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> The Beginnings (1993) NetHack, mentioned in this section, is actually the rebrand of plain ol' Hack, which I first encountered via a shareware catalogue arou
by alex_young 6y ago
> The Beginnings (1993)
NetHack, mentioned in this section, is actually the rebrand of plain ol' Hack, which I first encountered via a shareware catalogue around 1986. Completely engrossing, and very effective at teaching VI keys well before I knew that was what I was learning.
34 years later NetHack is still coming out with new releases and is great fun to play.
- remote_phone 6y agoI came in to say this as well! I first played hack on my friend’s actual IBM PC with 2 5.25” disk drives back in 1985 I think. I was addicted and the only reason I begged my parents for a computer was so that I could play hack. My friend’s floppy disk of hack got corrupt so whenever he read a scroll of identify the game would crash. So he ended up finishing the game without ever reading a scroll of identify, which I admit is quite impressive. I just played a game of nethack tonight after my family went to sleep!