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Nethack In which I play way too much of a silly command line Roguelike game. nethack

Every so often I get hooked on this game. It's a command line Roguelike adventure game with rules based on Dungeons & Dragons. As far as I know, it is the oldest computer game in ongoing development.

You play a character on a mission to retrieve the Amulet of Yendor, held in the deepest level of Gehennom by the evil god Moloch, and ascend to demigodhood by offering it to your deity. You are taught nothing and given no training, and worse: almost every monster, item, and dungeon feature can kill you if you aren't careful. The more you play, the more you learn, and the more you begin to understand the risks and consequences.

In short: it's very hard, you die a lot, and it's easy to lose hours delving deeper and deeper into the Dungeons of Doom, dying, and starting again. It's tons of fun.

Since I started keeping records, I've played {{< nethack/n >}} games, and ascended {{< nethack/ascensions >}} of them.

Here are my top 10 best games:

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