Based on our record, NetHack seems to be a lot more popular than Downwell. While we know about 22 links to NetHack, we've tracked only 2 mentions of Downwell. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.
Prior to 3.1.x the dat subdirectory didn't exist yet but data.base was present somewhere, possibly in the src subdirectory instead. I don't know whether it goes as far back as hack 1.x or even nethack 2.x. The source code for a bunch of old versions is present at https://nethackwiki.com/ but I'm not sure whether the data files are all there too. The source code for the most recent released version (3.6.7) is... Source: about 1 year ago
I am not sure what extra benefits the Steam version has, but the game is available for free either as download on nethack.org, or to play online at something like alt.org/nethack or hardfought.org. Source: about 1 year ago
You don't even need two people to play D&D, Nethack is great! Source: about 1 year ago
I've always been fond of the last quote on nethack.org. Source: about 1 year ago
It was discussed here last fall, when the home page for nethack.org was updated to mention it. The blurb includes a few other tiny screen shots and says the exhibit is scheduled to be open until mid-July. Source: over 1 year ago
Downwell is an awesome game. It's a quick game to play when you have some time to kill. It's not an investment at all. Source: over 1 year ago
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