SLASH'EM - Revision history

Joes: potholes, availability

2026-03-05T14:48:40Z

potholes, availability

Umbire the Phantom: aa

2025-07-06T16:14:19Z

Umbire the Phantom: touchups + todo

2025-07-06T16:14:11Z

touchups + todo

Umbire the Phantom: so much renovating is due to get this anywhere near the quality/info density of other variant articles...

2025-03-04T23:38:30Z

so much renovating is due to get this anywhere near the quality/info density of other variant articles...

Umbire the Phantom: note about its creation - overdue to really expand this article for how long the variant's existed

2024-09-23T11:19:19Z

note about its creation - overdue to really expand this article for how long the variant's existed

Furey: Remove {{gameinfo||SLASH'EM}}. gameinfo.wikia.com has moved at least 3 times. Replace with a simple https link to the current location, gamicus.fandom.com

2024-06-21T11:25:11Z

Remove {{gameinfo||SLASH'EM}}. gameinfo.wikia.com has moved at least 3 times. Replace with a simple https link to the current location, gamicus.fandom.com

Furey: Update link from statslab to evasroguelikegamessite. Also one http: -> https:.

2024-06-12T17:44:18Z

Update link from statslab to evasroguelikegamessite. Also one http: -> https:.

Chris: Fix typo

2021-09-15T14:22:08Z

Fix typo

Mobileuser: /* Builds */

2021-06-01T07:18:57Z

‎Builds

Umbire the Phantom at 22:39, 21 April 2021

2021-04-21T22:39:26Z

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-{{DISPLAYTITLE:<i>SLASH'EM</i>}}
+'''SLASH'EM''' ('''Super Lotsa Added Stuff Hack - Extended Magic''') is a [[variant]] of ''[[NetHack]]'' based on version [[3.4.3]]. The object of the game is the same: to fetch the [[Amulet of Yendor]] from the bottom of the [[Gehennom]] and offer it to your [[god]].
-''SLASH'EM'' contains five [[:Category:SLASH'EM roles|new role]]s and five [[:Category:SLASH'EM races|new races]] for the player to choose from, as well as several [[Special level (SLASH'EM)|new special levels]], [[Monster (SLASH'EM)|monsters]], [[Item (SLASH'EM)|items]], and [[SLASH'EM artifacts|artifacts]]. The main [[dungeon]] is made longer in ''SLASH'EM'' than in ''NetHack'', with Gehennom being shorter as a result.
+''SLASH'EM'' contains five [[:Category:SLASH'EM roles|new role]]s ([[Flame Mage]], [[Ice Mage]], [[Necromancer]], [[Undead Slayer]] and [[Yeoman]]) and five [[:Category:SLASH'EM races|new races]] ([[Hobbit (starting race)|hobbit]], [[lycanthrope (starting race)|lycanthrope]], [[vampire (starting race in SLASH'EM)|vampire]], [[drow (starting race)|drow]], [[Doppelganger (starting race)|doppelgänger]] for the player to choose from, as well as several [[Special level (SLASH'EM)|new special levels]], [[Monster (SLASH'EM)|monsters]], [[Item (SLASH'EM)|items]], and [[SLASH'EM artifacts|artifacts]]. The main [[dungeon]] is made longer in ''SLASH'EM'' than in ''NetHack'', with Gehennom being shorter as a result.
 ''SLASH'EM'' is considered much more difficult than vanilla ''NetHack'', primarily due to the perception of the new content as unbalancing the game. Many of the more popular additions to SLASH'EM have been incorporated into actively developed variants, such as the [[Vampire (starting race in UnNetHack)|Vampire]] starting race and the [[Black market (UnNetHack)|Black Market]] level in [[UnNetHack]]. There is also a successor named [[Slash'EM Extended]], which also has a variant/second 'successor' named [[SlashTHEM]].
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 ==Creation==
-SLASH'EM is the result of [[Warren Cheung]] merging the popular [[Wizard Patch]] into SLASH, calling the resulting game SLASH'EM, and released it on [https://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.roguelike.nethack/msg/21fc87c895373907 7 January 1998]. SLASH and SLASH'EM co-existed alongside each other until the release of [[NetHack 3.3.0]], which accepted the Wizard Patch into the mainline code&mdash;SLASH'EM 0.0.5E8 then merged in the 3.3.0 code, and so SLASH ceased to exist as a separate game.
+''SLASH'EM'' is the result of [[Warren Cheung]] merging the popular [[Wizard Patch]] into [[SLASH]], calling the resulting game SLASH'EM, and released it on [https://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.roguelike.nethack/msg/21fc87c895373907 7 January 1998]. SLASH and SLASH'EM co-existed alongside each other until the release of [[NetHack 3.3.0]], which accepted the Wizard Patch into the mainline code&mdash;SLASH'EM 0.0.5E8 then merged in the 3.3.0 code, and so SLASH ceased to exist as a separate game.
 ===Ancestors and successors===
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 ==Public servers==
-''SLASH'EM'' is hosted online at [[Hardfought]], which adds an enhanced xlogfile and dumplogs. It is also hosted at [[em.slashem.me]], which is not available as of April 2021.
+''SLASH'EM'' is hosted online at [[Hardfought]], which adds an enhanced xlogfile and dumplogs. It is also hosted at [[em.slashem.me]].
 ==Builds==
-''SLASH'EM'' is available for Windows, MS-DOS, Linux, OS/2, (obsolete) Mac classic and Mac OS X (tty only); the latest stable version of ''SLASH'EM'' is 0.0.7E7F3 and the latest development version is 0.0.8E0F1. As of September 16th, 2018, there are active forks of ''SLASH'EM'' being maintained; changes consist mainly of bug fixes and quality-of-life improvements. K2's version (with fixes contributed by amateurhour) can be found [https://github.com/k21971/SlashEM/commits/master here]; Elronnd's is [https://github.com/moon-chilled/slashem9 here].
+''SLASH'EM'' is available for Windows, MS-DOS, Linux, OS/2, (obsolete) Mac classic and Mac OS X (tty only); the latest stable version of ''SLASH'EM'' is 0.0.7E7F3 and the latest development version is 0.0.8E0F1. As of March 5th, 2026, no fork of ''SLASH'EM'' is being maintained. Previous changes consisted mainly of bug fixes and quality-of-life improvements. K2's version (with fixes contributed by amateurhour) can be found [https://github.com/k21971/SlashEM/commits/master here]; Elronnd's is [https://github.com/moon-chilled/slashem9 here].
 In addition, SLASH'EM is available as an [[SLASH'EM Android app|Android app]].
 ==See also==
 * [[Monster (SLASH'EM)]]
 * [[Item (SLASH'EM)]]

