Nethack

Genre: Roguelike
World map: No
Permadeath: Yes
Races: 5
Classes: 13
Religion: Yes, 36 gods.
Spellcasting: Advanced
Persistent dungeons: Yes
Version: 3.4.3
Latest version: Nethack.org
Isomeric version: Falcon's Eye
Graphics: ASCII/tiles/Isomeric
Mouse: No/Yes/Yes
Sound: No/No/Yes
Resource: Wikihack

Nethack is an evolution of an earlier game called Hack (1985), which was itself an evolution of Rogue (1980). It's a Hacklike with persistent levels. The theme of the dungeons follows a predetermined order but the individual levels are randomised, apart from a few static levels.

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Hacker the human Valkyrie
Hacker II the orc Barbarian exhibitionist


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