[NTLK] NewtHack

Matthias Melcher m.melcher at robowerk.de
Thu Apr 4 10:24:11 PDT 2024



>> Howdy folks,
>> 
>> Back in 1996-97 a fellow named Christopher Dopp created a very cool
>> roguelike for Newtons called Newthack. He even created a sound package for
>> it to really give the game some juice. You start with a character stats
>> screen where you can re-roll your attributes before you start hackin' and
>> slashin' your way through the dungeon of doom.
>> 
>> The problem:
>> The game found anywhere online is (of course) the shareware version. Once
>> you complete Level 1, the game abruptly ends. You can only continue if you
>> have a software key.
>> 
>> That last version of NewtHack is 1.1.

Have you tried looking at the .pkg file in a hex editor at address 0x177C, and change those bytes to 0x18 0x02 ? Please still send Christopher Dopp his $20. I think he earned them with this nice game.


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