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Greetings everyone!

I just purchased a Nokia n800 and was wondering how possible it might be to have this PDA feature ports to some of the greatest Dungeon Crawlers ever made like what was done for the Tapwave Zodia seen here on this page:

http://www.retrobits.net/palmos/angband.shtml


I know that there is Nethack (main reason why I purchased the n800) but I was hoping that these could also be ported if it wasn't too much of a programming hassle to do so. I swear, that would make me and hopefully others as well happy for life.

Also, could someone point me in the right direction to some medical programs that can be featured with this device?

Thanks for any future responses.

If you have a bt keyboard, all the curses roguelikes can be compiled immediately.


http://pupnik.de/tome770.html

What variant do you like best?

By contrast, GUI ports like AD770's Nethack are a lot of work.

Hey ArnimS!

From reading all of the other posts on this site, it looks as though you are everyone's personal hero, including mine.

So yeah, I just ordered the Nokia online last night so I don't expect it in the mail for another week or two.

I didn't order the keyboard along with it because I told my wife the only real reason in needing a PDA was to help me out with med school. I would be in so much trouble if I mentioned that I really got it for some old school gaming.

Anyway, in terms of a GUI, I was thinking of something very generic such as an on screen keyboard along with the num pad. It doesn't need to be sexy.

I'm somewhat of a ******ed gorilla when it comes to computers so I have no idea on how difficult it is to port a new project like this.

I thought since the keyboard graphics and functions have already been compiled for other projects, the same could be done with these rogue variants.

If it's really a difficult project, I consider myself yelled at for requesting something like this, even though I have to admit that this would be so awesome to have on the go. These kind of games can be played for life.

Well, to answer your question, Angband would be at the top of my list and probably could be said the same for others as well who also enjoy this type of gaming experience.

Thanks for writing back so quickly.

Cheers.

The curses version Angband is built and playable but quite rough. Sdl has real problems.

To play these w/o keyboard, you need CME's xkbd package - http://pupnik.de/xkbd.html See http://www.internettablettalk.com/fo...highlight=xkbd

Oh sweet lord, I don't think I can even begin to handle your awesomeness!

Your brain must be huge!

That Nokia I ordered can't seem to come fast enough now.


Which leads me to my next question...

How well are you at bending space and time? *lol*


Someday I'm going to write a song about you ArnimS!


Cheers!

Okay, just one more thing here. Sorry, but I really want to ask this.

That retrobits link that I provided on my initial post, that page does have the available source code for the Palm OS to be used with the Tapwave Zodiac handheld.

It's in the middle of the webpage.
angband-variants-palmos.src.zip

Is that enough to simply recompile it for the n800 or is there much more extensive work involved that I'm not understanding on this?

Thanks.

Angband didn't compile straight out of the box. I could upload the ncurses version of angband if you want. DawnMist has done some work on the sdl version.

In my opinion, other people are awesome because they can write code well. My role in this scene is mainly to hunt for stuff that can be run on the tablets and compile and tweak them.

I'm not sure if I fully understand what you're saying here.



Listen, I can't lie, I would absolutely love to see the PalmOS (Zodiac Tapwave) versions ported to the n800 as long as it's not too problematic to do so.

However, I'd be just as thrilled if they could be played in a 320x240 display under Dosbox along with a touch screen keyboard and num pad (for direction) on the bottom of the screen. Either which way would seriously rock my world.

The thing is, I pretty much have no intention of ever purchasing a BT keyboard, that's just not what I would consider to be gaming on the go. Anyway, that is why I'm hoping for some type of an on screen keyboard or GUI for these variants.


Well, tell me what your big brain is thinking on this and write back....

Hopefully sometime within the near, immediate future.

Happy Halloween dude.

You'll have to forgive me ArnimS, I tend to get easily confused so there are times when I don't even know what I'm asking.

I'll try to make this one really simple for ya.

Is there a way to fire up your Tome download using "X Terminal" and retain the "X Terminal" keyboard on the bottom screen?

I guess what I'm trying to ask here is if you can run the Linux ports to some of these Rogue games inside the X Terminal interface.

Thanks chief.

Well i didn't get around to doing the sdl keyboard but here's dawnmist's sdl build in case someone is looking for it.

http://pupnik.de/angband.html


Sorry for the delay Addison, yes these programs can be launched from command line inside the X Terminal. SDL versions don't work with the hildon keyboard, so you'll need Xkbd for those.