Slash'EM
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{{Infobox software
|name = Slash'EM
|screenshot = File:Slash' EM.jpg
|caption = Slash'EM screenshot
|developer = The Slash'EM development team
|latest_release_version = 0.0.7E7F3
|latest_release_date = December 30, 2006
|operating_system = Cross-platform
|genre = Roguelike
|license = MIT License
NetHack General Public License
|website = [http://www.slashem.org www.slashem.org]
}}
Slash'EM (Super Lotsa Added Stuff Hack – Extended Magic) is a variant of the roguelike game NetHack that offers extra features, monsters, and items. Several of its novel features, such as the Monk class, "conducts" (voluntary challenges), and the Sokoban levels, have been reincorporated into NetHack.
The main dungeon in Slash'EM is much larger than in NetHack, introducing special levels such as the Sunless Sea, where a magic lamp lies, and the Guild of Disgruntled Adventurers, populated by "player monsters" (archaeologists, barbarians, and other playable Slash'EM classes).
Compared to NetHack, Gehennom comprises fewer levels, though it contains a special level for each demon lord and prince, including those who only appear when summoned in NetHack. These alterations serve to reduce player tedium that results from trekking through repetitive maze levels.
Development
Warren Cheung began Slash'EM development in 1997, basing it on a NetHack variant, Slash.{{cite web|url=http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2003/06/12/slashem.html|title=Slash'EM: The Sum of All NetHacks|author=Howard Wen|date=June 12, 2003|accessdate=2008-11-13|publisher=O'Reilly|work=linuxdevcenter.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081225122924/http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2003/06/12/slashem.html |archive-date=2008-12-25}}
Compatible graphical interfaces
Enhanced graphical options also exist, such as the isometric perspective of [https://web.archive.org/web/20100912021936/http://www.darkarts.co.za/vulture Vulture], or the three-dimensional rendering that [https://web.archive.org/web/20100818002925/http://www.darkarts.co.za/noegnud noegnud] offers. Vulture (previously Vulture's Claw) is a fork of the now-defunct Falcon's Eye project. Vulture adds additional graphics, sounds, bugfixes and performance enhancements and is under active development.{{cite web |url=http://www.darkarts.co.za/vulture/news |title=Vulture news |access-date=2010-09-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100920234855/http://www.darkarts.co.za/vulture/news |archive-date=2010-09-20}}
References
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External links
- {{official website}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20081223183557/http://linux.oreillynet.com/lpt/a/3892 O'Reilly interview with the Slash'EM development team]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20081225122924/http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2003/06/12/slashem.html Slash'EM: The Sum of All NetHacks]
- [https://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A2089235 History and Genealogy of Roguelike Games]
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Category:Open-source video games