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 ''SLASH'EM'' is considered much more difficult than vanilla ''NetHack'', primarily due to the perception of the new content as unbalancing the game. Many of the more popular additions to SLASH'EM have been incorporated into actively developed variants, such as the [[Vampire (starting race in UnNetHack)|Vampire]] starting race and the [[Black market (UnNetHack)|Black Market]] level in [[UnNetHack]]. There is also a successor named [[Slash'EM Extended]], which also has a variant/second 'successor' named [[SlashTHEM]].
-{{todo|Give the same treatment as the other variant articles.
+{{todo|Give the same treatment as the other variant articles.}}
 ==Creation==

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 ''SLASH'EM'' is considered much more difficult than vanilla ''NetHack'', primarily due to the perception of the new content as unbalancing the game. Many of the more popular additions to SLASH'EM have been incorporated into actively developed variants, such as the [[Vampire (starting race in UnNetHack)|Vampire]] starting race and the [[Black market (UnNetHack)|Black Market]] level in [[UnNetHack]]. There is also a successor named [[Slash'EM Extended]], which also has a variant/second 'successor' named [[SlashTHEM]].
 ==Creation==
-SLASH'EM is the result of [[Warren Cheung]] merging the popular [[Wizard Patch]] into SLASH, calling the resulting game SLASH'EM, and released it on [https://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.roguelike.nethack/msg/21fc87c895373907 7 January 1998]. SLASH and SLASH'EM co-existed alongside each other until the release of [[NetHack 3.3.0]], accepted the Wizard Patch into the mainline code - SLASH'EM 0.0.5E8 merged in the 3.3.0 code, and so SLASH ceased to exist as a separate game.
+SLASH'EM is the result of [[Warren Cheung]] merging the popular [[Wizard Patch]] into SLASH, calling the resulting game SLASH'EM, and released it on [https://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.roguelike.nethack/msg/21fc87c895373907 7 January 1998]. SLASH and SLASH'EM co-existed alongside each other until the release of [[NetHack 3.3.0]], which accepted the Wizard Patch into the mainline code&mdash;SLASH'EM 0.0.5E8 then merged in the 3.3.0 code, and so SLASH ceased to exist as a separate game.
 ===Ancestors and successors===

