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Yeah, as sibling said, they are quite different games actually. Rogue to me feels a lot more minimalist, while nethack is 'everything AND a kitchen sink!'.

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How else would one identify rings without the sink, though?

I like to eat them (when polymorphed into a metalivore, of course).

Isn't it SLASH'EM that's "everything and the sink?"

IIRC, SLASH'EM is a descendant of SLASH, "Super Lots of Added Stuff Hack"

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