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Umbire the Phantom: space

2024-01-14T23:28:57Z

space

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	{{ASCII}} <div class="floatright" style="font-size: smaller;">There is no ¥ in ASCII!</div>		{{ASCII}}<div class="floatright" style="font-size: smaller;">There is no ¥ in ASCII!</div>

	'''¥''' is the symbol for Japanese yen, analogous to [[$]] for the dollar or the [[zorkmid]] of ''[[NetHack]]''. The character is not part of [[ASCII]], and requires Unicode or another character set that supports it to be displayed; it does not appear in most [[curses interface]] library software, such as the typical [[tty]]-[[Unix]] game).		'''¥''' is the symbol for Japanese yen, analogous to [[$]] for the dollar or the [[zorkmid]] of ''[[NetHack]]''. The character is not part of [[ASCII]], and requires Unicode or another character set that supports it to be displayed; it does not appear in most [[curses interface]] library software, such as the typical [[tty]]-[[Unix]] game).

Umbire the Phantom: /* Dudley's dungeon /

2024-01-14T23:28:00Z

Dudley's dungeon: *

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	==Dudley's dungeon==		==Dudley's dungeon==
	While no [[monster]] in ''[[NetHack]]'' appears onscreen as a {{lightgray\|¥}}, [[Dudley's dungeon]] has put the symbol to some use:		While no [[monster]], [[item]] or other [[square]] in ''[[NetHack]]'' appears onscreen as a {{lightgray\|¥}}, [[Dudley's dungeon]] has put the symbol to some use:

	* [http://www.nicolaas.net/dudley/index.php?f=20050922 22 September 2005]: A ~~dead~~ [[marilith]] drops a ¥-shirt, rather than a [[T-shirt]] (which would not fit a marilith's six arms).		* [http://www.nicolaas.net/dudley/index.php?f=20050922 22 September 2005]: A [[marilith]] that is killed drops a ¥-shirt, rather than a [[T-shirt]] (which would not fit a marilith's six arms).
	* [http://www.nicolaas.net/dudley/index.php?f=20060627 27 June 2006]: The ¥ represents a "nonexistent" monster that is among the failed candidates for [[Dudley]]'s sidekick.		* [http://www.nicolaas.net/dudley/index.php?f=20060627 27 June 2006]: The ¥ represents a "nonexistent" monster that is among the failed candidates for [[Dudley]]'s sidekick.
	* [http://www.nicolaas.net/dudley/index.php?f=20061130 30 November 2006]: Dudley has an 'imagine spot' involving methods to improve [[Vlad the Impaler]]; one such idea is "Vlad the impossible", represented by a {{white\|¥}}.		* [http://www.nicolaas.net/dudley/index.php?f=20061130 30 November 2006]: Dudley has an 'imagine spot' involving methods to improve [[Vlad the Impaler]]; one such idea is "Vlad the impossible", represented by a {{white\|¥}}.

Umbire the Phantom: tweak

2023-07-04T13:23:44Z

tweak

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	{{ASCII}} <div class="floatright" style="font-size: smaller;">There is no ¥ in ASCII!</div>		{{ASCII}} <div class="floatright" style="font-size: smaller;">There is no ¥ in ASCII!</div>

	'''¥''' is the symbol for Japanese yen, analogous to [[$]] for the dollar or the [[zorkmid]] of ''[[NetHack]]''. The character is not part of [[ASCII]], and requires Unicode or another character set that supports it to be displayed ~~- as such,~~ it does not appear in most [[curses interface]] library software, such as the typical [[tty]]-[[Unix]] game).		'''¥''' is the symbol for Japanese yen, analogous to [[$]] for the dollar or the [[zorkmid]] of ''[[NetHack]]''. The character is not part of [[ASCII]], and requires Unicode or another character set that supports it to be displayed; it does not appear in most [[curses interface]] library software, such as the typical [[tty]]-[[Unix]] game).

