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Dudley's (New, Improved) Dungeon

< Oct 24th, 2015 >ThePathfinder
                    
                    
                    
                    
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The newt bites!You die...
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Dudley:I'm here...again.
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Shopkeeper:Welcome to the Town of Nowhere.What can I do for you?

Dudley:I need an item that can rid me of that f***ing newt thing!

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Shopkeeper:Here is the newest product of Sorcnyth Interdimensional.You just say "newt" and all newts are gone!Only ZM$1337!

Dudley:Okay,I will buy it.

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Velkommen Dudley,welcome to NetHack!

You are a lawful human Valkyrie.

                    
                    
                    
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Later in the Dungeons...

#invoke

What do you wantto invoke?[fsCK]f

f-the blessed wand named MSTRPRGR.EXE(35:4297)

MonSTeR PuRGeR 6.3RC7     
(c)Sorcnyth 1234-5678,ARR.
What do you want to purge?
> NEWT
                    
                    
                    
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You disappeared in a puff of logic.
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Dudley:Oh crap.
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Dudley:HEY!!!THAT THING DID NOT WORK AT ALL!!!IT PURGED ME!!!

Shopkeeper:Did you say "Newt"?

Dudley:YES!!!

Shopkeeper:You must say the word in Mazulen,and in that langurage "Dudley" is pronounced "Newt".

Dudley:THAT IS RIDI...okay,okay.What about a easier-to-use one?

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Shopkeeper:What about this harp?It can let you control the dungeon itself!

Dudley:How much?

Shopkeeper:The purger plus additional 666 zorkmids.

Dudley:I agree.

                    
                    
                    
                    
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Hello Dudley,welcome to NetHack!

You are a neutral human Healer.

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Some levels later...

#invoke

What do you want to invoke?[sh]h

h-the blessed harp named RANDGEN.SYS(49:3335234)

You feels like the dungeon submits to your will!

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"- The Amulet of Yendor

_- The high altar to Hermes(neutral)

Dudley:YOHO!Veni,Vidi,Vici!!!

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Shopkeeper:Wait!Did you play that harp?

Dudley:Positive.

Shopkeeper:You run so fast and did not listen to me!

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Shotkeeper:You should equip the borg implant and play LICENSE.XM first 'cuz the guys at Sorcnyth do not like your free-thinking manner.
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Dudley:What would happen if I don't?

Shopkeeper:The built-in Hyper-Subatomic-Bomb will explode!And my town is in the damage radius!

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And the stairs are broken as well.
That's why NetHack does not have DLvl 0.
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6 Comments

#1 grisha5 Sat, 24 Oct 2015 01:28:16
Not bad but i dont get it.

#2 grisha5 Sat, 24 Oct 2015 01:28:55
Oh and symmetry broken.

#3 ThePathfinder Mon, 26 Oct 2015 13:59:54
And someone fixed it.Not me,I promise.

#4 grisha5 Tue, 27 Oct 2015 01:29:17
Broken again. Now takes 2 votes to fix.

#5 ThePathfinder Sat, 31 Oct 2015 08:32:23
I played some Angband games and I found that when loading a dead character and viewing his chardump,it says that he is in "Nowhere town lv 0",so I assume that NetHack could has that,and that can explain why different characters start with different amount of money and different items.

#6 ThePathfinder Mon, 14 Mar 2016 12:13:33
It has a obsolete reference to the game "Arvale 2:Ocean of Time" by PDAmill.
That game is only released for Windows Mobile(CE) and I don't think people still uae that platform.

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