DoomRL is too awesome to be real.

P_HAT · Post by **P_HAT** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 3:56 pm

I can't stop playing this game. I start's it over and over and over and over and...

Play this game or go to hell!

my shitty PM -

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 DoomRL (v.0.9.8.9) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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 P_Hat, level 9 Imp Corporal, defeated the Cyberdemon
 on level 25 of the Phobos base. 
 He survived 160619 turns and scored 43254 points. 
 He was too young to die!

 He killed 394 out of 417 hellspawn. (94%)
 He held his right to remain violent.

 He found the Phobos Arena. 
 He ventured into the Halls of Carnage. 
 He witnessed the City of Skulls.
 He faced The Wall.
 And he cleared it completely!.
 He wandered into the Unholy Cathedral.
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------

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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------

  Health 58/70   Experience 39706/9
  ToHit +2  ToDmg Ranged +3  ToDmg Melee +3

-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------

    Ironman        (Level 2)
    Hellrunner     (Level 1)
    Son of a bitch (Level 3)
    Eagle Eye      (Level 1)
    Triggerhappy   (Level 2)

  SoB->SoB->TH->TH->SoB->Iro->Iro->EE->HR->

-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------

    [a] [ Armor      ]   modified red armor [2/5] (45%) (P)
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   modified BFG 9000 (11d8) [30/100] (D1)
    [c] [ Boots      ]   protective boots [4/4] (70%)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   modified chaingun (1d6)x5 [50/50] (R1)

-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------

    [a] advanced rocket launcher (6d8) [1/1] (D2R1A1)
    [b] red armor [4/4] (100%)
    [c] 10mm ammo (x90)
    [d] 10mm ammo (x140)
    [e] 10mm ammo (x140)
    [f] rocket (x13)
    [g] rocket (x14)
    [h] small med-pack
    [i] large med-pack
    [j] large med-pack
    [k] large med-pack

-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------

    55 former humans
    56 former sergeants
    22 former captains
    15 imps
    48 demons
    68 lost souls
    17 cacodemons
    10 barons of hell
    1 Cyberdemon
    22 hell knights
    2 arachnotrons
    6 former commandos
    5 pain elementals
    7 arch-viles
    6 mancubi

-- History ---------------------------------------------------

  He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
  On level 10 he witnessed the Wall.
  He massacred the evil behind the Wall!
  On level 13 he ventured into the Halls of Carnage.
  On level 15 he he found the City of Skulls.
  On level 16 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
  He fled the Unholy Cathedral seeing no chance to win.
  On level 18 he found the Baron Armor!
  Then at last he found Phobos Arena!
  On level 25 he finally defeated the Cyberdemon.

-- Messages --------------------------------------------------

 The Cyberdemon fires! You are hit!
 Fire -- Choose target... The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The Cyberdemon
 reloads his rocket launcher.
 Fire -- Choose target...
 You reload the BFG 9000 with power cell. The Cyberdemon fires! You are hit!
 The Cyberdemon reloads his rocket launcher.
 Fire -- Choose target... The missile hits the Cyberdemon.
 Fire -- Choose target... The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The Cyberdemon
 fires! You are hit!
 You use a large med-pack. You feel fully healed. The Cyberdemon reloads his
 rocket launcher.
 You reload the BFG 9000 with power cell. The Cyberdemon fires! You are hit!
 Your red armor is damaged! The Cyberdemon reloads his rocket launcher.
 Fire -- Choose target... The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The Cyberdemon
 dies. Congratulations! You defeated the Cyberdemon! Press <Enter>

-- General ---------------------------------------------------

 Before him 10 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 10 of those were killed.

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DA LINK - http://doom.chaosforge.org/

maybe we should open score thread on 2d forum?

Twiddle · Post by **Twiddle** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 3:58 pm

how did you get modified weapons

P_HAT · Post by **P_HAT** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 4:00 pm

Twiddle wrote:how did you get modified weapons

New version!
0.9.8.9 or 0.9.8.10 - there is a tons of new features like weapon/arm mods, unique items, etc.

Ruldra · Post by **Ruldra** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 4:03 pm

Screenshot from the game:

What the heck

P_HAT · Post by **P_HAT** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 4:06 pm

It's sshot form old version

If you never played RL games, it can take some time to get into it... but then... OMFG it's just best genre beside Fighting and Shmups.

