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NetHack 3.6.5 released

Accepted submission by darkfeline at 2020-01-29 03:28:22 from the remote-code-execution-is-part-of-the-challenge dept.
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darkfeline [soylentnews.org] writes:

A new version of the venerable roguelike game NetHack has been released. This release is primarily a security release.

Quoth Wikipedia:

NetHack is a single-player roguelike video game originally released in 1987 with ASCII graphics. It is a descendant of an earlier game called Hack (1982), which is a clone of Rogue (1980). Comparing it with Rogue, Engadget's Justin Olivetti wrote that it took its exploration aspect and "made it far richer with an encyclopedia of objects, a larger vocabulary, a wealth of pop culture mentions, and a puzzler's attitude." In 2000, Salon described it as "one of the finest gaming experiences the computing world has to offer".

For those who have not played it yet, I encourage you to play it a few dozen times. You will die. A lot.

https://nethack.org/v365/release.html [nethack.org]

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