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Current Version
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Windows and MacOS X binaries are now available.
24 May 2019
Developers: the default branch has been changed to NetHack-3.6
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Information for Developers
NetHack References on the Web
Roguelike Celebration: Accessibility - Alexei Pepers
NetHack in
12 Amazing Terminal Based Games for Linux Enthusiasts
NetHack mentioned in a history of
ASCII Art
Computerized Dungeons and Randomly Generated Worlds: From Rogue to Minecraft
Published in
Proceedings of the IEEE ( Volume: 105, Issue: 5, May 2017 )
NetHack
Mr. Wendel on Games
NetHack: THE BEST GAME OF ALL TIME? on Linux Voice
NetHack
in Time's list of
All-TIME 100 Video Games
NetHack in
IGN's "Fifteen Really, Really, Really Hard Games"
NetHack in Gamasutra's "Game Design Essentials: 20 RPGs"
NetHack shows
up in
The DM Of The Rings
NetHack meets EverQuest II. (At least on April Fool's Day.)
NetHack (a song parody), by
Rob Balder
The Beeb discovers
NetHack - the Computer Game
Top 11 Signs You've Got an Old Computer
Play NetHack,
a theme song for NetHack.
Our pet dog is one of the
Top Ten Videogame Sidekicks. Congratulations!
Dudley's dungeon, a web comic
BBspot on NetHack:
New ATI Card Pushes Limits in ASCII Gaming
The USENET Oracle contemplates
encountering a woodchuck
The USENET Oracle contemplates
the amulet
The USENET Oracle contemplates
stairs
The USENET Oracle contemplates
sacrifice
The USENET Oracle contemplates
coping with loss
The USENET Oracle
contemplates
NetHack in Denver
The USENET Oracle
contemplates
the greatness of NetHack
NetHack in the comics at User Friendly:
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Cartoon for October 13, 2014
Cartoon for September 15, 2014
Cartoon for September 13, 2014
Cartoon for September 12, 2014
Cartoon for September 11, 2014
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Cartoon for September 7, 2013
Cartoon for May 9, 2013
Cartoon for May 3, 2013
Cartoon for May 1, 2013
Cartoon for January 10, 2013
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Cartoon for November 8, 2012
Cartoon for November 7, 2012
Cartoon for May 1, 2012
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Cartoon for August 25, 2009
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Cartoon for September 18, 2008
Cartoon for August 31, 2008
Cartoon for July 31, 2008
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Cartoon for May 20, 2006
Cartoon for May 22, 2006
Cartoon for May 23, 2006
Cartoon for May 24, 2006
Cartoon for May 25, 2006
Cartoon for May 26, 2006
Cartoon for May 27, 2006
Cartoon for May 29, 2006
Cartoon for May 30, 2006
Cartoon for May 31, 2006
Cartoon for June 1, 2006
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Cartoon for October 17, 2005
Cartoon for June 24, 2005
Cartoon for June 25, 2005
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Cartoon for September 11, 2003
Cartoon for September 12, 2003
Cartoon for September 13, 2003
Cartoon for September 15, 2003
Cartoon for August 24, 2003
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Cartoon for September 7, 2002
Cartoon for May 1, 2002
Cartoon for May 2, 2002
Cartoon for May 3, 2002
Cartoon for May 4, 2002
Cartoon for May 6, 2002
Cartoon for May 7, 2002
Cartoon for May 8, 2002
Cartoon for May 9, 2002
Cartoon for April 12, 2002
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Cartoon for November 7, 2001
Cartoon for November 8, 2001
Cartoon for May 1, 2001
NetHack makes techtv's
list of
https://web.archive.org/web/20020604185956/http://www.techtv.com/extendedplay/story/0,24330,3310903,00.html
Best Internet Games
Backhanded compliment of the month award: ignpsx's review of
Darkstone:
Ten bucks buys you an awful lot of dungeon-hacking -- it sure ain't NetHack but
it ain't bad.
Gamespy.com's "The History of Computer Games" continues with
Worlds in Boxes
- and NetHack gets another
mention.
Gamespot.com: Unsung Heroes - NetHack
Gamespy.com: NetHack is simply an anomaly...
See what happens when NetHack meets T-rex
- isn't USENET great?
Salon Technology: "The Best Game Ever"
NetHack
mentioned in Gamespy.com's developer week:
"The History of Computer Games - Part I"
NetHack in Print
IEEE Spectrum, February 2016,
"Games: NetHack and the Joy of Text".
IEEE Computer, February 2011, "Certainty through Uncertainty?". We even got
a screenshot.
30th Annual IEEE/NASA Software Engineering Workshop, April 2006, "Understanding
Open Source Software through Software Archaeology: The Case of NetHack".
The
abstract is available online.
"Fatal Distractions", 1994, David Gerrold, The Waite Group.
NetHack Quotes
Nethack is one of my all-time favorite games, one I've been
playing since 1200 baud was smokin' fast.
-- Actor Wil Wheaton,
http://www.wilwheaton.net
In short, NetHack 3.1.3 is the most elaborate role-playing
environment you are ever likely to explore. This is a place to
return again and again, each time for a different experience.
You're really going to have to play it for a year or two and
see for yourself.
-- "Fatal Distractions" by David Gerrold
Thank you for the latest release of gradewrecker. My GPA just
went in the corner and shot itself.
-- USENET posting, author unknown
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