Special

last update: 09-Dec-2003

This page will be the most up-to-date one. I want to update it as much as possible, so come here often to check if there is something new happening.

December, 9th 2003

Nethack 3.4.3 is out! The brand new bugfix version has been released on Monday, 12/09/2003. You can download it from many mirrors around the world, an overview is at sourceforge, or from my own mirror site.

Nethack T-Shirt

Due to public demand, I took some photos of my Nethack T-Shirt that has been designed and sold around 1998.
It was Jim McLennan who actually printed the shirts and myself who drawed the design. Unfortunately these Shirts are sold out.
But you can order some new ones at CafePress.

NHK

This is a perl script that reads your logfile and summarizes the info within to get a list of what killed you.
Written (the latest version) by Eva R. Myers.

Nethack 3.3.0 spoilers available

I have uploaded the collection of spoilers for the 3.3.0 version.
you can find them here.
I think the list will be constantly growing so check frequently for new things.

Nethack 3.3.0 is out!

While everyone is busy buying XMas presents, the DevTeam play Santa Claus and release the long-awaited new Nethack version. You can download binaries and sources of Nethack 3.3.0 and 3.2.3 for your favourite systems from nethack.org and Boudewijn Wayer's nethack page. Happy Hacking!

the site moved, new domain registered

Since September 1999 my pages have moved to another host, gratiously sponsored by VCities. This new server is much faster for people from europe (like me) and does not open these annoying advertisement windows.
Furthermore, Ralph Geißler has registered the domain "nethack.de" for me. So my site is now available under the easy to remember URL "www.nethack.de".
Thank you very much, Ralph!

BeingFool-HOWNOTTO

A guide about how and how not to post to rec.games.roguelike.nethack. Urpo has written some kind of manual about how to reply to dOOd postings.

The Nethack Contest

Here is the opportunity you (may) have waited for since you played your first game of nethack.
The possibility to play the same game as your friend and share your experiences. And if I say the same game, I mean the same game. Not just the same game, but the same character in the same dungeon.
Please visit the Contest page to get more information about it.

new nethack page

Dion Nicolaas has opened his nethack page under http://erebus.nicolaas.net. It is a quite large list of resources and links about nethack and Slash(em). I liked it very much (and not only because my page is mentioned there too :)

Nethack for Windows CE

Jaakko Haakana announced in the newsgroup that there is a beta release of nethack 3.2.0 for SH-processors available at his Homepage.
I don't have a CE computer myself, so I can't say if or how it works, but I think it's worth a try - if you already have such a computer. If you want to buy one just for nethack, ... ;)

Nethack for Psion Series 5

Walter Hafner informed me that there is a version of nethack 3.2.2 for the Psion Series 5 available at RMPLC.
I don't have a Psion myself, so I can't say if or how it works, but I think it's worth a try - if you already have a Psion. If you want to buy one just for nethack, ... ;)

Bones file identifier

Dion Nicolaas wrote a little utility that reads a save or bones file and outputs the "fingerprint" of the file. With these information, you can determine wheter or not it is useable with your own version of nethack.
The program runs under DOS/Windows, but the C-Code is included so it can be compiled on any system capable of nethack.
You find the program at the programs section of my homepage.

ICQ chat on IRC

This is Nathaniel Husted and there is now a legitiment irc channel for nethack. The channel name is #nethack and it is on Efnet. People can come there to ask questions about their nethack game or any other things or just trade tips and other things. You can reach me at nhusted@ibm.net

ICQ chatroom

There is some kind of chatroom in the ICQ network. Under the IUN 5059054 you can check if it's open or not. You get the ICQ program for free by mirabilis.

Nethack fun

I have added a new room to my nethack home, the fun room.
At this page I collect some of the (IMO) funniest comments and stories about nethack that are posted to the newsgroup rec.games.roguelike.nethack Please come in and ROTFL...

Kevin's new set of spoilers

Kevin Hugo has spent hours in rewriting a complete set of spoilers for Version 3.2.2. So far there are 13 text files available, and I am currently working on the HTML Versions of the files.
Got to the Index to preview the text versions of the spoilers or just follow the newsgroup where they will be posted for discussion.
When all the corrections are made, I will publish the HTML-Versions here.

Visit the Cemetery

One of my services here is the nethack cemetery, where I collect bones files for various platforms and versions. I just uploaded my latest 3.2.2 bones for your pleasure. Come and see my ghosts!
UPDATE: Finally I received the first bones by one of you! come and see Tapio's bones!

MK_BONES

Under Windows 95 you may discover that you don't create bonesfiles anymore. Instead of "bones*.*" you get files named "*_99.bn". These are temporarily bones files that should have been renamed by nethack, but for some obscure reason it wasn't.
MK_BONES scans the current directory for such a file and renames them according to the level they belong. To use MK_BONES, you should create a simple batch file that starts nethack and MK_BONES after a game is over.
Turbo C code included.
made by Sascha Wostmann