Download 3.4.3 Binaries for Macintosh

• Carbon Port
  • OS: MacOS 8.1 or later, MacOS 9, MacOS X
  • Map: text
  • UI: GUI
  • Notes:
    Replaces previous Mac "Classic" port.
    Compatible with save files from nethack-341.sit.
• MacOS X Tiles Port
  • OS: MacOS X
  • Map: Tiles (graphics)
  • UI: GUI
  • Notes:
    Also known as the "Mac Qt" port.
    Compatible with save files from current and prior Terminal ports (e.g., nethack-342-mac-term.pkg.sit, nethack-343-mac-term.pkg.sit).
• MacOS X Terminal Port
  • OS: MacOS X
  • Map: text
  • UI: Terminal (or via telnet or ssh)
  • Notes:
    Compatible with save files from prior Terminal ports (e.g., nethack-342-mac-term.pkg.sit) and current Qt and Terminal ports (nethack-343-2-macosx-qt.tgz, nethack-343-mac-term.pkg.sit).

• Step 1: download (MacOS Carbon Port)

  Click on the below to start the download system. Depending on your browser you may need to right-click so that the file is saved to disk and not displayed. Problems? Check our list of additional mirrors .

  nethack-343-mac-carbon.sit   (about 1.1M)   (MD5 sum: 7125425d3644ad962a330db45fa88473)
  NetHack 3.4.3 for PPC Macintosh running MacOS 8.5, 9.x, or 10.x. This version uses Carbon to provide a GUI interface and a text map.
  
  Or as a last resort:
  

  • nethack-343-mac-carbon.sit by FTP (North America)
  • nethack-343-mac-carbon.sit by FTP (Europe)
  
   
  

• Step 2: unpack.

  Unpack the archive downloaded in step 1 using Stuffit Expander or a similar utility. (Your browser may have already done this for you.)

• Step 3: run.

  Click the NetHack icon to begin the game.
  Please read the Guidebook for a general description of what NetHack is and how to play. Unfortunately, the Guidebook is > 32K, so you will need something other than SimpleText to view it on MacOS 9 and earlier. You may edit the "NetHack Defaults" file to modify startup options. Feel free to turn off News when you get tired of seeing its message when you start up.

• Step 1: download (MacOS X with tiles)

  Click on the below to start the download system. Depending on your browser you may need to right-click so that the file is saved to disk and not displayed. Problems? Check our list of additional mirrors .

  nethack-343-2-macosx-qt.tgz   (about 4.6M)   (MD5 sum: cfec783e03197116abfaa5f3f051cbfe)
  NetHack 3.4.3 for PPC Macintosh running MacOS 10.2 or later. This version uses Qt to provide a tiles (graphical) display. It has been tested with MacOS 10.2 and 10.3 (as of February 17, 2004).
  
  Or as a last resort:
  

  • nethack-343-2-macosx-qt.tgz by FTP (North America)
  • nethack-343-2-macosx-qt.tgz by FTP (Europe)
  
   
  

• Step 2: unpack.

  Double-click on the icon to unpack NetHack.

• Step 3: install.

  You probably want to drag the resulting "NetHack" icon somewhere convenient.

  Read the Guidebook for a general description of what NetHack is and how to play.

• Step 1: download (MacOS X Terminal Port)

  Click on the below to start the download system. Depending on your browser you may need to right-click so that the file is saved to disk and not displayed. Problems? Check our list of additional mirrors .

  nethack-343-mac-term.pkg.sit   (about 1.6M)   (MD5 sum: 85a75989e42bbe0fbe25c2b8bcf58a9d)
  NetHack 3.4.3 for PPC Macintosh running MacOS 10.x. This version is a very traditional NetHack that runs in text mode from the command line.
  
  Or as a last resort:
  

  • nethack-343-mac-term.pkg.sit by FTP (North America)
  • nethack-343-mac-term.pkg.sit by FTP (Europe)
  
   
  

• Step 2: Unpack

  Unstuff with Stuffit Expander.

• Step 3: Install

  Double-click on package file. The MacOS X Installer program will start and ask for the root password. The game will be installed under /usr/games.

  Edit your $PATH variable for your shell to include /usr/games.

  Read the README file. Note that unlike other 3.4.3 binary distributions, the save and bones files from this distribution are not backwards compatible.

• Step 4: Run

  Run nethack in a Terminal window.
  Some systems running MacOS X 10.3 will complain "No write permission to lock perm!" - see the WORKAROUND on this page.
  Some systems running MacOS X 10.4 will complain "No write permission to lock perm!" - see the WORKAROUND on this page.
  Some systems running MacOS X 10.3.9 need the 10.4 workaround listed above (but try the 10.3 workaround first).