Editing NetHack (section)

===Release history===
The DevTeam's first release of ''NetHack'' was on 28 July 1987.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title = Happy 20th birthday, 'NetHack'! – CNET |url = http://www.cnet.com/news/happy-20th-birthday-nethack/|website = CNET |access-date = 2015-11-09}}</ref>

The core DevTeam had expanded with the release of ''NetHack'' 3.0 in July 1989. By that point, they had established a tight-lipped culture, revealing little, if anything, between releases. Owing to the ever-increasing depth and complexity found in each release, the development team enjoys a near-mythical status among fans. This perceived omniscience is captured in the initialism TDTTOE, "The DevTeam Thinks of Everything", in that many of the possible [[emergent gameplay]] elements that could occur due to the behavior of the complex game systems had already been programmed in by the DevTeam.<ref name="craddock chp6"/> Since version 3.0, the DevTeam has typically kept to minor bug fix updates, represented by a change in the third version number (e.g. v3.0.1 over v3.0.0), and only releases major updates (v3.1.0 over v3.0.0) when significant new features are added to the game, including support for new platforms. Many of those from the community that helped with the ports to other systems were subsequently invited to be part of the DevTeam as the team's needs grew, with Stephenson remaining the key member currently.<ref name="gd 2016"/>

Updates to the game were generally regular from around 1987 through 2003, with the DevTeam releasing v3.4.3 in December 2003.<ref name=":0" /> Subsequent updates from the DevTeam included new tilesets and compatibility with variants of Mac OS, but no major updates to the game had been made.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Kenneth Lorber |url=http://www.nethack.org/ |title=NetHack |year=2009 |access-date=2011-04-08}}</ref> In the absence of new releases from the developers, several community-made updates to the code and variants developed by fans emerged.<ref name="gd 2016">{{cite web | url = https://www.gamedeveloper.com/design/the-story-behind-i-nethack-i-s-long-awaited-update--the-first-since-2003 | title = The story behind NetHack's long-awaited update--the first since 2003 | first = John | last = Bridgman | date = April 15, 2016 | access-date = June 26, 2020 | work=[[Game Developer (website)|Game Developer]] }}</ref>

On 7 December 2015, version 3.6.0 was released, the first major release in over a decade. While the patch did not add major new gameplay features, the update was designed to prepare the game for expansion in the future, with the DevTeam's patch notes stating: "This release consists of a series of foundational changes in the team, underlying infrastructure and changes to the approach to game development".<ref>{{Cite web|author=Kenneth Lorber |url=http://nethack.org/|title=NetHack |year=2015 |access-date=2015-12-07}}</ref><ref name="gd 3.6.0">{{cite web | url = https://www.gamedeveloper.com/design/-i-nethack-i-gets-first-major-update-in-over-a-decade | title = NetHack gets first major update in over a decade | first = Chris | last = Kerr | date = 8 December 2015 | access-date = 8 December 2015 | work=[[Game Developer (website)|Game Developer]]}}</ref> Stephenson said that despite the number of roguelike titles that had emerged since the v3.4.3 release, they saw that ''NetHack'' was still being talked about online in part due to its high degree of portability, and decided to continue its development.<ref name="gd 2016"/> According to DevTeam member Paul Winner, they looked to evaluate what community features had been introduced in the prior decade to improve the game while maintaining the necessary balance.<ref name="gd 2016"/> The update came shortly after the death of [[Terry Pratchett]], whose ''Discworld'' had been influential on the game, and the new update included a tribute to him.<ref name="gd 3.6.0"/> With the v3.6.0 release, ''NetHack'' remains "one of the oldest games still being developed".<ref>{{Cite web|author=Eli |url=http://jayisgames.com/archives/2006/07/nethack.php|title=NetHack |work=[[Jay Is Games]] |date=2006-07-16 |access-date=2008-12-15}}</ref>

A public read-only mirror of ''NetHack''{{'s}} [[git]] repository was made available on 10 February 2016.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://nethack.org/common/git.html | title=Information for NetHack Developers | work=NetHack | access-date=2016-02-11}}</ref> Since v3.6.0, the DevTeam has continued to push updates to the title, with the latest being v3.6.7 on 16 February 2023.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.nethack.org/v367/release.html | title = NetHack 3.6.7 Release Notes | access-date = 20 March 2023 | publisher = NetHack DevTeam}}</ref> Version 3.7.0 is currently in development.<ref>{{cite web|title=Official NetHack Git Repository|url=https://github.com/nethack/nethack|website=GitHub|access-date=28 December 2019}}</ref>

{{As of|2020}}, the official source release supports the following systems: [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], [[Linux]], [[macOS]], [[Windows Embedded Compact|Windows CE]], [[OS/2]], [[Unix]] ([[Berkeley Software Distribution|BSD]], [[UNIX System V|System V]], [[Solaris (operating system)|Solaris]], [[HP-UX]]), [[BeOS]], and [[OpenVMS|VMS]].<ref name="nh366-dl">{{cite web |title=NetHack 3.6.6: Downloads |url=https://www.nethack.org/v366/downloads.html |website=NetHack |access-date=March 25, 2020}}</ref>