. Just give us 3 "Hail Fuji!"'s and all is forgiven. 

 

I think most of us here, while Atari at heart, appreciate almost all things retro.

 

In addition, I'm pretty sure that even us Atari SysOps and regular callers do

call other non-Atari boards as well.

 

Nothing wrong with diversity - I hear it's big these days... /rolls eyes.  

 

[Tillek]

6 hours ago, Android8675 said:

Nope. I feel like I just committed a cardinal sin. Am I being reprimanded? I do have a few Atari bases, and my system does recognize ATASCII terminals, but alas the menus are just .txt in that mode. Someday I'll tweak everything to look good on the 8-bits. PETASCII also works, but I have to fix my rev.proxy, it's not configured properly.

Actually not at all... just wanted to make sure I didn't miss it for the Atari BBS list if it was an Atari BBS.

Nothing more.

[Tillek]

1 hour ago, DarkLord said:

Nah, nothing cardinal my son. Just give us 3 "Hail Fuji!"'s and all is forgiven. 

 

I think most of us here, while Atari at heart, appreciate almost all things retro.

 

In addition, I'm pretty sure that even us Atari SysOps and regular callers do

call other non-Atari boards as well.

 

Nothing wrong with diversity - I hear it's big these days... /rolls eyes.  

 

I even call a "Commie" BBS from time to time.  But don't tell......

 

But yeah, I probably should have clarified but I was in a hurry for some reason... just wanted to make sure it wasn't missed for the list.