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Announcements
2025-07-02-22-00
NEW New
Windows binaries are available that
correct a packaging error from earlier today.
If you downloaded the Windows binaries in the last
eight hours, please download this update.
2025-07-02-14-00
New
Windows binaries are available that include
the missing curses interface.
2025-04-18
Patch file for building
with GCC 15.1.
2023-02-24
Patch file for building 3.6.7
with newer headers on macOS with some toolchains.
2023-02-16
Current Version 3.6.7
This is a bugfix release and includes a serious
security fix.
2022-12-05
Patch file
for building old version 3.4.3 with Visual Studio 2022
Community Edition
2022-01-23
A fix for a build error with glibc 2.34 (the default under Ubuntu
impish 21.10) has been pushed to branch NetHack-3.6
2022-01-23
Updated Windows binaries
released. Fixes an issue where NetHackW.exe delays updating
the cursor position when using farlook.
More Announcements
Help!
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NetHack References on the Web
(Links marked with a dagger† are now served from archive.org.)- Cartoon for October 13, 2014 Cartoon for September 15, 2014 Cartoon for September 13, 2014 Cartoon for September 12, 2014 Cartoon for September 11, 2014
- Cartoon for September 7, 2013 Cartoon for May 9, 2013 Cartoon for May 3, 2013 Cartoon for May 1, 2013 Cartoon for January 10, 2013
- Cartoon for November 8, 2012 Cartoon for November 7, 2012 Cartoon for May 1, 2012
- Cartoon for August 25, 2009
- Cartoon for September 18, 2008 Cartoon for August 31, 2008 Cartoon for July 31, 2008
- Cartoon for May 20, 2006 Cartoon for May 22, 2006 Cartoon for May 23, 2006 Cartoon for May 24, 2006 Cartoon for May 25, 2006 Cartoon for May 26, 2006 Cartoon for May 27, 2006 Cartoon for May 29, 2006 Cartoon for May 30, 2006 Cartoon for May 31, 2006 Cartoon for June 1, 2006
- Cartoon for October 17, 2005 Cartoon for June 24, 2005 Cartoon for June 25, 2005
- Cartoon for September 11, 2003 Cartoon for September 12, 2003 Cartoon for September 13, 2003 Cartoon for September 15, 2003 Cartoon for August 24, 2003
- Cartoon for September 7, 2002 Cartoon for May 1, 2002 Cartoon for May 2, 2002 Cartoon for May 3, 2002 Cartoon for May 4, 2002 Cartoon for May 6, 2002 Cartoon for May 7, 2002 Cartoon for May 8, 2002 Cartoon for May 9, 2002 Cartoon for April 12, 2002
- Cartoon for November 7, 2001 Cartoon for November 8, 2001 Cartoon for May 1, 2001
Backhanded compliment of the month award: ignpsx's† review of
Darkstone†:Ten bucks buys you an awful lot of dungeon-hacking -- it sure ain't NetHack but it ain't bad.
Gamespy.com's "The History of Computer Games" continues with Worlds in Boxes† - and NetHack gets another mention.†
Gamespot.com: Unsung Heroes - NetHack†
Gamespy.com: NetHack is simply an anomaly...†
See what happens when NetHack meets T-rex - isn't USENET great?
Salon Technology: "The Best Game Ever"
mentioned† in Gamespy.com's developer week: "The History of Computer Games - Part I"†
NetHack in Print
IEEE Spectrum, February 2016, "Games: NetHack and the Joy of Text".IEEE Computer, February 2011, "Certainty through Uncertainty?". We even got a screenshot.
30th Annual IEEE/NASA Software Engineering Workshop, April 2006, "Understanding Open Source Software through Software Archaeology: The Case of NetHack". The
abstract is available online."Fatal Distractions", 1994, David Gerrold, The Waite Group.
NetHack Quotes
Nethack is one of my all-time favorite games, one I've been playing since 1200 baud was smokin' fast.
-- Actor Wil Wheaton, http://www.wilwheaton.net
In short, NetHack 3.1.3 is the most elaborate role-playing environment you are ever likely to explore. This is a place to return again and again, each time for a different experience. You're really going to have to play it for a year or two and see for yourself.
-- "Fatal Distractions" by David Gerrold
Thank you for the latest release of gradewrecker. My GPA just went in the corner and shot itself.
-- USENET posting, author unknown
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