iNethack2

iNetHack is one of very few games that I install on every new iDevice. It’s a great port of a legendary game and well maintained by its developer. If you like roguelike games but never heard about NetHack, you should really give it a shot. It’s one of the best games of its genre!

I really like the game but it would be even better if you add keyboard support.

Thanks a lot for this port! I only wish there was keyboard support, or rather a way to keep the onscreen keyboard open at all times, for use with an iPad Pro keyboard cover.

It was perfect till yesterday‘s update! Now everything is behind the Notch :/

When I saw this, I was a bit skeptical at first. A mobile port of the classic game NetHack? Is this yet another lazy cash grab, or a barely usable proof-of-concept (I look at you, Vimmy!)? No! It isn't. It's clear that the author of this piece of software has used it himself, as the controls are really well thought out and intuitive (for a terminal game). And on top of this, it's free! So why am I even bothering to write this review? Go, download it now!

damn awesome :D

Decent app except for 2 huge flaws - you can’t play multiple games at once, and you’re forced to play 3.6. I want 3.4.3 on iPad back! I won’t accept both these major flaws. No more nethack for me I guess. I’ve been playing since 1990. Such a shame. 😭

The new nethack engine upgrade was a surprise! Glad to see activity that keeps this canonical RPG game alive on iOS.

A lot of care has gone into this port but it doesn’t seem to support the Magic Keyboard on iPadOS. It would play great if you could use the Magic Keyboard and not have to tap the screen when prompts come up.

To be fair, I haven’t played that long, but so far I’ve encountered two problems: (1) a lack of customization— you can’t choose your character name (and the name it assigns your character isn’t even a name, it’s “Mobile User”, which completely kills immersion), and there’s no apparent equivalent for the config file on desktop that lets you set certain default things like your preferred pet (and their name), the name of the custom fruit, and autopickup settings; and (2) incompatibility with a Bluetooth keyboard. One could argue that these are minor things that aren’t relevant to the game as a whole. However, they interfere with the experience for me, so I think I’ll stick to playing on desktop until / unless they get resolved.