Pixel_Outlaw · Post by **Pixel_Outlaw** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 4:31 pm

I'm always puzzled about their choices for ascii characters. Why don't they utalize the dithered "block" characters more?

kengou · Post by **kengou** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 7:02 pm

what is this, nethack with guns?

landshark · Post by **landshark** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 10:20 pm

ooooh, I like rogue-likes! Gonna give this whirl later this weekend.

landshark · Post by **landshark** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 4:32 am

Damnit. I was on level 9 (wanted level 10 to unlock the challenge) then this happened:

Shortly after I got the double shotty.

Edit: hahaha, it saves when it crashes, note the text "the world crashed on him once" haha

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 Landshark, level 5 Human Soldier, killed by a cacodemon
 on level 14 of the Phobos base. 
 He survived 46358 turns and scored 11796 points. 
 He was too young to die!

 He killed 159 out of 183 hellspawn. (86%)


 The world crashed on him once.
 He saved himself once.

-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------

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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------

  Health -6/60   Experience 8173/5
  ToHit +0  ToDmg Ranged +0  ToDmg Melee +0

-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------

    Ironman        (Level 1)
    Son of a gun   (Level 3)
    Dualgunner     (Level 1)

  SoG->SoG->SoG->DG->Iro->

-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------

    [a] [ Armor      ]   green armor [0/1] (34%)
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   modified chaingun (1d6)x5 [50/50] (A1)
    [c] [ Boots      ]   protective boots [2/2] (100%)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   nothing

-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------

    [a] modified pistol (2d4) [1/6] (A1)
    [b] pistol (2d4) [6/6]
    [c] double shotgun (6d3)x3 [2/2]
    [d] advanced combat shotgun (6d3) [5/5] (R1)
    [e] advanced rocket launcher (6d6) [1/1]
    [f] Grammaton Cleric Beretta (2d6) [18/18]
    [g] green armor [0/1] (39%)
    [h] combat knife (2d5)
    [i] 10mm ammo (x60)
    [j] 10mm ammo (x100)
    [k] 10mm ammo (x100)
    [l] 10mm ammo (x100)
    [m] shotgun shell (x37)
    [n] shotgun shell (x50)
    [o] shotgun shell (x50)
    [p] shotgun shell (x50)
    [q] rocket (x10)
    [r] power cell (x50)
    [s] phase device

-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------

    63 former humans
    24 former sergeants
    7 former captains
    36 imps
    10 demons
    12 lost souls
    2 cacodemons
    5 hell knights

-- History ---------------------------------------------------

  He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
  On level 4 he stormed the Chained Court.
  On level 6 he found the Grammaton Cleric Beretta!
  On level 14 he finally was killed by a cacodemon.

-- Messages --------------------------------------------------

 Fire -- Choose target... The hell knight dies.
 You reload the double shotgun with shotgun shell.
 There are stairs leading downward here.
  
 You enter Phobos Base, level 14. Twisted passages carry the smell of death...
 You already have double shotgun in your hands.
 You prepare the chaingun!
 Fire -- Choose target... The missile hits the cacodemon. The missile hits
 the cacodemon.
 Fire -- Choose target...
 Fire -- Choose target... The missile hits the cacodemon. The missile hits
 the cacodemon.
 Fire -- Choose target... The missile hits the cacodemon. The missile hits
 the cacodemon. The missile hits the cacodemon.
 You reload the chaingun with 10mm ammo. The cacodemon fires! You are hit!

-- General ---------------------------------------------------

 Before him 1 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 1 of those was killed.

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Twiddle · Post by **Twiddle** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 5:15 am

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 tiw, level 11 Human Soldier, defeated the Cyberdemon
 on level 25 of the Phobos base. 
 He survived 191034 turns and scored 50318 points. 
 He was too young to die!

 He killed 440 out of 448 hellspawn. (98%)
 He held his right to remain violent.


 He saved himself once.

