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Old Game...does this sound/look familiar to anyone?

Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2003 12:19 pm
by Guest
Looking for this game. I can't remember the name of it. It was from the 80s and it was a text game. The storyline was that you were in a cave, I think. Anyway, the object was to stay alive, get treasure and escape. You started out with a dog that looked like this = "d". He would follow you around and help protect you. If he ate food, or you gave him tripe to eat, after a while he would become a big dog and would look like this = "D". You could also get different wands, armor, weapons as well as potions to fend off a host of animals\creatures that were trying to kill you.

Below is what a typical screen would look like in the game(the "@" is your character and the d is the dog, a "." is just empty space in the room and I believe a # is a door, but I could be wrong has I haven't played the game in well over 10 years):

+----------------+
|.....................|
|............d.......|
|..........@.........|
|.....................|
|.....................#
|.....................|
+----------------+

Does this look\sound familier to anyone?

Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2003 2:52 pm
by 486 player
Nethack

Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2003 2:10 pm
by Guest
486 player wrote:Nethack
Yep. That looks like the game.

Thanks for your help!

Can't wait to start looking for the Amulet of Yendor!!

Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2003 3:43 pm
by Dogbreath
You can get Nethack at http://www.dosgames.com/ :)