NetHack 3.4.2 released on August 31, 2003. This is NOT the current version!
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nh342win3.zip (2M bytes)  (MD5 sum: 6daab5661535aceae2e70bf476797da2)
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, Windows 2000,
and Windows XP.
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. Do not copy the game to your desktop; create a shortcut instead.
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.Step 3: edit.Edit defaults.nh to adjust your settings preferences.If you are using a non-U.S. keyboard arrangment, you may want adjust your keyboard handling using the "altkeyhandler" and/or "subkeyvalue" config file options. See the Guidebook for more information. Step 4: run.
Refer to the file README within the zip file for further installation instructions and release notes. 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 Common control library is outdated.then you need to apply the Step 5: OPTIONAL: download large tiles.
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tiles32.zip (.2M bytes)  (MD5 sum: d5ceffd0f1cfe72899b2e026b79d2562)
OPTIONS=tile_file:tiles32.bmp, tile_width:32, tile_height:32 |