-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------

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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------

  Health 54/80   Experience 50766/11
  ToHit +0  ToDmg Ranged +3  ToDmg Melee +3

-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------

    Ironman        (Level 3)
    Tough as nails (Level 3)
    Son of a bitch (Level 3)
    Triggerhappy   (Level 2)

  SoB->SoB->TH->TH->SoB->TaN->TaN->TaN->Iro->Iro->Iro->

-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------

    [a] [ Armor      ]   Gothic Armor [7/7] (102%)
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   Missile Launcher (7d6) [0/4]
    [c] [ Boots      ]   modified protective boots [2/2] (122%) (D)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   modified plasma rifle (1d8)x8 [0/52] (M1)

-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------

    [a] advanced chaingun (1d6)x5 [2/50] (S3)
    [b] modified BFG 9000 (10d8) [130/130] (M1)
    [c] Anti-Freak Jackal (5d3) [0/6]
    [d] modified red armor [2/4] (49%) (D)
    [e] modified red armor [5/5] (95%) (P)
    [f] Baron Armor [6/6] (100%)
    [g] chainsaw (4d6)
    [h] rocket (x9)
    [i] small med-pack
    [j] small med-pack
    [k] large med-pack
    [l] large med-pack
    [m] thermonuclear bomb
    [n] weapon reload mod
    [o] weapon speed mod
    [p] weapon magazine mod
    [q] weapon magazine mod
    [r] Hell Staff

-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------

    60 former humans
    56 former sergeants
    11 former captains
    94 imps
    40 demons
    57 lost souls
    33 cacodemons
    13 barons of hell
    1 Cyberdemon
    18 hell knights
    19 arachnotrons
    3 former commandos
    2 pain elementals
    6 arch-viles
    3 mancubi
    6 revenants

-- History ---------------------------------------------------

  He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
  On level 3 he entered Hell's Arena.
  He left the Arena as a champion!
  On level 5 he stormed the Chained Court.
  On level 10 he found Hell's Armory.
  On level 10 he found the Missile Launcher!
  On level 11 he ventured into the Halls of Carnage.
  On level 13 he found the Minigun!
  On level 13 he witnessed the Wall.
  He massacred the evil behind the Wall!
  On level 19 he found the Hell Staff!
  On level 20 he found the Phaseshift Armor!
  On level 21 he found the Gothic Armor!
  On level 21 he entered the Vaults.
  On level 21 he found the Anti-Freak Jackal!
  He came, he saw, but he left.
  On level 23 he entered the Lava Pits.
  On level 23 he found the Baron Armor!
  He managed to clear the Lava Pits completely!
  Then at last he found Phobos Arena!
  On level 25 he finally defeated the Cyberdemon.

-- Messages --------------------------------------------------

 Fire -- Choose target... The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The Cyberdemon
 fires! You are hit!
 You reload the Missile Launcher with rocket. The Cyberdemon reloads his
 rocket launcher.
 Fire -- Choose target... The missile hits the Cyberdemon.
 You reload the Missile Launcher with rocket. The Cyberdemon fires! You are
 hit! The Cyberdemon reloads his rocket launcher.
 Fire -- Choose target... The missile hits the Cyberdemon.
 You reload the Missile Launcher with rocket. The Cyberdemon fires! You are
 hit!
 Fire -- Choose target... The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The Cyberdemon
 reloads his rocket launcher.
 You reload the Missile Launcher with rocket. The Cyberdemon fires! You are
 hit!
 Fire -- Choose target... The missile hits the Cyberdemon. The Cyberdemon

-- General ---------------------------------------------------

  He's the first brave soul to have ventured into Hell...

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I wish they had a portable invulnerability globe and more than one nuke actually spawned per game.

P_HAT · Post by **P_HAT** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 9:33 am

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 P_Hat, level 8 Former Human Corporal, killed by a mancubus
 on level 21 of the Phobos base. 
 He survived 117835 turns and scored 50485 points. 
 He didn't like it too rough.

 He killed 364 out of 370 hellspawn. (98%)
 He held his right to remain violent.
 He was an Angel of Marksmanship!


 He saved himself once.

