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Binaries for Microsoft Windows 95/98/NT/2000/Me/XP

Step 1: download

nh341wn3.zip (about 1.9M)
(MD5-sum: 2e3a7fe711857510f6369d7bbc29fa19)

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.

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And as a last resort: nh341wn3.zip by FTP.

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.

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.
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    Common control library is outdated.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.