anyone ever played Nethack?

[Rhone]

This is, IMHO, the greatest computer game ever. There are no graphics to speak of, you don't use a joystick, you can't compete against other players, but in terms of shear creativity, the completeness of the world the developers created in a 2 MB file, and the difficulty of actually winning the thing, I'm still impressed all these years after I first started playing it.

Anyone else tried it?

[Shajen]

yeah, I've played it.

Never quite got the whole OMG I love this game it's the BEST EVAR!!!! that some people get with it.

But, yeah, occasionally I'll bust it out and play for a bit.

What IT guy hasn't played nethack?

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[ChipsForFree]

Wow, I haven't seen anyone mention this game in years. Great game though, amazing amount of detail. Even with the spoilers it took forever to finally beat the game.

[Rhone]

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What IT guy hasn't played nethack?

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If I'm not mistaken it was originally developed for UNIX, or at least an early version was written for UNIX...that might have something to do with it.

[Shajen]

I believe you are correct.

I remember first playing it around 94 or so, and I think it'd been out for quite a while back then. I believe the early 80s? Something like that.