-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------

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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------

  Health -8/60   Experience 27216/8
  ToHit +2  ToDmg Ranged +2  ToDmg Melee +2

-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------

    Ironman        (Level 1)
    Son of a bitch (Level 2)
    Son of a gun   (Level 3)
    Eagle Eye      (Level 1)
    Dualgunner     (Level 1)

  SoG->SoG->DG->SoG->SoB->SoB->EE->Iro->

-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------

    [a] [ Armor      ]   nothing
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   advanced pistol (2d6) [6/6] (D2R1S1)
    [c] [ Boots      ]   plasteel boots [4/4] (100%)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   modified pistol (2d4) [6/6] (R1)

-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------

    [a] red armor [1/4] (14%)
    [b] modified red armor [5/5] (52%) (P)
    [c] red armor [4/4] (86%)
    [d] red armor [4/4] (100%)
    [e] 10mm ammo (x10)
    [f] small med-pack
    [g] small med-pack
    [h] small med-pack
    [i] large med-pack
    [j] weapon damage mod
    [k] weapon damage mod
    [l] weapon speed mod
    [m] weapon speed mod
    [n] weapon accuracy mod
    [o] modified protective boots [4/4] (54%) (P)
    [p] plasteel boots [4/4] (100%)

-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------

    92 former humans
    52 former sergeants
    8 former captains
    86 imps
    38 demons
    32 lost souls
    10 cacodemons
    11 barons of hell
    9 hell knights
    6 arachnotrons
    7 former commandos
    1 pain elemental
    1 arch-vile
    2 mancubi
    3 revenants

-- History ---------------------------------------------------

  He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
  On level 21 he finally was killed by a mancubus.

-- Messages --------------------------------------------------

 raises his arms! You are engulfed in flames!
 Fire -- Choose target... The missile hits the arch-vile. The missile hits
 the arch-vile.
 Fire -- Choose target... The missile hits the arch-vile. The missile hits
 the arch-vile.
 Fire -- Choose target... The missile hits the arch-vile. The arch-vile dies.
 You reload the pistol with 10mm ammo.
 You swap your weapon. The arch-vile raises his arms! You are engulfed in
 flames! The revenant fires! Your red armor is damaged!
 You reload the pistol with 10mm ammo. The arch-vile raises his arms! You
 are engulfed in flames!
 You use a phase device. You feel yanked in an non-existing direction!
 You use a small med-pack. You feel healed.
 The revenant fires! Your red armor is damaged! The revenant fires!
 Your red armor is completely destroyed!

-- General ---------------------------------------------------

 Before him 8 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 4 of those were killed.
 1 of those was killed by something unknown.
 And 2 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.

 Some rumours though, say that the Cyberdemon was killed already!
 Is he immortal? 1 souls claim to have killed him...
 1 killed the bastard and survived.

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DAMN! So stupid death =(

Twiddle · Post by **Twiddle** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 10:05 am

TLB destroyed on my laptop

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 tiw, level 11 Human Soldier, nuked the Cyberdemon.
 on level 26 of the Phobos base. 
 He survived 166422 turns and scored 56968 points. 
 He was too young to die!

 He killed 549 out of 569 hellspawn. (96%)
 He held his right to remain violent.


 He saved himself 5 times.

-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------

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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------

  Health 24/60   Experience 51124/11
  ToHit +0  ToDmg Ranged +0  ToDmg Melee +0

-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------

    Ironman        (Level 1)
    Finesse        (Level 2)
    Tough as nails (Level 3)
    Juggler        (Level 1)
    Whizkid        (Level 2)
    Badass         (Level 2)

  Fin->Fin->WK->WK->Jug->TaN->TaN->TaN->Bad->Bad->Iro->

-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------

    [a] [ Armor      ]   nothing
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   advanced rocket launcher (6d7) [0/1] (D1R1)
    [c] [ Boots      ]   plasteel boots [2/4] (40%)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   chainsaw (4d6)

-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------

    [a] advanced combat shotgun (6d3) [6/6] (R1S3M1)
    [b] modified plasma rifle (1d9)x8 [0/40] (D1R1A1)
    [c] modified BFG 9000 (10d8) [30/130] (M1)
    [d] Revenant's Launcher (6d6) [0/1]
    [e] red armor [2/4] (42%)
    [f] shotgun shell (x70)
    [g] shotgun shell (x70)
    [h] shotgun shell (x14)
    [i] rocket (x4)
    [j] large med-pack
    [k] large med-pack

-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------

    62 former humans
    73 former sergeants
    17 former captains
    59 imps
    53 demons
    118 lost souls
    18 cacodemons
    20 barons of hell
    1 Cyberdemon
    18 hell knights
    17 arachnotrons
    1 John Carmack
    8 former commandos
    6 pain elementals
    1 arch-vile
    3 mancubi
    3 revenants

