Re: Nethack Guidebook from 1988
- From: "B. R. 'BeAr' Ederson" <br.ederson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 21:37:44 +0200
On Sun, 20 May 2007 15:59:16 +0200, Kristoffer Björkman wrote:
In article <f2hd6r$1vk$1@xxxxxxxxx>, Janis Papanagnou says...
spam@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
about 2 weeks ago I discovered this Nethack Players Guidebook
(including nethack v1.1 on a 5,25" Floppy Disk) from 1988 on the bay,
Version 1.1 seems very unlikely. In what way is this stated? Perhaps it
is to be interpreted something like 'Systhema bundled version 1.1'?
I bought the same version back then as the OP bought now. It is as you
guessed: The disk label only seems to refer to the publishers (PC-SIG)
numbering. It is v1.1 of Title #1000 (appropriately decent number for
this wonderful game) of their software library.
The version *really* included is Nethack 2.3f. I had to dig around my
older disks and reattach an old 5 1/4" drive to be sure. Amazingly,
no problems whatsoever to read the entire disk. The files are packed
inside a self-extracting archive.
The date of the newest game files is 15.09.1988. But I think I bought
my copy in 1991. Can't remember seeing it much later.
1988 you say, hmmm.
I find this at Japanese Amazon, but perhaps it is another version, or a
later release of the same item:
"Nethack. Das Amulett von Yendor"
by Dieter Mueller
212 pages
Publisher: Systhema Vlg., München (June 1991)
ISBN-10: 3893901221
ISBN-13: 978-3893901227
Maybe this *is* the book, the OP writes about. In fact: Although this
Public Domain game was sold for about 20 DM, it *didn't* include any
printed documentation. Just the disk inside a paper sleeve, the folded
paper containing the blue front and back pages, which the OP linked to.
And a plastic wrapping.
To be honest: I'm not the least bit disappointed for having billed
this seemingly high price. It was reasonable - compared to other means
for getting new software. Only disk swapping was noticeably cheaper.
Although my first updates to Nethack were free of charge, monetarily,
they cost me much, much more. I remember sitting about a day on an
Internet computer, watching the bytes drop in one-by-one from one of
the free Ftp servers...
*Jedi* Knights must be a misunderstanding of the normal Knight, right?
No. Version 2.3f really had a Jedi class with a light sword. Nice
weapon. But you had to attach new batteries when the power went low.
And you could get it from bones, of course. I liked starting with
Ninja (sometimes over 60 shuriken) and picking up a light sword and
some batteries on one of the first levels. Got me usually farthest.
;-)
Interesting is also that they explained that K (keystone kops)
are cobblestones.
Note that the back cover scan has "Keystone Cops" in English, even
though the guidebook text has the misunderstood(?) German translation.
Two entirely different sources, as written above.
I'd love to see a complete scan of this book! And perhaps a look at the
floppy just to see which Nethack version is on it.
Did it for you. ;-)
BeAr
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