There are several binaries available for the Mac; you only need one of
the following packages.
Sorry, none of these binaries will run on 68K-based Macs.
Notes:
Also known as the "Mac Qt" port.
Compatible with save files from current and prior Terminal ports (e.g.,
nethack-342-mac-term.pkg.sit,
nethack-343-mac-term.pkg.sit).
Notes:
Compatible with save files from prior Terminal ports (e.g.,
nethack-342-mac-term.pkg.sit) and current Qt and Terminal ports
(nethack-343-2-macosx-qt.tgz,
nethack-343-mac-term.pkg.sit).
Click on the
below to start the download system.
Depending on your browser you may need to
right-click so that the file is saved to disk and not displayed.
Problems? Check our list of
additional mirrors
.
nethack-343-mac-carbon.sit (about 1.1M)  (MD5 sum: 7125425d3644ad962a330db45fa88473)
NetHack 3.4.3 for PPC Macintosh running MacOS 8.5, 9.x, or 10.x.
This version uses Carbon to provide a GUI interface and a text map.
Step 2: unpack.
Unpack the archive downloaded in step 1 using Stuffit
Expander or a similar utility. (Your browser may have already done this
for you.)
Step 3: run.
Click the NetHack icon to begin the game.
Please read the Guidebook for a general description of what
NetHack is and how to play. Unfortunately, the Guidebook is > 32K,
so you will need something other than SimpleText to view it on
MacOS 9 and earlier. You may edit the "NetHack Defaults" file to
modify startup options. Feel free to turn off News when you get
tired of seeing its message when you start up.
Click on the
below to start the download system.
Depending on your browser you may need to
right-click so that the file is saved to disk and not displayed.
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nethack-343-2-macosx-qt.tgz (about 4.6M)  (MD5 sum: cfec783e03197116abfaa5f3f051cbfe)
NetHack 3.4.3 for PPC Macintosh running MacOS 10.2 or later. This
version uses Qt to provide a tiles (graphical) display. It has been
tested with MacOS 10.2 and 10.3 (as of February 17, 2004).
Step 2: unpack.
Double-click on the icon to unpack NetHack.
Step 3: install.
You probably want to drag the resulting "NetHack" icon somewhere convenient.
Read the Guidebook for a general description of what NetHack is and how to
play.
Click on the
below to start the download system.
Depending on your browser you may need to
right-click so that the file is saved to disk and not displayed.
Problems? Check our list of
additional mirrors
.
nethack-343-mac-term.pkg.sit (about 1.6M)  (MD5 sum: 85a75989e42bbe0fbe25c2b8bcf58a9d)
NetHack 3.4.3 for PPC Macintosh running MacOS 10.x. This version
is a very traditional NetHack that runs in text mode from the command line.
Step 2: Unpack
Unstuff with Stuffit Expander.
Step 3: Install
Double-click on package file. The MacOS X Installer program
will start and ask for the root password. The game will be
installed under /usr/games.
Edit your $PATH variable for your shell to include /usr/games.
Read the README file. Note that unlike other 3.4.3 binary distributions,
the save and bones files from this distribution are not backwards compatible.
Step 4: Run
Run nethack in a Terminal window.
Some systems running MacOS X 10.3 will complain
"No write permission to lock perm!" - see the WORKAROUND on
this page.
Some systems running MacOS X 10.4 will complain
"No write permission to lock perm!" - see the WORKAROUND on
this page.
Some systems running MacOS X 10.3.9 need the 10.4 workaround
listed above (but try the 10.3 workaround first).