-- History ---------------------------------------------------

  He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
  On level 2 he entered Hell's Arena.
  He left the Arena as a champion!
  On level 4 he stormed the Chained Court.
  On level 7 he found the Grammaton Cleric Beretta!
  On level 13 he witnessed the Wall.
  He massacred the evil behind the Wall!
  On level 14 he found the Necroarmor!
  On level 14 he ventured into the Halls of Carnage.
  On level 15 he he found the City of Skulls.
  He wiped out the City of Skulls.
  On level 19 he found the Malek's Armor!
  On level 19 he entered the Vaults.
  He managed to clear the Vaults completely!
  On level 23 he found the Revenant's Launcher!
  On level 23 he entered the Lava Pits.
  He managed to clear the Lava Pits completely!
  Then at last he found Phobos Arena!
  He nuked level 25!
  He defeated the Cyberdemon and found the TRUE EVIL!
  Then finally in hell itself, he killed the final EVIL.

-- Messages --------------------------------------------------

 Fire -- Choose target... The missile hits the baron of hell. You hear the
 scream of a freed soul! You hear the scream of a freed soul!
 You reload the rocket launcher with rocket. The baron of hell fires!
 Fire -- Choose target... The missile hits the baron of hell. Your Malek's
 Armor is completely destroyed! You hear the scream of a freed soul!
 The baron of hell fires! The baron of hell fires!
 Your weapon is empty.
 You reload the rocket launcher with rocket. The baron of hell fires!
 Fire -- Choose target... You hear an explosion! Carmack raises his hands
 and summons hellspawn! The baron of hell fires! The baron of hell
 fires! The missile hits the baron of hell. The baron of hell dies.
 Unknown command. Press "?" for help.
 You reload the rocket launcher with rocket.
 Fire -- Choose target... You hear the scream of a freed soul!
 Congratulations! You defeated John Carmack! Press <Enter> You hear

-- General ---------------------------------------------------

  He's the first brave soul to have ventured into Hell...

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it290 · Post by **it290** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 5:09 pm

I'm always puzzled about their choices for ascii characters. Why don't they utalize the dithered "block" characters more?

Those are mostly ANSI characters.

StoofooEsq · Post by **StoofooEsq** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 5:26 pm

Oooh, it's a real Doom RPG. I'll have to snatch this.

landshark wrote:Damnit. I was on level 9 (wanted level 10 to unlock the challenge) then this happened:

It's almost as if the game is flipping you off.

bay · Post by **bay** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 7:18 pm

it290 wrote:
I'm always puzzled about their choices for ascii characters. Why don't they utalize the dithered "block" characters more?
Those are mostly ANSI characters.

also known as high ASCII.

i think the point of RL games is to stay in the low ASCII set. such that only 7 bits were needed, not all 8. back in the terminal/bbs days this was more important, now it's more nostalgic i believe.

back in the ANSI scene, it was based on ansi.sys (or quicker drivers like zansi.sys) for DOS. at that time the ANSI codes were mainly used by us for the coloring of ASCII characters (including the high ASCII blocks, dithers, etc).. along with some creative animations which was possible using the cursor relocation codes in ansi.sys.

i dunno if anyone here remembers ZZT, which was ANSI gaming at its finest?.. heh. actually, some of the better ANSI games were actually door games like TradeWars 2002.

Vincent Draconis wrote:Oooh, it's a real Doom RPG. I'll have to snatch this.

funny you say that, seeing that a friend of mine is all excited about the Doom RPG Mobile phone game he bought for his phone. i've been looking for an excuse for a new phone, and hey, that's good enough for me.

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 7:49 pm

bay wrote:
Vincent Draconis wrote:Oooh, it's a real Doom RPG. I'll have to snatch this.
funny you say that, seeing that a friend of mine is all excited about the Doom RPG Mobile phone game he bought for his phone. i've been looking for an excuse for a new phone, and hey, that's good enough for me.

You could always try out Orcs 'n Elves for the DS. It's pretty cheap - I'll sell you my copy for a little bit of money - and looks nicer than DOOM RPG or the original Orcs & Elves (and probably the sequel too) on handsets did.

