SLASH'EM
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.
Compared to vanilla NetHack, SLASH'EM contains five new roles and five new races for the player to choose from, several new special levels, several new monsters, new items and new artifacts, and other changes. The main dungeon is longer in SLASH'EM than in NetHack, but Gehennom is shorter.
Most people regard SLASH'EM as much more difficult than vanilla NetHack; while it contains significantly more content, it is widely considered to be less balanced.
Many of the more popular additions to SLASH'EM, such as the Vampire starting race and the Black Market level, have been incorporated into actively developed variants such as UnNetHack. There is also a successor named Slash'EM Extended, which also has a variant named SlashTHEM.
Ancestors and successors
| NetHack 3.2 → | NetHack-- → | SLASH → | Slash'EM → | Slash'EM Extended 0.01–0.75 → |
Slash'EM Extended 0.76–2.60 | |
| NetHack Plus → | ||||||
| Wizard Patch → | SlashTHEM | |||||
| NetHack 3.3–3.4 → | NetHack 3.6–3.6.4 | |||||
Public servers
Hardfought is hosting SLASH'EM online. Hardfought adds an enhanced xlogfile and dumplogs. em.slashem.me is not currently available.
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 - mainly bug fixes and quality of life improvements. K2's version can be found here; Elronnd's is here.
In addition to Windows, Linux, and MacOSX versions, SLASH'EM is available as an Android app.
See also
- Monster (SLASH'EM)
- Item (SLASH'EM)
- SLASH'EM artifacts
- Standard strategy (SLASH'EM)
- SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2 source code
External links
- The SLASH'EM Homepage
- Differences Between Slash'EM And NetHack, a collection of SLASH'EM spoilers
- Ye Olde SlashEm Bestiary
- Jym's Slash'em 0.0.7E7F1 patch(es), a huge collection of patches, including ports of NetHack and older SLASH'EM patches
- SLASH'EM for iPhone
- SLASH'EM for Android
- SLASH'EM for MacOSX
- RGRN announcement of SLASH'EM 0.0.1 (not yet named SLASH'EM)
- RGRN announcement of SLASH'EM 0.0.2E8 (first mentioning of the name SLASH'EM)
