[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}.
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[Reference(s) to this entry by made by: {Angband}{catatonic}{hack}{moria}{rogue}{snarf down}{zorkmid}]