	==Dudley's dungeon==		==Dudley's dungeon==

Umbire the Phantom: add

2022-08-21T09:54:10Z

add

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	* [http://www.nicolaas.net/dudley/index.php?f=20060627 27 June 2006]: The ¥ represents a "nonexistent" monster that is among the failed candidates for [[Dudley]]'s sidekick.		* [http://www.nicolaas.net/dudley/index.php?f=20060627 27 June 2006]: The ¥ represents a "nonexistent" monster that is among the failed candidates for [[Dudley]]'s sidekick.
	* [http://www.nicolaas.net/dudley/index.php?f=20061130 30 November 2006]: Dudley has an 'imagine spot' involving methods to improve [[Vlad the Impaler]]; one such idea is "Vlad the impossible", represented by a {{white\|¥}}.		* [http://www.nicolaas.net/dudley/index.php?f=20061130 30 November 2006]: Dudley has an 'imagine spot' involving methods to improve [[Vlad the Impaler]]; one such idea is "Vlad the impossible", represented by a {{white\|¥}}.
			* [https://web.archive.org/web/20180628091852/http://sadowl.com/dudley/index.php?f=20090826 2009 August 26] (sadowl): Dudley finds yen rather than gold in a vault while playing as a [[Samurai]].
	{{noversion}}		{{noversion}}
	[[Category:Dudley's dungeon]]		[[Category:Dudley's dungeon]]

Umbire the Phantom: typo

2022-08-20T01:20:26Z

typo

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	==Dudley's dungeon==		==Dudley's dungeon==
	While no [[monster]] in ''[[NetHack]]'' appears onscreen as a {{lightgray\|¥}}, [[Dudley's ~~Dungeon~~]] has put the symbol to some use:		While no [[monster]] in ''[[NetHack]]'' appears onscreen as a {{lightgray\|¥}}, [[Dudley's dungeon]] has put the symbol to some use:

	* [http://www.nicolaas.net/dudley/index.php?f=20050922 22 September 2005]: A dead [[marilith]] drops a ¥-shirt, rather than a [[T-shirt]] (which would not fit a marilith's six arms).		* [http://www.nicolaas.net/dudley/index.php?f=20050922 22 September 2005]: A dead [[marilith]] drops a ¥-shirt, rather than a [[T-shirt]] (which would not fit a marilith's six arms).

Umbire the Phantom at 07:54, 21 July 2022

2022-07-21T07:54:09Z

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	{{ASCII}} <div class="floatright" style="font-size: smaller;">There is no ¥ in ASCII!</div>		{{ASCII}} <div class="floatright" style="font-size: smaller;">There is no ¥ in ASCII!</div>

	'''¥''' is the symbol for Japanese yen, analogous to [[$]] for the dollar or the [[zorkmid]] of ''[[NetHack]]''. The character is not part of [[ASCII]], and requires Unicode or another character set that supports it to be displayed - as such, it does not appear in most [[curses ~~library~~]] software, such as the typical [[tty]]-[[Unix]] game).		'''¥''' is the symbol for Japanese yen, analogous to [[$]] for the dollar or the [[zorkmid]] of ''[[NetHack]]''. The character is not part of [[ASCII]], and requires Unicode or another character set that supports it to be displayed - as such, it does not appear in most [[curses interface]] library software, such as the typical [[tty]]-[[Unix]] game).

	==Dudley's dungeon==		==Dudley's dungeon==

Umbire the Phantom at 07:53, 21 July 2022

2022-07-21T07:53:25Z

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	{{ASCII}} <div class="floatright" style="font-size: smaller;">There is no ¥ in ASCII!</div>		{{ASCII}} <div class="floatright" style="font-size: smaller;">There is no ¥ in ASCII!</div>

	'''¥''' ~~does not exist. There~~ is ~~not any~~ [[~~monster~~]] in NetHack ~~that appears onscreen as a {{lightgray\|¥}}~~. The character ¥ is not part of [[ASCII]], ~~but~~ requires Unicode or ~~some other~~ character set that supports it, so it ~~cannot even~~ appear in most [[curses library]] software, such as the typical [[tty]]-[[Unix]] game.		'''¥''' is the symbol for Japanese yen, analogous to [[$]] for the dollar or the [[zorkmid]] of ''[[NetHack]]''. The character is not part of [[ASCII]], and requires Unicode or another character set that supports it to be displayed - as such, it does not appear in most [[curses library]] software, such as the typical [[tty]]-[[Unix]] game).

