NetHackDS is a port of NetHack for the Nintendo DS that tries to make the best use of the DS hardware to provide an easy-to-use, ergonomic NetHacking experience. This is not simply a port with a software keyboard. It uses the keypad, touchscreen, and multiple displays to optimize presentation of information and simplify input as best as possible on the DS.

While the original project was based on the Nethack DS port by Stuart, the more recent updates have included support for Status Hilites, and strips the port down to be a much cleaner straight overlay atop of NetHack vanilla 3.6.

• Support for 16- and 256-colour BMP tilesets, including non-rectangular tiles (tiles must have dimensions which are a multiple of 8, e.g. 8x8, 8x16, etc).
• Support for text mode, with optional full colour and IBM graphics.
• Support for multiple font sizes for menus, status, and message displays.
• Popup command window for easy access to the full command set.
• On-screen keyboard for text input.
• Flexible key bindings, supports binding keys to both regular and extended commands, and toggleable options.
• Support for both left- and right-handed modes.
• Save and restore.
• Sleep mode.
• Optional walk mode, inspired by iRogue.
• Incorporates the following patches to vanilla NetHack:

Download and extract file.

DLDI patch .nds file if needed (if your card does not have auto-patching) and copy it along with the files to the root directory of the card.