NetHack

NetHack is a roguelike computer game. It is an evolution of an earlier game called Hack which was itself an evolution of Rogue. The name NetHack stems from the fact that its development was originally (and continues to be) coordinated through the Internet; it is not a multiplayer game.

Related Topics:
Roguelike - Computer game - Hack - Rogue

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NetHack is one of the oldest games still being actively developed, with new features and bug fixes regularly being added by a loose group of volunteer developers, commonly called the DevTeam. The current version of NetHack is 3.4.3, released on December 8, 2003.

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December 8 - 2003

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The player takes the part of a dungeon-delving hero in search of the Amulet of Yendor. The quest spans more than 50 levels, most of which are randomly created. Each level contains monsters, items and much more.

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NetHack is traditionally played using text-only graphics (in a manner similar to ASCII art), but there are graphical user interfaces that can be compiled into the game: X11 tiled (and the similar Windows graphical interface), Qt (using the Qt toolkit) and GNOME (using GNOME GUI libraries). There are also enhanced graphical interfaces such as the isometric SDL based Falcon's Eye/Vulture's Eye and also the OpenGL based noeGNUd.

Related Topics:
Text-only - ASCII art - The Qt toolkit - GNOME - GUI - SDL - Falcon's Eye - Vulture's Eye - NoeGNUd

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