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 one at http://www.nethack.org/. See
also moria, rogue, Angband.
[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 one at http://www.nethack.org/. See
also moria, rogue, Angband.
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{rogue} but more elaborate,
distributed in C source over {USENET} and very popular... - rogue
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using character graphics,
written under BSD Unix and subsequently ported to... - Angband n. /ang'band/
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and rogue,
one of the large freely distributed Dungeons-and... - rogue: [UNIX] n. A Dungeons-and-Dragons-like game using character
graphics,
written under BSD UNIX and subsequently ported to other... - moria /mor'ee-*/ n.
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of the large PD Dungeons-and-Dragons-like simulation games,
available for a wide range of machines and operating... - Zork /zork/ n.
The second of the great early experiments
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see ADVENT. Originally written on MIT-DM during... - Zork: /zork/ n. The second of the great early experiments in computer
fantasy gaming;
see {ADVENT}. Originally written on MIT-DM during... - moria: /mor'ee-*/ n. Like {nethack} and {rogue}, one of
the large PD Dungeons-and-Dragons-like simulation games,
available for a wide range of machines and operating... - back door n.
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