Hello Stephen, Which dos screen reader do you have on your system and how do you have it working?
Thanks. Dave. On 11/13/16, Stephen <whocr...@internode.on.net> wrote: > I would like the dos version please, I have a dos screen reader setup > on this system and would like to give it a whirl. > Thanks. > At 11:32 AM 11/13/2016, you wrote: >>Empire is a console game, (it's all text based), and it generally >>comes in source form (or dos executables). I've successfully >>compiled it on mac, linux, FreeBSD, dos, and even my raspberry >>pi. I'm sure there are windows executables somewhere, but I don't >>know where any are off the top of my head. I'll either find a >>download for you, or compile something, and post it for you, because >>it is truly a fun game, albeit a bit tough at times due to the way >>screen review works), but it's still a whole lot of fun to play. >> >> >> >>On 11/10/2016 1:20 AM, Stephen wrote: >>>Yikes. Where can I get empire? that's a game I haven't heard of >>>before. Is it for dos or windows console? >>>At 02:27 AM 11/10/2016, you wrote: >>>>Wow, I've been playing nethack for years and years, and didn't >>>>know about the underscore key. Heh. I've never won a game >>>>either, but I had much better luck playing nethack on dos than any >>>>other operating system, because of the way cursor tracking and >>>>movement is done. I can still play it on linux/bsd/osx, but it's >>>>much more of a pain, since (as far as I know) it's not possible to >>>>move up/down in those screen readers and stay at the same columnof >>>>the screen. Empire is another game similar to nethack in it's >>>>movement, that uses symbols to show various game pieces and >>>>terrain features, and although I have managed to win that one here >>>>and there, it's made harder by the need to determine capital vs. >>>>lower case characters, which in itself isn't difficult, but after >>>>a while, you assume you know the screen layout, and then the >>>>computer sneaks in under your nose, because you didn't check that >>>>troop transport, and later discover it belonged to the computer >>>>instead of to you. :) >>>> >>>>I've actually considered making an audio game out of empire, it >>>>might be difficult to manage, but I think if it were done, it >>>>would make tracking enemy pieces much easier. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>On 11/4/2016 7:34 AM, Jude DaShiell wrote: >>>>>rogue; hack, and nethack are a family of top view video games >>>>>written for computers during the 1980's and 1990's and updated >>>>>since then. In nethack, the underscore key command is useful >>>>>since on any level where you have identified a location like an >>>>>altar stairs or fountain you can use the underscore or underline >>>>>key command to return to those locations by keying in the symbol >>>>>to move to once the underscore key is hit. If monsters are >>>>>blocking you, you'll have to fight those then repeat the >>>>>underscore command from your new position to get to the original >>>>>desired location. I've been playing nethack since the 1990's and >>>>>haven't won any of those games yet so it is not a trivial game. >>>>>What usually kills me off is mass attacks anymore. I can usually >>>>>get to experience level 7 before that happens these days though >>>>>and the experience level is improving at least. Experience >>>>>levels in nethack run from 0 to 30. Level 1 requires 16 monsters >>>>>to be killed and each level after that doubles the amount of >>>>>monsters to be killed. I found nethack accessible on dos >>>>>computers and on unix/linux boxes playing within terminals since >>>>>I learned how to interpret the symbols andI have the ascii >>>>>symbols enabled when I play since the tiles don't do a thing for >>>>>the screen readers I use. Since I retired, I abandoned windows >>>>>since I found I couldn't do a bare metal install of it and I >>>>>found it to be too unstable for my uses when I was working. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>-- >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>--- >>>>>Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org >>>>>If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >>>>>gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. >>>>>You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >>>>>http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >>>>>All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >>>>>http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. >>>>>If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the >>>>> list, >>>>>please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. >>>> >>>> >>>>--- >>>>This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. >>>>https://www.avast.com/antivirus >>>> >>>> >>>>--- >>>>Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org >>>>If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >>>>gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. >>>>You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >>>>http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >>>>All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >>>>http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. >>>>If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the >>>> list, >>>>please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. >>> >>> >>>--- >>>Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org >>>If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >>>gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. >>>You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >>>http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >>>All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >>>http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. >>>If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the >>> list, >>>please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. >> >> >>--- >>This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. >>https://www.avast.com/antivirus >> >> >>--- >>Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org >>If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >> gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. >>You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >>http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >>All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >>http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. >>If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the >> list, >>please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. > --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. 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