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The DevTeam is proud to announce that NetHack has been inducted into The Museum of Modern Art in New York City, New York, USA (MoMA) as part of their video game collection and is included in the exhibition "Never Alone: Video Games and Other Interactive Design" which runs from Sep 10, 2022–July 16, 2023.

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NetHack References on the Web

AI versus NetHack!  Tech Crunch gives a quick summary of The NetHack Challenge.

ASCII art + permadeath: The history of roguelike games

Roguelike Celebration: Accessibility - Alexei Pepers

NetHack in 12 Amazing Terminal Based Games for Linux Enthusiasts

NetHack mentioned in a history of ASCII Art

Computerized Dungeons and Randomly Generated Worlds: From Rogue to Minecraft Published in Proceedings of the IEEE ( Volume: 105, Issue: 5, May 2017 )

NetHack  Mr. Wendel on Games

NetHack: THE BEST GAME OF ALL TIME?† on Linux Voice

NetHack in Time's list of All-TIME 100 Video Games

NetHack† in IGN's "Fifteen Really, Really, Really Hard Games"

NetHack in Gamasutra's "Game Design Essentials: 20 RPGs"

NetHack shows up in The DM Of The Rings

NetHack meets EverQuest II†. (At least on April Fool's Day.)

NetHack† (a song parody), by Rob Balder

The Beeb discovers NetHack - the Computer Game

Top 11 Signs You've Got an Old Computer†

Play NetHack†, a theme song for NetHack.

Our pet dog is one of the Top Ten Videogame Sidekicks†. Congratulations!

Dudley's dungeon, a web comic

BBspot† on NetHack: New ATI Card Pushes Limits in ASCII Gaming†

The USENET Oracle contemplates encountering a woodchuck
The USENET Oracle contemplates the amulet
The USENET Oracle contemplates stairs
The USENET Oracle contemplates sacrifice
The USENET Oracle contemplates coping with loss
The USENET Oracle contemplates NetHack in Denver
The USENET Oracle contemplates the greatness of NetHack

NetHack in the comics at User Friendly:

• 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  

Ten bucks buys you an awful lot of dungeon-hacking -- it sure ain't NetHack but it ain't bad.

NetHack in Print

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

NetHack News

24 Feb 2023	Patch file for building 3.6.7 with newer headers on macOS with some toolchains.
16 Feb 2023	NetHack 3.6.7 released CURRENT VERSION
05 Dec 2022	Patch file for building old version 3.4.3 with Visual Studio 2022 Community Edition
10 Sep 2022	The DevTeam is proud to announce that NetHack has been inducted into The Museum of Modern Art in New York City, New York, USA as part of their video game collection and is included in the exhibition "Never Alone: Video Games and Other Interactive Design" which runs from Sep 10, 2022–July 16, 2023.
23 Jan 2022	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
25 Jan 2021	Updated NetHackW.exe released to fix an issue causing delays updating the cursor position when using farlook.
08 Mar 2020	NetHack 3.6.6 released
27 Jan 2020	NetHack 3.6.5 released
21 Dec 2019	Updated Windows binaries released due to crash on launch if tiles_fit_to_screen is used.
18 Dec 2019	NetHack 3.6.4 released
05 Dec 2019	3.7 development source is now available.
05 Dec 2019	NetHack 3.6.3 released
20 Nov 2019	A BETA binary for NetHack 3.6.3 is available on the Microsoft Store
17 Nov 2019	NetHack BETA 3.6.3 BETA made available
07 May 2019	NetHack 3.6.2 released
29 Oct 2019	Pre-release binary for NetHack 3.6.3 is available on the Microsoft Store
22 Dec 2018	NetHack 3.6.1 MacOS X Official Binary released.
27 Apr 2018	NetHack 3.6.1 released
27 Apr 2018	Future Deprecation Warnings
26 Apr 2018	C360-25 record file corruption repair program available.
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