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nethack

nethack

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Jargon  File  (4.2.3,  23  NOV  2000)  [jargon]: 
 
  nethack  /net'hak/  n.  [Unix]  A  dungeon  game  similar  to  {rogue} 
  but  more  elaborate,  distributed  in  C  source  over  {Usenet}  and  very 
  popular  at  Unix  sites  and  on  PC-class  machines  (nethack  is  probably  the 
  most  widely  distributed  of  the  freeware  dungeon  games).  The  earliest 
  versions,  written  by  Jay  Fenlason  and  later  considerably  enhanced 
  by  Andries  Brouwer,  were  simply  called  `hack'.  The  name  changed 
  when  maintenance  was  taken  over  by  a  group  of  hackers  originally 
  organized  by  Mike  Stephenson.  There  is  now  an  official  site  one  at 
  `http://www.nethack.org/'.  See  also  {moria},  {rogue},  {Angband}. 
 
 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  NetHack 
 
    /net'hak/  (Unix)  A  dungeon  game  similar  to  {rogue}  but 
  more  elaborate,  distributed  in  {C}  source  over  {Usenet}  and 
  very  popular  at  {Unix}  sites  and  on  {PC}-class  machines 
  (nethack  is  probably  the  most  widely  distributed  of  the 
  {freeware}  dungeon  games).  The  earliest  versions,  written  by 
  Jay  Fenlason  and  later  considerably  enhanced  by  Andries 
  Brouwer,  were  simply  called  "hack".  The  name  changed  when 
  maintenance  was  taken  over  by  a  group  of  hackers  originally 
  organised  by  Mike  Stephenson. 
 
  Version:  NetHack  3.2  (Apr  1996?). 
 
  {(http://www.win.tue.nl/games/roguelike/nethack/)} 
 
  {FAQ 
  (ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/rec.games.roguelike.nethack/)}. 
 
  {FTP  U  Penn  (ftp://linc.cis.upenn.edu/pub/NH3.1/)}  No  large 
  downloads  between  9:00  and  18:00  local  or  the  directory  will 
  be  removed. 
 
  {Usenet}  newsgroup:  {news:rec.games.roguelike.nethack}. 
 
  E-mail:  . 
 
  (1996-06-13)