Sorry, been travelling all over Europe, I have banned him and deleted the spurious messages..... Col. ... need a co-mod? I'd be glad to help. ... florida...
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colinvdb
Jul 10, 2004 1:10 am
Email me at colinvdb@... and I will make you a moderator. Col. ... to co-moderate. ... Service....
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Thomas Covenant
Thomas_Coven...
Jul 10, 2004 3:46 am
Like I said, I'd be happy to moderate when you're not available. Thomas colinvdb <no_reply@yahoogroups.com> wrote: Sorry, been travelling all over Europe, I...
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colinvdb
Jul 16, 2004 10:13 pm
Back in the UK long enough to sort this out, Thomas you are hereby officially promoted to the rank of *GASP*, Moderator !!!! Don't abuse all that power now !!!...
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Thomas Covenant
Thomas_Coven...
Jul 17, 2004 8:46 pm
Heh...Thanks! I'm glad to help, really! I'll try not to let it go to my head. Thomas colinvdb <no_reply@yahoogroups.com> wrote: Back in the UK long enough to...
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colinvdb
Jul 19, 2004 8:16 pm
Good man, we like moderators to wield their power for good !!! Apart from the times we wield it for the dark side !!! I could never make up my mind either way,...
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colinvdb
Jul 19, 2004 8:17 pm
And on the wizard password, in the original game it was 'Rodney' (Yendor backwards) or 'Trebor' (Robert backwards after one of the main developers), but if...
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s.conn@...
hankejank
Jul 29, 2004 5:21 pm
Anyone have a URL(s) for the original versions of Rogue to download? They've dried up for some reason....
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colinvdb
Aug 4, 2004 9:53 pm
A few listed below here, I was surprised to see so many have gone away now, I don't the youth of today don't know what they're missing !!! ...
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Hernan
abadhernan
Aug 10, 2004 3:39 am
Hello, I was playing with my priest and for the first time in my life (in slashem) I reached Vlad's Tower, and I was surprised when I found three doors which I...
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blustrat95
Oct 13, 2004 8:43 am
OK, right now I have these stats -- I'm at dungeon level 7, EXP level 5, 47 hp, and a 2h sword. Last night I got to level 23 and died after making a bad call...
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Albin Zaar
a_cluttered_...
Oct 13, 2004 11:52 am
hey kids, i have 2 questions that would be nice if someone could answer. 1 what's the use of a wand of cancellation? i always thought that if i zapped it at a...
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blustrat95
Oct 13, 2004 3:16 pm
... if i zapped it at a phantom it would become visible, but then i tried it yesterday and alas. ... made it to the level with the amulet, but continued...
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Thomas Covenant
Thomas_Coven...
Oct 13, 2004 5:16 pm
The eating rings trick was posted by me. It was a bug in Super Rogue as played on a Unix based HP computer in the mid 1980's. It doesn't work in Rogue. Here is...
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Thomas Covenant
Thomas_Coven...
Oct 13, 2004 5:22 pm
#1: I've never figure out what that wand does, except that I'm told it cancels out any spells or magic that monsters have. For instance, a "R" cannot rust your...
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colinvdb
Oct 14, 2004 8:02 pm
That was going to be my suggestion too, Thomas beat me to it... Even with this 'enhancement' you will still find it *very* hard to win, in 20+ years of playing...
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Thomas Covenant
Thomas_Coven...
Oct 15, 2004 1:13 am
In 20+ years of playing I have only ever seen one single scroll of genocide. I used it on rust monsters so I didn't have to carry spare armor. You must have...
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yigaelc1
Nov 16, 2004 7:23 pm
I'm trying to figure out the Wizard's Password on the original version of Rogue, but am unable to decipher the code. I have it as being...
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colinvdb
Nov 16, 2004 10:45 pm
In the very first game there were a few passwords used, listed below. rodney (Yendor backwards) wizzard secret But whoever compiled the game could reset it to...
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yigaelc1
Nov 18, 2004 4:08 pm
Thanks, I tried all 3 of those but they didn't work. What can I use to decompile it? ... below. ... technical ... try ... as...
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Thomas Covenant
Thomas_Coven...
Nov 18, 2004 4:19 pm
Where did you get that code? It's impossible that you disassembled it or used a disk editor displaying in decimal, because you can't get a 272 that way. How...
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yigaelc1
Nov 18, 2004 9:47 pm
It's Rogue version 1.1. It was adapted for the IBM PC by Jon Lane. Don't know if that tells you anything. As for where I got the 272, I've been searching on a...
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Thomas Covenant
Thomas_Coven...
Nov 18, 2004 9:59 pm
Wow...version 1.1...where did you dig up that relic...and what operating system are you using? Since it's obviously either written in BASIC, in which case a...
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yigaelc1
Nov 18, 2004 11:06 pm
Don't remember where I got it from, but downloaded it recently out of nostalgia. As for my operating system, it's Windows 98 First Edition. Not sure if I have...
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Ron Melvin
ronm99
Nov 19, 2004 12:44 am
... I used to work with Jon Lane, while he was porting Rogue to the PC. He had the original C code from Unix and ported it to the PC. There is some assembly...
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Thomas Covenant
Thomas_Coven...
Nov 19, 2004 12:54 am
There's a DOS based one called "Discassembler". Try searching for "Disassemblers" (with quotes) in Yahoo search. Thomas yigaelc1 <YChetrit@...>...
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Thomas Covenant
Thomas_Coven...
Nov 19, 2004 12:55 am
Wow...thanks for the heads up...I had no idea...guess I should have figured it out, though, since it was a port from Unix. Thomas ... I used to work with Jon...
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Nick Kisseberth
nkissebe
Nov 22, 2004 5:35 pm
De-assembling most versions of rogue will not help you. Most versions of rogue have the password stored in a one-way encrypted form. The password is checked by...
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Thomas Covenant
Thomas_Coven...
Nov 22, 2004 6:18 pm
Well, if it has the password stuff compiled into it, then dis-assembly will work. All you have to do is find the routine that calls for the password (easy) and...
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Nick Kisseberth
nkissebe
Nov 22, 2004 7:09 pm
It is a 56 bit DES encryption, not terribly secure these days but sufficient. You can't reverse the encryption without knowing the 56- bit key (which is the...
