NAME: Nethack (Graphical/Windowed Version)
GESTALT: Reach the lower level of the dungeon, retrieve the Amulet, and return to the exit of the Dungeon without dying.
GAMEPLAY: Upon starting the application, the first prompt asks for the player's name. Upon providing a name, the next prompt offers the player to change their Role, Gender, Species or Alignment, or to randomize all four. Each of those character factors impact how the player experiences the dungeon into which they are next placed. Before beginning their journey, they're given a brief exposition as to their motivation and drive to seek out an Amulet of sorts, and suggested to begin their journey.
From here, players use a series of one-key commands to dispatch monsters, cure their ailments, equip and drop armor and weapons, and eventually venture down into the lower levels of the dungeon.
SESSION: I found myself frequently using the 'h' key to find the command(s) I wanted to use at the time, and remembering which ones were more frequently used proved to, even in later play attempts, be difficult. Nevertheless, after multiple attempts I did make it as far as the third level down, at which point I died of food poisoning. I found that the dry sense of humor in this game kept me chuckling pretty frequently~!
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