	Now since ¥ is the symbol for Japanese yen, analogous to how [[$]] is the symbol for the dollar, one might guess that ¥, if it existed in the game, would be a currency, as $ is the [[zorkmid]]; but twice now in [[Dudley's dungeon~~]] has ¥ appeared as a nonexistant monster.~~		==Dudley's dungeon==
			While no [[monster]] in ''[[NetHack]]'' appears onscreen as a {{lightgray\|¥}}, [[Dudley's Dungeon]] has put the symbol to some use:
	* [http://www.nicolaas.net/dudley/index.php?f=~~20060627 27 June 2006]: The ¥ is one of the failed candidates to be [[Dudley]]'s sidekick.~~
	* [http://www.nicolaas.net/dudley/index.php?f=20061130 30 November 2006]: The ¥ is "Vlad the impossible", a rejected attempt at improving [[~~Vlad the Impaler~~]].

	~~Even earlier, one strip had ¥ being~~ in ~~the name of an object:~~
	* [http://www.nicolaas.net/dudley/index.php?f=20050922 22 September 2005]: A dead [[~~marilith~~]] ~~drops~~ a ¥~~-shirt~~, ~~not a~~ [[~~T-shirt~~]].

	~~At [http://www.nicolaas.net/dudley/index.php?f=20040510 10 May 2004], Dudley mulled using Chinese characters~~ to ~~open more inventory slots. No Chinese characters ever appeared in the strip; by [http~~:~~//www.nicolaas.net/dudley/index.php?f=20040518 18 May 2004] that idea became out. This makes ¥ a very rare instance of non-ASCII in Dudley's dungeon.~~

			* [http://www.nicolaas.net/dudley/index.php?f=20050922 22 September 2005]: A dead [[marilith]] drops a ¥-shirt, rather than a [[T-shirt]] (which would not fit a marilith's six arms).
			* [http://www.nicolaas.net/dudley/index.php?f=20060627 27 June 2006]: The ¥ represents a "nonexistent" monster that is among the failed candidates for [[Dudley]]'s sidekick.
			* [http://www.nicolaas.net/dudley/index.php?f=20061130 30 November 2006]: Dudley has an 'imagine spot' involving methods to improve [[Vlad the Impaler]]; one such idea is "Vlad the impossible", represented by a {{white\|¥}}.
			{{noversion}}
	[[Category:Dudley's dungeon]]		[[Category:Dudley's dungeon]]

Kernigh: How many more one-character articles can there be? I add one more, the ¥ from Dudley's dungeon.

2006-12-03T04:29:12Z

How many more one-character articles can there be? I add one more, the ¥ from Dudley's dungeon.

New page

{{ASCII}} <div class="floatright" style="font-size: smaller;">There is no ¥ in ASCII!</div>

'''¥''' does not exist. There is not any [[monster]] in NetHack that appears onscreen as a {{lightgray|¥}}. The character ¥ is not part of [[ASCII]], but requires Unicode or some other character set that supports it, so it cannot even appear in most [[curses library]] software, such as the typical [[tty]]-[[Unix]] game.

Now since ¥ is the symbol for Japanese yen, analogous to how [[$]] is the symbol for the dollar, one might guess that ¥, if it existed in the game, would be a currency, as $ is the [[zorkmid]]; but twice now in [[Dudley's dungeon]] has ¥ appeared as a nonexistant monster.

* [http://www.nicolaas.net/dudley/index.php?f=20060627 27 June 2006]: The ¥ is one of the failed candidates to be [[Dudley]]'s sidekick.
* [http://www.nicolaas.net/dudley/index.php?f=20061130 30 November 2006]: The ¥ is "Vlad the impossible", a rejected attempt at improving [[Vlad the Impaler]].

Even earlier, one strip had ¥ being in the name of an object:
* [http://www.nicolaas.net/dudley/index.php?f=20050922 22 September 2005]: A dead [[marilith]] drops a ¥-shirt, not a [[T-shirt]].

At [http://www.nicolaas.net/dudley/index.php?f=20040510 10 May 2004], Dudley mulled using Chinese characters to open more inventory slots. No Chinese characters ever appeared in the strip; by [http://www.nicolaas.net/dudley/index.php?f=20040518 18 May 2004] that idea became out. This makes ¥ a very rare instance of non-ASCII in Dudley's dungeon.

[[Category:Dudley's dungeon]]