NetHacker

plural NetHackers

1. A player of the open-source single-player roguelike video game NetHack.

   Many a NetHacker has found herself surrounded by 50 or 60 gremlins each with 1 HP.

   1996 April 16, Aero, “ADOM - Love those gremlins!”, in rec.games.roguelike.misc (Usenet)

   2 more examples

   Interestingly there is the same line when playing P&P D&D, and the player[’]s knowledge of the game can greatly help the PC, as does a NetHacker who has played a lot before. So there is no way to maintain this line absolutely.

   2004 May 17, ABCGi, “Why do we search for secret doors?”, in rec.games.roguelike.development (Usenet)

   Hello Fellow NetHackers! Just a guestion for the pros/code divers. If i'm weilding^([sic]) Excalibur, wearing a pair of lenses and have intrinsic search, do all the bonues stack together?

   2018 June 4, twisty, “Excalibur, lenses and intrinsic searching, do these bonuses stack?”, in rec.games.roguelike.nethack (Usenet)