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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 Bilious Patch Databse] on alt.org. A dedicated NetHack [[Reddit]] can be found [https://www.reddit.com/r/nethack/ here], and [[IRC]] chatrooms for discussing the game itself can be found on
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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* [[From Nobody to Nightmare]]: Vlad the Impaler in 3.6.1 - he went from the butt of every player's jokes to [[Lightning Bruiser|the second-fastest monster in the game]] and a level-draining menace.
* [[Full-Frontal Assault]]: The default tiles for [[Horny Devils|foocubi]].
* [[Fun with Acronyms]]: The fandom has multiple acronyms just for the act of ''dying'', with varying levels of unfairness implied: YASD ([[Yet Another Stupid Death]]) is in regard to deaths that were your fault, YAAD (Yet Another Annoying Death) is in regards to deaths that were beyond your control i.e. instadeath attacks, DYWYPI (Do You Want Your Possessions Identified?) which is sighed by many a player on the
** The [https://nethackwiki.com/wiki/Rec.games.roguelike.nethack_FAQ archived Usenet newsgroup FAQ] is a good source of these and many more such acronyms that are ''still'' in use.
* [[Game Mod]]: The ''NetHack'' General Public License encourages the creation of patches, variants and other similar additions, which the community [[:Category:NetHack variants|has produced many of.]]
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