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The classic roguelike adventure: Descend the Mazes of Menace and retrieve the Amulet of Yendor!

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NetHack 3.4.3 Released

Now that the November tournament period is over, it is time for the NetHack DevTeam to make NetHack 3.4.3 available. This is the third bugfix release for NetHack 3.4. Version 3.4.3 contains dozens of general bug fixes (see doc/fixes34.3), as well as the following more specific items:

  • Correct several inconsistencies
  • Correct a potentially fatal bug caused by dropping loadstones
  • Handle level completely filled with monsters better
  • win32tty performance enhancements when playing on Windows 98 and Windows Me
  • win32gui player selection fixes
  • X11 player selection fixes, one of which could be fatal
  • Eliminated a gold-in-shop-container cheat

Read the release notes for more information.

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NetHack 3.4.2 Released

The NetHack DevTeam is pleased to announce the release of NetHack 3.4.2, the second bugfix release for NetHack 3.4. This release contains more than one hundred general bug fixes (see below), as well as the following more specific items:

  • Fixed a fatal bug that triggered a panic when your secondary weapon was cursed during bones file creation
  • Fixed a fatal bug that caused a crash when applying figurine, candle, or bell that gets used up
  • Fixed message ordering for several actions
  • Fixed some Gnome compilation problems on Redhat 7.2 and 8.0
  • Fixed a problem in the util Makefile
  • use random() by default under linux instead of lrand48()
  • win32 tty adjustments and support for loading alternative key handlers

Read the release notes for more information.

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NetHack 3.4.1 Released

The NetHack DevTeam is pleased to announce the release of NetHack 3.4.1.

NetHack 3.4 is an enhancement to the dungeon exploration game NetHack. It is a distant descendent of Rogue and Hack, and a direct descendent of NetHack 3.3.

NetHack 3.4.1 is a bugfix release for 3.4.0.

  • Fix a few fatal errors including one for reentering shops, one involving land mines and boulders/statues, one for delayed polymorph, and one for chest traps blowing up a ball and chain
  • Fix a buffer overflow that could lead to security problems
  • Hundreds of general bug fixes
  • Several message and other glitches corrected
  • Travel command adjustments and ability to disable travel command
  • message recall window extensions (by Christian Cooper)
  • win32: some interface improvements
  • unix: improved tile support
  • gnome: some fixes, and some enhancements by Dylan Alex Simon
  • Windows CE port included (by Alex Kompel)

Read the release notes for more information.

Download NetHack 3.4.1 now!