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You can also play it online [http://alt.org/nethack/ here], at [https://www.hardfought.org/ Hardfought], or on various other public servers - you can even use a telnet or SSH connection to connect and play from a compatible terminal. The latest released version is 3.6.6 and all entries apply to that version, although NetHack 3.7.0 is in rolling release [[Open Beta]], meaning that it is available to play on Hardfought as it is being developed. Older versions of the game can also be downloaded from the main site as well - 3.4.3 in particular still has quite a bit of popularity as a result of it nearly being the "last" version ever, and is additionally hosted on Hardfought.
You can find [[The Wiki Rule|the main wiki]] [https://nethackwiki.com/wiki/Main_Page here]; the old Usenet group (which is now a part of Google Groups) is located [https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.roguelike.nethack here] for your perusal, with a mirror located at [https://bilious.alt.org/rgrn/ the
Naturally, the NetHack General Public License means that there are multiple [[:Category:NetHack variants|variants]] (the community term for [[Game Mod|forks and mods]]) of the game, each with their own relatively unique flavoring, such as [[SLASH'EM]]; some branches, such as [[SporkHack]] and [[UnNetHack]], arose in response to the belief that work on the official game had ceased as result of its post-3.4.3 [[Development Hell]]. One highly recommended variant on the original game is [http://nethackwiki.com/wiki/DynaHack DynaHack], which not only adds new content, but also includes an in-game tutorial and a friendlier user interface, which makes it perfect for beginners.
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