Nethack

2 definitions found

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [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 at `http://www.nethack.org/'.
     See also {moria}, {rogue}, {Angband}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [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)