This is a port of NetHack 3.2.1 to the BeBox.  NetHack is a single
player D&D style game remotely based on the game Rogue.  Please
read the GuideBook for more details.

This is a TTY only port and may only be run from a command
line.  NetHack expects its "playground" to exist in 
/boot/local/lib/nethackdir.  This may be overridden by the
environment variable NETHACKDIR.  In the BeBox version of
NetHack, defaults are stored in the file "NetHack Defaults"
rather than the more Unix-y .nethackrc.

If you want to build the game yourself, the source may be found
on ftp.uu.net:/pub/games/nethack.  The source for 3.2.1 will not
build correctly for BeOS.  An extra patch file for Be should show
up on uu.net sometime soon.  In the meantime, it is include in
this archive.

If you have any problem, contact the nethack developers at

	nethack-bugs@linc.cis.upenn.edu



Unpacking Directions:
1. Untar the file in /boot/local/lib.  Everything will be placed
   in a directory, nethackdir.
2. Move the executable to your favorite bin directory.



Suggestions:
+ Set your tty window to be 80x24.  NetHack does not take advantage
  of the larger window.
+ Change the font to Courier New (or Courier New Bold) and set the font
  size to be larger.  The font size will not change for Kate.

Known problems:
+ No special characters for walls.  None of the fonts available for use
  in a tty window has the graphics characters needed to improve the look.
  If such a font existed, then all you need to do is set the dungeon,
  object, and/or monter mappings in your defaults file.
+ NetHack is supposed to recognize that the background of the window is
  white and change itself accordingly.  It doesn't and makes the assumption
  that the background is black.  This is annoying, but playable.
  It may be that the correct code sequence is being executed -- its hard
  to tell in that particular file.  A couple of combinations have been
  tried, with no success.
+ The arrow keys don't work.
+ No recover utility is included because recover is broken for all
  platforms in the 3.2.1 release.