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Hacking NetHack: The Game's Best Addons and Plugins!

Posted 11/22/2008 at 12:21:16pm

Nethack came from Hack which is a Unix game.  That's why the graphics are ASCII - it was originally played on dumb terminals, not PCs!  And Rogue is even older.

I remember when Nethack fit on a single 3.5" floppy.  We passed it around using Sneaker Net.  There was no internet of course.

 

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