nethack

from Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)

nethack
 /net'hak/, n.

   [Unix] A dungeon game similar to {rogue} but more elaborate,
   distributed in C source over {Usenet} and very popular at Unix sites
   and on PC-class machines (nethack is probably the most widely
   distributed of the freeware dungeon games). The earliest versions,
   written by Jay Fenlason and later considerably enhanced by Andries
   Brouwer, were simply called `hack'. The name changed when maintenance
   was taken over by a group of hackers originally organized by Mike
   Stephenson. There is now an official site at http://www.nethack.org/.
   See also {moria}, {rogue}, {Angband}.

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

NetHack

   <games> /net'hak/ (Unix) A dungeon game similar to {rogue} but
   more elaborate, distributed in {C} source over {Usenet} and
   very popular at {Unix} sites and on {PC}-class machines
   (nethack is probably the most widely distributed of the
   {freeware} dungeon games).  The earliest versions, written by
   Jay Fenlason and later considerably enhanced by Andries
   Brouwer, were simply called "hack".  The name changed when
   maintenance was taken over by a group of hackers originally
   organised by Mike Stephenson.

   Version: NetHack 3.2 (Apr 1996?).

   (http://win.tue.nl/games/roguelike/nethack/).

   FAQ
   (ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/rec.games.roguelike.nethack/).

   FTP U Penn (ftp://linc.cis.upenn.edu/pub/NH3.1/) No large
   downloads between 9:00 and 18:00 local or the directory will
   be removed.

   Usenet newsgroup: news:rec.games.roguelike.nethack.

   E-mail: <nethack-bugs@linc.cis.upenn.edu>.

   (1996-06-13)