NetHack
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Although this product has been released, it remains under active development - information may change frequently and could be outdated or irrelevant.
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| Developers | |
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| The NetHack DevTeam | |
| Release dates | |
| DOS | July 1987[1] |
| Mac OS (Classic) | October 1989[2] |
| Linux | 1992[3] |
| Windows 3.x | March 1993[4] |
| Windows | December 8, 2003[citation needed] |
| macOS (OS X) | December 8, 2003[citation needed] |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | Freeware |
| Modes | Singleplayer |
| Pacing | Turn-based |
| Perspectives | Top-down view |
| Controls | Direct control, Menu-based, Text input, Point and select |
| Genres | Roguelike, RPG |
| Art styles | Abstract, Pixel art |
| Themes | Fantasy |
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General information
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Official website | |
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| Mac App Store | |
NetHack Cocoa. | |
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| Microsoft Store | |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| DOS | |
| Windows | %USERPROFILE%\NetHack\.nethackrc %PROGRAMDATA%\NetHack\3.6\[Note 1] HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\NetHack\NetHack 3.6.6\Settings\ |
| Microsoft Store | |
| Mac OS (Classic) | |
| macOS (OS X) | $HOME/.nethackrc |
| Linux | $HOME/.nethackrc |
- It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| DOS | |
| Windows | %LOCALAPPDATA%\NetHack\3.6\ |
| Microsoft Store | |
| Mac OS (Classic) | |
| macOS (OS X) | |
| Linux | /var/games/nethack/save/ |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
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Video
Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | For DOSBox set in the DOSBox configuration file. | |
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Keyboard and mouse prompts | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support |
Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | No sound. | |
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| German | NetzHack | |||
| Japanese | JNetHack | |||
| Spanish | Spanish Nethack |
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| DOS video modes | Text |
| Executable | PPC | 16-bit | 32-bit | 64-bit | ARM | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windows | Up-to-date 64-bit and ARM versions require building from source. A binary for 64-bit of v3.6.1-nightly[5] and a binary for ARM of v3.4.3[6] are known to exist. | |||||
| macOS (OS X) | Official installation packages were discontinued after 3.6.2.[7] PPC packages were discontinued after 3.4.3. Unofficial up-to-date builds with ARM support are provided by Brew.sh.[8] | |||||
| Linux | [9] | |||||
| Mac OS (Classic) |
Middleware
- No middleware information; you can edit this page to add it.
System requirements
| DOS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Recommended | |||
| Operating system (OS) | 6.22 | |||
| Processor (CPU) | Intel 8088 Intel 8086 | |||
| System memory (RAM) | ||||
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) | ||||
| Windows 3.x | ||||
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| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) | ||||
| Windows | ||||
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| Minimum | ||||
| Operating system (OS) | ||||
| Processor (CPU) | Intel i386 | |||
| System memory (RAM) | ||||
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) | ||||
| Mac OS | ||||
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| Minimum | ||||
| Operating system (OS) | ||||
| Processor (CPU) | ||||
| System memory (RAM) | ||||
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) | ||||
| macOS (OS X) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum | ||||
| Operating system (OS) | 10.12 | |||
| Processor (CPU) | ||||
| System memory (RAM) | ||||
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) | 22.7 MB | |||
- These requirements are for NetHack Cocoa.
| Linux | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum | ||||
| Operating system (OS) | ||||
| Processor (CPU) | Intel i386 | |||
| System memory (RAM) | ||||
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) | ||||
Notes
- ↑ When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%,%PROGRAMDATA%, or%WINDIR%might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details).
References
- ↑ NetHack 1.3d - NetHack Wiki - last accessed on 2019-09-10
- ↑ NetHack 3.0.5 - NetHack Wiki - last accessed on 2019-09-10
- "A new port to the Mac is provided."
- ↑ NetHack (1992) Linux release dates - MobyGames - last accessed on 2020-01-01
- ↑ NetHack 3.1.1 - NetHack Wiki - last accessed on 2019-09-10
- "Windows NT is now supported in text mode for the first time"
- ↑ Windows executables of 3.6.1-to-be, the development version - last accessed on 2021-04-16
- ↑ (port) Nethack 3.4.3 for RT - last accessed on 10 August 2022
- ↑ Verified by User:Dandelion Sprout on 2021-01-26
- ↑ nethack - last accessed on 1 March 2022
- ↑ Package nethack-common - last accessed on 2020-12-01
