NetHack 3.4.1 released on February 23, 2003. This is NOT the current version!

[OLD] Microsoft Windows 95/98/NT/2000/Me/XP Downloads - NetHack 3.4.1

Step 1: download.

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nh341wn3.zip (1.9M bytes)
Contains two executables - an Intel Win32 tty console executable and an Intel Win32 Graphical Interface executable. This may be used on Intel machines running Windows 95, 98, Me, NT 4.0 or later, Windows 2000, and Windows XP.

Note: this package was replaced on 1 March 2003 to fix bug W341-2. If you encounter this bug, please replace the nh341win.zip package previously available with the current nh341wn3.zip.

Step 2: unpack.
These files can be unpacked with any standard unzipping utility, which should be used when you have set your current directory to the location where you want to place NetHack.
Some people have attempted to run the game from inside an unzip utility - this will not work. You must extract the contents of the .zip file to a new folder and run the game from that folder.
Step 3: edit.
Edit defaults.nh to adjust your settings preferences.
Step 4: run.

nethack.exe
for the tty interface
nethackw.exe
for the graphical interface
Save and bone files are compatible between these two executables.
Refer to the file README within the zip file for further installation instructions and release notes.
This updated binary includes a way to alter keyboard key values being returned to NetHack from the operating system. It is hoped that this helps with problems reported with Finnish and other international keyboard arrangements. The included defaults.nh file has some samples for Finnish keyboards.
If the game halts with one of these messages:
Common control library is missing. Common control library is outdated.
then you need to apply the ~~Common Control Library patch~~.
Step 5: OPTIONAL: download large tiles.

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tiles32.zip (151K bytes)
A set of 32 x 32 tiles (that is, larger than the default graphics set). To install it, unzip the contents into the same directory as nethackw.exe, and add the following line to your defaults.nh:
OPTIONS=tile_file:tiles32.bmp, tile_width:32, tile_height:32