NetHack
Nethack is a wonderfully silly, yet quite addictive Dungeons
and Dragons-style adventure game. The "net" element references that its
development has
been coordinated through the Internet. The "hack" element
refers to a genre of role-playing games known as hack and slash for
their
focus on combat.
In NetHack you play the part of a fierce fighter, wizard, or
any of many other classes, fighting your way down to retrieve the
Amulet of
Yendor (try saying THAT one backwards!) for your god. On the way, you
might encounter a quantum mechanic or two, or perhaps a microscopic
space fleet, or -- if you're REALLY lucky -- the Ravenous Bugblatter
Beast of Traal.
Unlike many other Dungeons & Dragons-inspired games,
the emphasis in
NetHack is on discovering the detail of the dungeon and not simply
killing everything in sight - in fact, killing everything in sight is a
good way to die quickly.
Features include:
- 45-50 levels, most of which are randomly generated
- Variety of items: weapons, armour, scrolls, potions, rings,
gems, and an assortment of tools such as keys and lamps
- Blessings and curses
- Permadeath: expired characters cannot be revived without
having made backup copies of the actual save files
- Interfaces:
- Console
- Graphical, using X, Qt toolkit or GNOME libraries
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