HOW COULD THEY!!??!!??
So slackware doesn’t have a package for nethack that doesn’t require X11 or Qt or some gayness like that. This cannot be.
I built a package, if anyone wants it, please feel free: nethack 3.4.3 (i486, Slackware 10.1)
Any comments can go to mernisse at ub3rgeek dot net.