Edit Infobox DS Homebrews: NetHack DS

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NetHack DS is port of the roguelike RPG, Nethack - Exploring The Mazes of Menace, to the DS. ==Installation== Download and extract file. [[DLDI|DLDI]] patch .nds file if needed (if your card does not have auto-patching) and copy it along with the files to the root directory of the card. ==User guide== ===Gameplay=== NetHack is a single player dungeon exploration game that runs on a wide variety of computer systems, with a variety of graphical and text interfaces all using the same game engine. Unlike many other Dungeons & Dragons-inspired games, the emphasis in NetHack is on discovering the detail of the dungeon and not simply killing everything in sight, in fact, killing everything in sight is a good way to die quickly. Each game presents a different landscape. The random number generator provides an essentially unlimited number of variations of the dungeon and its denizens to be discovered by you in one of a number of characters: you can pick race, role and gender. ===Commands=== These are controls that apply only to NetHackDS: * Press the arrow buttons to move up/down/left/right * Hold L or R and press two directions at once to move diagonally. * F5 - Switch between tiles and ASCII graphics. * F6 - Switch the subpixel font used on the top screen. This will fix the blurry text if you are using a DS Lite. * Alt+b - Assign commands to any of the buttons A/B/X/Y/Select/Start. L+[button], R+[button], and L+R+[button] can also have commands assigned. For a full list of NetHack commands, type "?b" after starting the game. ==Compatibility== Does not work on emulator. ==Known issues== * ESC and F1-F12 are not highlighted when pressed. * 8-bit bitmaps are not yet supported. * The toptenwin option must be set to see the high scores. * The date is not calculated correctly. * The records file is sometimes cleared at the end of the game. ==Changelog== '''v343 2007/03/17''' * Updated to the latest version of libfat with [[DLDI|DLDI]] support. If the game reports errors with the FAT library or problems loading files, try the DLDI driver for your device from Chishm's page. * The keyboard graphics no longer glitch when assigning commands to buttons. * The game now reports error messages instead of just freezing when important files are missing. * The fonts are now compiled into the game instead of being loaded from an external file. * Added a space after Y/N and 'what direction' prompts to make it look better. * getlin() prompts (engraving, wishing, etc.) should no longer cause graphical glitches. * Switching to and from ASCII graphics should no longer cause graphical glitches. * The cursor is now visible over blank spaces when ASCII graphics are enabled. ==Credits== * Nethack was made by the DevTeam and others (see section 12 of Guidebook.txt). * The FAT driver was made by chishm. * The subpixel font was made by Sylfurd. * The default tiles are part of the public domain roguelike tileset "RLTiles". * You can find the original tileset [http://rltiles.sf.net here]. * The keyboard graphics were taken from DSLinux. * The NDS port (all ds_*.c and ds_*.h files) was written by me, Stuart Pernsteiner (Wosret). ==External links== * Author's website - [https://web.archive.org/web/20100409035129/http://stuartp.commixus.com/nhds http://stuartp.commixus.com/nhds] (archived)