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From: Pete <ppb23@hermes.cam.ac.uk>
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Subject: Re: alt.ascii-art ASCII-OS
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> Why play an ascii game like that when you have ones like this:
>
>
>
>      ------      -----      ---------
>      |...(.####$#|...-######........|
>      |....|     #....|      |.....f.|              -----------
>      |>...|    ##|...|    ##....k..@|              |.........|
>      ----|-     #|...|    # |.......|            ##..........|
>          #      #-|---  ### ------|--            # |.....{...|
>        ###      ##########~########################-.........|
>        #           #    #          #           #   |.........-[#)#
>      ###           ##~#############################-.........|   #
>      #            ####################       #     -----------   ###
>      #            #--.--#      ------.-----###                     #  --------
>   ---.-------     #|...|#      |..........|#                       ###|......|
>   |.........|   ###|...|#      |..........|#                         #.....).|
>   |.........+######|...|#      |<.........|#                          |......|
>   |.........| ###  |...|#      |...........#                          --------
>   |.........| #    |....#      |..........|
>   |..........##    -----       ------------
>   -----------
>
> Faustus the Digger         St:15 Dx:8 Co:15 In:13 Wi:16 Ch:8  Neutral
> Dlvl:1  $:0  HP:12(12) Pw:3(3) AC:9  Exp:1
>
> '---...____ Faux_Pseudo ________________...---~~~

Ooo... hack... haven't played that for ages.
Have you tried the #angband variants?

oa: when teleporting goes wrong

     #
-----+----
|........|     (aargh)
|....D...|   O
|..D.....| o
|.....P.@|
----'-----
    #

HP: 26(159) Pw 1(225)

Best finds in a game of Zangband: Great Wyrm of Power pit (1) Fallen Angel
pit (1) | Armageddon Tome (1) from killing Saruman.