ZAngbandTK and Sherlock (was Re: the most addictive game you ever played?0
Fred Q
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>In article <371f8927...@news.lvdi.net>,
> Christo...@hotmail.com wrote:
>> I stole this intro from richar...@hotmail.com.
>>
>> >For Angband, ZAngbandTJ is real good.
>>
>> Wait, someone released a TK version of Zangband?
>>
>> Oh noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.........
>>
>> <cries>
>>
>> I just got over my Zangband addiction not six months ago. It took a
>> hard drive failure. And now they tempt me with a TK version with
>> undoubtedly brilliant tile graphics and an even more sadistic RNG?
>> Why!?
>
>In order to get people who don't like ANSI graphics hooked. =). Not only
does
>it feature the tile graphics, but also, it has an outside forest area to
>explore, and a multitude of quests.
>
>Have fun. Muhahahaha!
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Gerry Quinn
>In article <371f8927...@news.lvdi.net>,
> Christo...@hotmail.com wrote:
>> I stole this intro from richar...@hotmail.com.
>>
>> >For Angband, ZAngbandTJ is real good.
>>
>> Wait, someone released a TK version of Zangband?
>>
>> Oh noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.........
>>
>> <cries>
>>
>> I just got over my Zangband addiction not six months ago. It took a
>> hard drive failure. And now they tempt me with a TK version with
>> undoubtedly brilliant tile graphics and an even more sadistic RNG?
>> Why!?
>
>In order to get people who don't like ANSI graphics hooked. =). Not only does
>it feature the tile graphics, but also, it has an outside forest area to
>explore, and a multitude of quests.
>
The original version (2.1?) with just a dungeon is better IMO.
The sad thing is that when you use TK, you can never go back to ANSI...
- Gerry Quinn
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Lost Dragon
I'd given up on the rogue-family games long ago because even the Win32
versions had insisted on sticking with ASCII characters or minuscule font
graphics. The TK variation is a very welcome enhancement. Cheers to the
author.
pattr
Lost Dragon wrote in message <371fcbfc...@news.ionet.net>...
Lost Dragon
I'm not actually sure :-).
waldby julian f
>>Where can I get this?
>AngbandTK's home page is at:
>http://persweb.direct.ca/dbaker/angbandtk.html
What is the difference between AngbandTK, KangbandTK, OangbandTK and
ZangbandTK?
Julian
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Lost Dragon
>ZangbandTK?
K/O/Zanband are all variations of the classic Angband. Some add skill
systems, or more classes, or etc..
I don't know what the exact differentiations are. I just know that they
are variants of the original.
Lars Haugseth
wal...@coewl.cen.uiuc.edu (waldby julian f) writes:
> What is the difference between AngbandTK, KangbandTK, OangbandTK and
> ZangbandTK?
It's in the Angband FAQ: <URL:http://www.phial.com/angband/angfaq1.html#10>
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Lars Haugseth
Gerry Quinn
>>What does TK mean? Thanks. Pat
It relates to some sort of graphics interface engine that is used by the TK
variants.
- Gerry Quinn
Gerry Quinn
>>The sad thing is that when you use TK, you can never go back to ANSI...
>
>I'd given up on the rogue-family games long ago because even the Win32
>versions had insisted on sticking with ASCII characters or minuscule font
>graphics. The TK variation is a very welcome enhancement. Cheers to the
>author.
>
The font graphics were usually okay on the Amiga versions. I was disappointed
with the PC versions also, until TK.
- Gerry Quinn
SJG
Christopher Tew
So you never tried DOS Angband with the Bolt tileset (which predated
TK)? Ben's original tileset wasn't half bad, either.
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Lars Haugseth
Christo...@hotmail.com (Christopher Tew) writes:
> I stole this intro from Gerry Quinn.
> >In article <371fcbfc...@news.ionet.net>, lost...@ionet.net (Lost Dragon) wrote:
> >>>The sad thing is that when you use TK, you can never go back to ANSI...
> >>
> >>I'd given up on the rogue-family games long ago because even the Win32
> >>versions had insisted on sticking with ASCII characters or minuscule font
> >>graphics. The TK variation is a very welcome enhancement. Cheers to the
> >>author.
> >>
> >
> >The font graphics were usually okay on the Amiga versions. I was disappointed
> >with the PC versions also, until TK.
>
> So you never tried DOS Angband with the Bolt tileset (which predated
> TK)? Ben's original tileset wasn't half bad, either.
The "original" tile set (8x8 pixels, 16 colours) was drawn by James Larimer
and Thomas H. Davies, and first appeared in CWM Moria for Amiga.
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Christopher Tew
>
>Christo...@hotmail.com (Christopher Tew) writes:
>> So you never tried DOS Angband with the Bolt tileset (which predated
>> TK)? Ben's original tileset wasn't half bad, either.
>
>The "original" tile set (8x8 pixels, 16 colours) was drawn by James Larimer
>and Thomas H. Davies, and first appeared in CWM Moria for Amiga.
Whoopsie. I was always under the impression that the tileset that's
in the stock Angband was done by Ben.
Gerry Quinn
>I stole this intro from Gerry Quinn.
>>In article <371fcbfc...@news.ionet.net>, lost...@ionet.net (Lost Dragon)
> wrote:
>>>>The sad thing is that when you use TK, you can never go back to ANSI...
>>>
>>>I'd given up on the rogue-family games long ago because even the Win32
>>>versions had insisted on sticking with ASCII characters or minuscule font
>>>graphics. The TK variation is a very welcome enhancement. Cheers to the
>>>author.
>>>
>>
>>The font graphics were usually okay on the Amiga versions. I was disappointed
>>with the PC versions also, until TK.
>
>TK)? Ben's original tileset wasn't half bad, either.
>
I did try a version with this option, and it did not impress me greatly.
Maybe it's just me...
- Gerry Quinn