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 '''''SLASH'EM''''' ('''Super Lotsa Added Stuff Hack - Extended Magic''') is a [[variant]] of ''[[NetHack]]'' based on version [[3.4.3]]. The object of the game is the same: to fetch the [[Amulet of Yendor]] from the bottom of the [[Gehennom]] and offer it to your [[god]].
-''SLASH'EM'' contains five [[:Category:SLASH'EM roles|new role]]s and five [[:Category:SLASH'EM races|new race]]s for the player to choose from, as well as several [[Special level (SLASH'EM)|new special levels]], [[Monster (SLASH'EM)|monsters]], [[Item (SLASH'EM)|items]], and [[:Category:SLASH'EM Artifacts|artifacts]]. The main [[dungeon]] is made longer in ''SLASH'EM'' than in ''NetHack'', with Gehennom being shorter as a result.
+''SLASH'EM'' contains five [[:Category:SLASH'EM roles|new role]]s and five [[:Category:SLASH'EM races|new races]] for the player to choose from, as well as several [[Special level (SLASH'EM)|new special levels]], [[Monster (SLASH'EM)|monsters]], [[Item (SLASH'EM)|items]], and [[SLASH'EM artifacts|artifacts]]. The main [[dungeon]] is made longer in ''SLASH'EM'' than in ''NetHack'', with Gehennom being shorter as a result.
 ''SLASH'EM'' is considered much more difficult than vanilla ''NetHack'', primarily due to the perception of the new content as unbalancing the game. Many of the more popular additions to SLASH'EM have been incorporated into actively developed variants, such as the [[Vampire (starting race in UnNetHack)|Vampire]] starting race and the [[Black market (UnNetHack)|Black Market]] level in [[UnNetHack]]. There is also a successor named [[Slash'EM Extended]], which also has a variant/second 'successor' named [[SlashTHEM]].
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 * [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.roguelike.nethack/y4VIfZmzi2I/3If3z3u0F4UJ RGRN announcement of SLASH'EM 0.0.1] (not yet named SLASH'EM)
 * [https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!msg/rec.games.roguelike.nethack/G-ZRDEWuYGs/Bzk3lciH_CEJ RGRN announcement of SLASH'EM 0.0.2E8] (first mentioning of the name SLASH'EM)
 {{slashem-7E7}}
 [[Category:SLASH'EM]]
 [[Category:Variants]]

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 ''SLASH'EM'' is considered much more difficult than vanilla ''NetHack'', primarily due to the perception of the new content as unbalancing the game. Many of the more popular additions to SLASH'EM have been incorporated into actively developed variants, such as the [[Vampire (starting race in UnNetHack)|Vampire]] starting race and the [[Black market (UnNetHack)|Black Market]] level in [[UnNetHack]]. There is also a successor named [[Slash'EM Extended]], which also has a variant/second 'successor' named [[SlashTHEM]].
-==Ancestors and successors==
+==Creation==
 {{SLASH'EMtimeline}}

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-{{DISPLAYTITLE:<i>SLASH'EM</i>}}{{gameinfo|SLASH'EM}}
+{{DISPLAYTITLE:<i>SLASH'EM</i>}}
 '''''SLASH'EM''''' ('''Super Lotsa Added Stuff Hack - Extended Magic''') is a [[variant]] of ''[[NetHack]]'' based on version [[3.4.3]]. The object of the game is the same: to fetch the [[Amulet of Yendor]] from the bottom of the [[Gehennom]] and offer it to your [[god]].
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 * [http://slashem.crash-override.net/bestiary/ Ye Olde SlashEm Bestiary]
 * [http://bamgames.free.fr/Slashem/ Jym's Slash'em 0.0.7E7F1 patch(es)], a huge collection of patches, including ports of NetHack and older SLASH'EM patches
 * [http://blog.dirkz.com/2010/06/slashem-10-released-for-iphone.html SLASH'EM for iPhone]
 * [http://market.android.com/details?id=com.slashemff SLASH'EM for Android]

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 ==External links==
 * [http://www.slashem.org/ The SLASH'EM Homepage]
-* [http://www.statslab.cam.ac.uk/~eva/slashem/index.html Differences Between Slash'EM And NetHack], a collection of SLASH'EM spoilers
+* [https://sites.google.com/view/evasroguelikegamessite/differences-between-slashem-and-nethack Differences Between Slash'EM And NetHack], a collection of SLASH'EM spoilers
 * [http://slashem.crash-override.net/bestiary/ Ye Olde SlashEm Bestiary]
 * [http://bamgames.free.fr/Slashem/ Jym's Slash'em 0.0.7E7F1 patch(es)], a huge collection of patches, including ports of NetHack and older SLASH'EM patches
 * [http://blog.dirkz.com/2010/06/slashem-10-released-for-iphone.html SLASH'EM for iPhone]
 * [http://market.android.com/details?id=com.slashemff SLASH'EM for Android]
-* [http://code.google.com/p/slashem-macosx/ SLASH'EM for MacOSX]
+* [https://code.google.com/p/slashem-macosx/ SLASH'EM for MacOSX]
 * [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.roguelike.nethack/y4VIfZmzi2I/3If3z3u0F4UJ RGRN announcement of SLASH'EM 0.0.1] (not yet named SLASH'EM)
 * [https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!msg/rec.games.roguelike.nethack/G-ZRDEWuYGs/Bzk3lciH_CEJ RGRN announcement of SLASH'EM 0.0.2E8] (first mentioning of the name SLASH'EM)