[1] : Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)

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.


see also:
rogue usenet moria angband 

[2] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

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
     
     
see also:
rogue c usenet unix pc freeware 
lt;http://www.win.tue.nl/games/roguelike/nethack/gt; lt;faqgt; lt;ftp u penngt; lt;news:rec.games.roguelike.nethackgt; 

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