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Played it for about a year a long time ago, I think it was the PC version? I'd played it even earlier but it was "taking too long". Plenty of food-related deaths.
So I read all the FAQs and spoilers, it was still hard! But now I could make progress and learn some real strategy, as well as understand which spoilers were actually relevant. So after a year I was finally able to ascend.
Since then I've really enjoyed rogue-likes and other turn-based games.
Been playing for over 10 years now. I love it, it’s incredible and I’m so glad it’s still around. Might have to make a go for the amulet again today, dust off the old files.
Man, I put so many hours into nethack, back in 1992. I was working nights as a computer operator on a VAX/VMS system in a hospital lab. About half of every night was just sitting around, and I had access to a compiler and a modem, so I downloaded and installed nethack. I worked there for 3 years, and probably played nethack 10 hours/week for most of those three years.
In 2007 I was working on a DEC VT-320 terminal (can you believe we were still using those?) And what I would have paid to have nethack running on those!
Did you make many ascension runs? I think I've got too short an attention span to do it - I do something like neglect engraving ELBERETH and then die yet another stupid death.
Honestly I don’t really remember many details. It was a long time ago and there have been many mild concussions since then!