HSC21 Round 11: GATEWAY TO APSHAI

[rdrunner]

54740 (complete game)

 

Had a really good run tonight, where I collected almost every possible treasure.  I've been playing Gateway to Apshai since the '80s and have beaten it before.  However, it was usually by the skin of my teeth.  On this run I finally remembered to use spells and it made a world of difference on the last levels, especially Level 8, where basically everything will kill you if you don't use a spell or run away.

 

I can't speak for how good or bad this game is compared to other games of its genre (I hadn't even heard of Rogue or the term "Roguelike" until the internet).  All I can say is that I've always enjoyed this game for what it is.

 

Final Score:

 

Before Starting Level 8:

 

Other Level-by-Level Scores:

[carlsson]

Out of curiosity, I tried Rogue (Mastertronic). Very weird controls using a mouse pointer to move the character with the joystick, plus that one minute in, the game froze. That was after trying a few XEX versions with corrupted title graphics and an ATR with correct graphics. I suppose it doesn't have what I was looking for.

 

I also tried Jakub Debski's Roguelike from the 10Liners contest 2014. It plots the entire level at once, and the monsters are represented by how many hit points they have left. Cute and effective given it is within 10 lines of Turbo BASIC, but not a long lasting experience.

[MichaG]

6,420 points...

[+therealbountybob]

On 8/11/2024 at 4:27 AM, rdrunner said:

54740 (complete game)

 

Had a really good run tonight, where I collected almost every possible treasure.  I've been playing Gateway to Apshai since the '80s and have beaten it before.  However, it was usually by the skin of my teeth.  On this run I finally remembered to use spells and it made a world of difference on the last levels, especially Level 8, where basically everything will kill you if you don't use a spell or run away.

 

I can't speak for how good or bad this game is compared to other games of its genre (I hadn't even heard of Rogue or the term "Roguelike" until the internet).  All I can say is that I've always enjoyed this game for what it is.

 

Final Score:

 

 

Before Starting Level 8:

 

 

Other Level-by-Level Score

Just to confirm: does it repeat level 8 but the level number goes up to 16 and then it ends when 16 is completed?

 

Need some votes guys:

https://forums.atariage.com/topic/370559-hsc21-round-12-poll/

 

Reminder:

Round finishes Wednesday 14th August 10PM UK time

 

 

[rdrunner]

5 hours ago, therealbountybob said:

Just to confirm: does it repeat level 8 but the level number goes up to 16 and then it ends when 16 is completed?

Not quite.  Level 8 repeats infinitely.  You can still always pick from dungeons 1-16 and can even repeat the same dungeon over and over.  The game has no ending.

[+therealbountybob]

Congratulations to rdrunner for the win Fun to play, will try and finish level 8 next time

Thanks for playing guys

 

Final tables (let me know if i've missed anyone?!)

 

	Gateway tto Apshai				HSC
	Player		Score		Points
1st	rdrunner		54,740		12
2nd	therealbountybob		19,955		11
3rd	carlsson		11,975		10
4th	graywest		10,405		9
5th	AtariSphinx		8,885		8
6th	MichaG		6,420		7
7th	McKong		4,100		6