NetHack
| NetHack | |
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| Genre | Roguelike game |
| Latest release | 3.6.7 (Announcement) |
| Release date | February 16th, 2023 |
| Code license | NetHack GPL |
| Media license | NetHack GPL |
| Contribute | |
| NetHack is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. | |
 Arch:
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nethack |
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 Debian:
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nethack |
 Fedora:
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nethack |
 Gentoo:
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games-roguelike/nethack |
 Mageia:
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nethack |
 Slackware:
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nethack |
 Snap:
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nethack |
 OpenSUSE:
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nethack |
 Ubuntu:
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nethack-console |
NetHack is a rogue-like game. It is licensed under the NetHack General Public License.[1]
Gameplay[edit]
The player moves in turns in a dungeon, finding items and killing monsters to retrieve the fabled amulet of Yendor.
Nethack has a high replay value as every game is unique; essentially every level is randomly generated, items and treasure are randomly placed with unique and functional descriptions, and monsters are generated continually and randomly. There are thirteen different roles, 5 different races, and 3 different alignments. Nethack is extremely difficult, nearly impossible. The vast majority of its players have never beaten the game.[2]
History[edit]
See NetHack release history for more details.
Variants[edit]
The most popular variant of Nethack is SLASH'EM (Super Lotsa Added Stuff Hack - Extended Magic).[3][4][5] It features many new monsters, roles, races, items, levels, etc. It is also considered much more difficult than the original Nethack.[6]
Another popular variant is the graphical Falcon's Eye[7]. It is mostly the same as the original, except it uses isometric graphics, instead of ASCII. It has since been forked as Vulture's Eye.
References[edit]
- ↑ http://www.nethack.org/common/license.html
- ↑ only 17 first completion posts, of 877 total
- ↑ nethacks variants
- ↑ slash'ems all-time downloads at sourceforge
- ↑ nethacks all-time downloads from sourceforge
- ↑ differences between regular nethack and Slash'em
- ↑ falcon's eyes all-time downloads at sourceforge