Nethack (ASCII)
Nethack (ASCII) | |
Download | (archive) |
Developer | Michael Olson |
Version | port1 |
Webpage | website |
Status |
NetHack is a single player dungeon exploration game that runs on a wide variety of computer systems, with a variety of graphical and text interfaces all using the same game engine. 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. Each game presents a different landscape - the random number generator provides an essentially unlimited number of variations of the dungeon and its denizens to be discovered by the player in one of a number of characters: you can pick your race, your role, and your gender.
This port focuses on keeping the classic ASCII look of NetHack, with emphasis on using an on-screen keyboard.