Hack (Unix video game)

Hack is a rogue -like computer game, made in 1982 by Jay Fenlason with support from Kenny Woodland, Mike Thome and Jon Payne. The first release was on 17 December 1984 in the Usenet in the newsgroup net.sources instead.

Hack is based on the computer game Rogue 1980, were taken from the numerous elements, including the game objective which to recover " Amulet of Yendor " of a multi-level deep dungeon. Compared to its model hack performs various character classes, animals and shops as an additional game elements and also expands the list of monsters, items, and spells.

On 23 July 1985, the final version 1.0.3 has been released. Hack is the predecessor of today evolved rogue -like game NetHack.

Typical round in Hack

The display of the game world, as in Rogue, using ASCII characters: spaces are represented by lines and points, transitions by pound sign (#) and doors by a plus sign ( ). An @ indicates the current position of the player character (player character ). Their other game values ​​, including about the life energy (Hp, for engl hit points, dt: . Hitpoints ) are always displayed at the bottom of the screen. The control of the character using keystrokes.

You hear noises in the distance.                                                                          ------                                                                    | .... |                         ----- # # .... |                         | .. $ # | ... <|                         ... | # | .... |                         | ... | # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # ------                         | ... | # # ----- -----                         | ..% | # # # | ......... |                    # ----- # # |. [...... % L         - ---- # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # | ......... |         | .... | # # @ ........ |         | .... # # # # # # -----------         | .... |         | ....         ------         Level 1 Hp 15 (15) Ac 9 Str 16 Exp 1 The example shows some more game elements: So is $ for money % for food of any kind, [ for armor, < for a staircase and L is a monster, in this case a Leprechaun.