The only way you're completing all of ADOM in 2,000 hours is if you learn every spoiler then play really well. I've played ADOM spoiler-free since 1998, off-and-on, and while I've uncovered hundreds of interesting mysteries -- there's a lot I have not completed! Such as becoming a Chaos God, it's a tough life, everyone hates chaotic characters. ADOM let's you have your own playstyle, but you'll die lots if you don't play smart. One game I decided to try really hard to survive, but not care about "doing the right thing" or "being good". I was going to play it pretty Neutral, so I picked a Druid and natural animals wouldn't attack me. I got the idea to earn gold using a colony of ants to mine for me. I beat the carpenter quest for cheap food prices, then loaded up on food, went to the puppy cave, and just stood around eating snacks while the ants cleared the entire level of stone. I walked around picking up the dropped ores, rocks, and other items. After almost the entire level was disintegrated, I would lure the ants down the stairs, one at a time, then repeat the process. I sold it all to the outlaw town, which offers you terrible prices -- but, for rocks and sticks and other garbage, they still give you at least 1 gold piece! So I just brought backpack loads full of ores and rocks to the shop. By the time I left for the Caves Of Chaos, I already had over 2,500 gold and was Strained! by a backpack full of food. All without doing anything dangerous, like actually beating the puppy quest! Endless fond memories and stories of ADOM adventures over the years. As for the modern graphical port, music and sound are great, but Thomas Biskup didn't match the aspect ratio of the text mode characters (9x15 vertical rectangles), instead opting for graphical tiles that are square. This forces me to play in ASCII mode in order to comfortably see the whole board. It's like chess, you must see every square! They recently added a stretch tile mode, but it's ugly.