It didn't really get too engrossing - it's all about planning every move carefully, but you have an unlimited amount of time to make each decision (which triggers turns for all the other enemies, of course). Using the medusa scroll to freeze enemies and then whack at them was a neat idea, but quickly turns into a chore. There wasn't any real deep planning to the gameplay, unfortunately.

landshark · Post by **landshark** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 2:59 am

bay wrote: i dunno if anyone here remembers ZZT, which was ANSI gaming at its finest?.. heh. actually, some of the better ANSI games were actually door games like TradeWars 2002.

The Pit. So much time spent playing that game. And another one that I can't remember, it was a multi-bbs door game where everyone could pool their money together and launch a gooey kablooey on another bbs. Maybe it was trade wars?

StoofooEsq · Post by **StoofooEsq** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 4:40 pm

LMFAO. I just got the Trigun. Suddenly I'm rocking through levels using only 10mm ammo.

OH SHI-

bay wrote:funny you say that, seeing that a friend of mine is all excited about the Doom RPG Mobile phone game he bought for his phone. i've been looking for an excuse for a new phone, and hey, that's good enough for me.

Doom RPG is actually pretty good for a cell phone game and makes an entertaining diversion until you fully complete it.

Ruldra · Post by **Ruldra** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 12:24 am

Just started playing this, and it's a lot of fun. Anyone else still playing?

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 DoomRL (v.0.9.8.10) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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 Ruldra, level 9 Imp Sergeant, sacrificed himself to kill the Cyberdemon
 on level 25 of the Phobos base. 
 He survived 136841 turns and scored 76813 points. 
 He didn't like it too rough.

 He killed 505 out of 573 hellspawn. (88%)


 He saved himself once.

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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------

  Health -204/80   Experience 37078/9
  ToHit +0  ToDmg Ranged +3  ToDmg Melee +3

-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------

    Ironman        (Level 3)
    Tough as nails (Level 3)
    Son of a bitch (Level 3)

  Iro->Iro->Iro->TaN->TaN->TaN->SoB->SoB->SoB->

-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------

    [a] [ Armor      ]   nothing
    [b] [ Weapon     ]   advanced rocket launcher (6d6) [1/1] (S1A1)
    [c] [ Boots      ]   modified protective boots [4/4] (60%) (P)
    [d] [ Prepared   ]   modified double shotgun (6d3)x3 [2/2] (R1)

-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------

    [a] plasma rifle (1d8)x8 [40/40]
    [b] plasma rifle (1d8)x8 [40/40]
    [c] green armor [1/1] (80%)
    [d] red armor [1/4] (19%)
    [e] shotgun shell (x16)
    [f] shotgun shell (x70)
    [g] rocket (x10)
    [h] rocket (x14)
    [i] rocket (x14)
    [j] power cell (x70)
    [k] power cell (x70)

-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------

    93 former humans
    68 former sergeants
    25 former captains
    94 imps
    28 demons
    65 lost souls
    25 cacodemons
    14 barons of hell
    1 Cyberdemon
    20 hell knights
    17 arachnotrons
    3 former commandos
    7 pain elementals
    2 mancubi
    1 revenant

-- History ---------------------------------------------------

  He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
  On level 3 he entered Hell's Arena.
  He left the Arena as a champion!
  On level 6 he stormed the Chained Court.
  On level 10 he witnessed the Wall.
  He massacred the evil behind the Wall!
  On level 14 he ventured into the Halls of Carnage.
  On level 15 he he found the City of Skulls.
  He wiped out the City of Skulls.
  On level 16 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
  He fled the Unholy Cathedral seeing no chance to win.
  On level 22 he was foolish enough to enter the Mortuary!
  He managed to escape from the Mortuary!
  He nuked level 23!
  Then at last he found Phobos Arena!
  He nuked level 25!
  On level 25 he finally sacrificed himself to kill the Cyberdemon.

-- Messages --------------------------------------------------

 destroyed!
 Boom!
 You start running!
 You stop running.
 The Cyberdemon fires! You are hit!
 The Cyberdemon reloads his rocket launcher.
 The Cyberdemon fires! You are hit!
 The Cyberdemon reloads his rocket launcher.
 The Cyberdemon fires! You are hit!
 Are you sure you want activate the thermonuclear bomb? (Y/n) You use a
 thermonuclear bomb. Warning! Explosion in 10 seconds! The
 Cyberdemon reloads his rocket launcher. Warning! Explosion in 9 seconds!
 The Cyberdemon fires! You are hit! You die!... You hear an explosion!
 You hear an explosion! You hear an explosion! You hear an explosion!
 You hear an explosion! You hear an explosion! You hear an explosion!

