Nethack is now 36 years old, still in development, runs on windows, Linux, Apple and a multitude of other systems. You can run it in a console, remotely, if you don’t have the ability to install or download to your computer. It’s complex, difficult, entertaining and will soak up any free time you have.

I’ve played it on and off for a decade now and never made it past half way and have always learnt something new.

Play in browser: https://alt.org/nethack/hterm/ Telnet: alt.org port 23 SSH: [email protected] Download: https://www.nethack.org/

Have you got the Amulet of Yendor? Any stupid deaths? Surprising finds?

  • @BangersAndMashOP
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    11 year ago

    In 2007 I was working on a DEC VT-320 terminal (can you believe we were still using those?) And what I would have paid to have nethack running on those!

    Did you make many ascension runs? I think I’ve got too short an attention span to do it - I do something like neglect engraving ELBERETH and then die yet another stupid death.

    • @robolemmy
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      11 year ago

      Honestly I don’t really remember many details. It was a long time ago and there have been many mild concussions since then!