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Nethack 3.4.1 Released

Posted by michael on from the late-night-fun dept.

fatquack writes "Almost a day ago the DevTeam wrote: The NetHack DevTeam is pleased to announce the release of NetHack 3.4.1. NetHack 3.4 is an enhancement to the dungeon exploration game NetHack. It is a distant descendent of Rogue and Hack, and a direct descendent of NetHack 3.3. Get your copy at nethack.org now! (and it fixes the boulder/landmine bug)."

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  1. Dying Bug by Overand · · Score: 5, Funny

    The question is, does this release fix the "DAMN this game is IMPOSSIBLE!!" bug, or the "Holy crap, I keep dying for no reason." Bug?

  2. Ulch. by Mr.+Flibble · · Score: 5, Funny

    That download was slashdotted.

    You feel deathly ill.

    (Improperly formatted because of lameness filter)

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    1. Re:Ulch. by pcbob · · Score: 5, Funny

      Come on, try to hack my 31337 firewall[127.0.0.1]!

      haha, the joke's on you, i just deleted all of your fil

  3. Net...hack? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Net...hack? Rogue? Sounds suspicious to me. How can I get in touch with John Ashcroft?

  4. Re:NetHack is cool because you can play it at work by tunah · · Score: 5, Funny

    PHB: What's that you're doing? Me: Err... I'm hexediting the new project, just working out a couple of bugs. Me: There's one! PHB: Nice work! I should give you a raise! Me: How 'bout an office with a door? PHB: No, people play games if I can't see them working. Me: I guess that's a good point. I should get back to my work...

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  5. What do we need a new version for? by pnot · · Score: 5, Funny

    At one point, NetHack had everything but the kitchen sink. Then they added the kitchen sink. What more could you want? :-)

  6. Re:A good plan? by wodon · · Score: 5, Funny

    If they do, I can't wait to see the fully raytraced, mip-mapped hi rez @ sign brutally attacking the letter Z.

    I think bullet time would go down well too!

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  7. Nethack Question by epsalon · · Score: 5, Funny

    Anyone know where I can find a playable recording of a successful NetHack game? I want to see a Master play.

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  8. Re:Misleading title by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Many people make this mistake. People see two syllables that form unrelated words and simply decide to pronounce it NET-HACK, when those of us who have been playing it for years know that it is, in fact, NETH-ACK, a far more D&D-ish name, i'm sure you would agree. It was named after the ancient eunuch sorcerer Nethack The Great, Controller Of Daemons. Sheesh, kids these days...

  9. Modern 3D-Accellerated Version! by RPoet · · Score: 5, Funny

    If you don't like the traditional ascii rendering of the game, there is now a complete port of nethack to use a 3D-accellerated, high-resolution display engine which will keep you on the edge of your seat! See screenshot, and drool!

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  10. Nethack? duh... by archeopterix · · Score: 5, Funny
    I would play it, but the user interface is too bloated. I'd like something like that:

    You find yourself on an empty tile.
    Looking northwest you see a large chest.
    A grid bug approaches you from southwest.
    There's a curved wand 2 squares to the north.
    >

  11. Direct Descendent? by SlashdotLemming · · Score: 5, Funny

    "The NetHack DevTeam is pleased to announce the release of NetHack 3.4.1. NetHack 3.4 is an enhancement to the dungeon exploration game NetHack. It is a distant descendent of Rogue and Hack, and a direct descendent of NetHack 3.3."

    Does anyone know if NetHack 3.5 will be a descendent of NetHack 3.4? Someone told me that it was going to be a spreadsheet application.