Have a retro Geekend with Nethack

by Jack Wallen  |  February 25, 2008, 8:25am PST  |  Image 1 of 25

Installation

By Jack Wallen

Say goodbye to the fancy-schmancy 3D graphics of today's computer games and say hello to good, old-fashioned nerdy fun. Nethack is a classic, text-based RPG game that allows you to waste plenty of time hacking and slashing around ASCII dungeons. And believe it or not, this ASCII game may well be one of the most challenging games you will ever play.

View this screenshot gallery to see why.

Your console awaits. The difficulty of Installing Nethack will depend upon the operating system you are installing it on. For the Linux operating system (my operating system of choice) you will need to run either of the follow commands (as root): yum install nethack or apt-get install nethack.

Installation - Image 1 of 25

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A writer for over 12 years, Jack's primary focus is on the Linux operating system and its effects on the open source and non-open source communities.

Jack Wallen

Jack Wallen

Jack Wallen is an award-winning writer for Techrepublic and Linux.com. As an avid promoter/user of the Linux OS, Jack tries to convert as many users to open source as possible. His current favorite flavor of Linux is Bodhi Linux (a melding of Ubuntu and Enlightenment).

When Jack isn't writing about Linux he is hard at work on his other writing career -- writing about zombies, various killers, super heroes, and just about everything else he can manipulate between the folds of reality. You can find Jack's books on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Smashwords.

Outnumbered in his house one male to two females and three humans to six felines, Jack maintains his sanity by riding his mountain bike and working on his next books. For more news about Jack Wallen, visit his website Get Jack'd.

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