-- General ---------------------------------------------------

 Before him 21 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
 20 of those were killed.

 Some rumours though, say that the Cyberdemon was killed already!
 Is he immortal? 1 souls claim to have killed him...
 1 killed the bastard and survived.

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THREE nukes spawned in this run, but could only pick up two.

null1024 · Post by **null1024** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 1:03 am

I remember this game... this was EPIC. Since I switched boxes [because my old one died... ;_;], I haven't played this in AGES.
Also, I suck at this game. So badly.

Turrican · Post by **Turrican** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 4:30 am

Ed Oscuro wrote:
bay wrote:
Vincent Draconis wrote:Oooh, it's a real Doom RPG. I'll have to snatch this.
funny you say that, seeing that a friend of mine is all excited about the Doom RPG Mobile phone game he bought for his phone. i've been looking for an excuse for a new phone, and hey, that's good enough for me.
You could always try out Orcs 'n Elves for the DS. It's pretty cheap - I'll sell you my copy for a little bit of money - and looks nicer than DOOM RPG or the original Orcs & Elves (and probably the sequel too) on handsets did.

Or you could play DS Powder which is freeware and a pretty good roguelike to boot.

http://www.zincland.com/powder/index.php?pagename=about

Lordstar · Post by **Lordstar** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 4:49 am

cant get my head around this at all :-S

kengou · Post by **kengou** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 5:03 am

I still play this every once in a while, it's really awesome. If it only added the key cards and button puzzles of the original, it could be that much better. Also the sound effects and music really make this game

Vexorg · Post by **Vexorg** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 6:53 am

bay wrote:
i dunno if anyone here remembers ZZT, which was ANSI gaming at its finest?.. heh. actually, some of the better ANSI games were actually door games like TradeWars 2002.

Yeah, I did plenty of messing with ZZT back in the day (I spent quite a bit of time playing Epic's pre-Unreal stuff.) I even messed with creating some stuff with it (it had a surprisingly powerful scripting language) but never actually finished anything with it. It wasn't really a Roguelike though, since it was more action and less strategy, and had fixed levels.

quoth09 · Post by **quoth09** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 4:00 pm

I just spotted this thread...I forgot about that game up until now. Didn't know they were even still working on it.

ZZT, all of those old ascii/ansi based games...old but still fun.

Anyone remember Moria? I haven't played that in ages, but looks like it's still being maintained.

Ex-Cyber · Post by **Ex-Cyber** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 5:15 pm

Just tried it, and it was better than I expected. It works somehow. I'll probably still try to ascend before I put a substantial amount of time into any other roguelike, though.

WARNING: THE BIG PEDANT IS APPROACHING AT FULL THROTTLE.

Text-based DOS games were almost entirely using "code page 437", which is partially compatible with ASCII, but stuff like ZZT rarely used the ASCII subset for anything other than actual text. "ANSI graphics" was always kind of a misnomer. "ANSI" in the context of BBSes and ANSI.SYS refers to the ANSI standard for terminal control codes (aka "escape codes"), which were used on BBSes for color and animation, but have nothing to do with games like ZZT, which are just stuffing character/color codes into CGA/EGA/VGA VRAM.

Ruldra · Post by **Ruldra** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 8:13 pm

Victory is pretty easy to archieve here, the meat of the game is to unlock and beat the many challenge modes.

However the game is crashing quite often for me (today I was about to complete the Angel of Light Travel challenge, the game crashed and I lost my savegame), so I'm feeling reluctant to keep playing

P_HAT · Post by **P_HAT** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 11:23 pm

Strange, never crashed for me.
You use Vista?

Ruldra · Post by **Ruldra** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 11:49 pm

Nope, Windows XP.

Just go to the DoomRL forums, there are plenty of threads regarding crashes. Some of them are easy to repeat (like opening the inventory screen without items).

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 11:55 pm

Orcs 'n' Elfz is nothing like this, obviously...