Game history - Revision history

Ray Chason: Update for 5.0

2026-06-02T02:46:05Z

Update for 5.0

Furey: This one was tricky. It's quoting from nethack.org and I wanted it to be an exact quote. So I checked the source page on nethack.org ... and they quietly have an https there.

2024-06-21T00:03:45Z

This one was tricky. It's quoting from nethack.org and I wanted it to be an exact quote. So I checked the source page on nethack.org ... and they quietly have an https there.

Furey: Send QT reference to wikipedia. Fixes a redlink.

2024-06-17T07:14:03Z

Send QT reference to wikipedia. Fixes a redlink.

Furey: Delinkify "3.4.4". It occurs in the context: "there would never be a 3.4.4, 3.5, or 3.5.0 official release version". So we do not need a 3.4.4 article. Fixes a redlink.

2024-06-17T06:32:05Z

Delinkify "3.4.4". It occurs in the context: "there would never be a 3.4.4, 3.5, or 3.5.0 official release version". So we do not need a 3.4.4 article. Fixes a redlink.

Furey: Fix redlink: mpw -> wikipedia.

2024-06-17T06:04:51Z

Fix redlink: mpw -> wikipedia.

Furey: Delinkify two more personal names that have been redlinks > 5 years. What can I see, it's a lot of text to scroll through, looking for red.

2024-06-16T21:07:08Z

Delinkify two more personal names that have been redlinks > 5 years. What can I see, it's a lot of text to scroll through, looking for red.

Furey: Delinkify personal names that are redlinks and have been redlinks for > 5 years (so no one is coming to fix them). Fixes several redlinks.

2024-06-16T21:05:42Z

Delinkify personal names that are redlinks and have been redlinks for > 5 years (so no one is coming to fix them). Fixes several redlinks.

Furey: refer Windows CE to wikipedia. fixes a redlink.

2024-06-16T19:55:59Z

refer Windows CE to wikipedia. fixes a redlink.

Umbire the Phantom: potholes

2023-11-22T09:12:35Z

potholes

Lysdexia at 00:30, 9 January 2020

2020-01-09T00:30:14Z

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 [[NetHack 3.6.4]] was released on December 18, 2019 containing a security fix and a few bug fixes.
-The official NetHack web site is maintained by Ken Lorber at http://www.nethack.org/.
+The official NetHack web site is maintained by Ken Lorber at https://www.nethack.org/.
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 During the lifespan of NetHack 3.1 and 3.2, several enthusiasts of the game added their own modifications to the game and made these "variants" publicly available:
-Tom Proudfoot and Yuval Oren created NetHack++, which was quickly renamed [[NetHack--]].  Working independently, Stephen White wrote [[NetHack Plus]].  Tom Proudfoot later merged NetHack Plus and his own NetHack-- to produce [[SLASH]].  Larry Stewart-Zerba and Warwick Allison improved the spellcasting system with the [[Wizard Patch]].  Warwick Allison also ported NetHack to use the [[Qt interface]].
+Tom Proudfoot and Yuval Oren created NetHack++, which was quickly renamed [[NetHack--]].  Working independently, Stephen White wrote [[NetHack Plus]].  Tom Proudfoot later merged NetHack Plus and his own NetHack-- to produce [[SLASH]].  Larry Stewart-Zerba and Warwick Allison improved the spellcasting system with the [[Wizard Patch]].  Warwick Allison also ported NetHack to use the [[wikipedia:Qt (software)|Qt]] interface.
 Warren Cheung combined SLASH with the Wizard Patch to produce [[Slash'EM|Slash'em]], and with the help of Kevin Hugo, added more features.  Kevin later joined the DevTeam and incorporated the best of these ideas in [[NetHack 3.3.0|NetHack 3.3]].

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 The release of [[NetHack 3.4.3]] in December 2003 marked the beginning of a long release hiatus. 3.4.3 proved to be a remarkably stable version that provided continued enjoyment by the community for  more than a decade. The NetHack Development Team slowly and quietly continued to work on the game behind the scenes during the  tenure of 3.4.3. It was during that same period that several new variants emerged within the NetHack community.  Notably [[SporkHack|sporkhack]] by Derek S. Ray, [[UnNetHack|unnethack]] by Patric Mueller, [[NitroHack|nitrohack]] and its successors originally by Daniel Thaler and then by Alex Smith, and [[DynaHack|Dynahack]] by Tung Nguyen. Some of those variants continue to be developed, maintained, and enjoyed by the community to this day.
-In September 2014, an interim snapshot of the [[Leaked development version|code under development]] was released publicly by other parties. Since that code was a work-in-progress and had not gone through the process of debugging it as a suitable release, it was decided that the version numbers present on that code snapshot would be retired and never used in an official NetHack release.  An announcement was posted on the NetHack Development Team's official nethack.org website to that effect, stating that there would never be a [[NetHack 3.4.4|3.4.4]], 3.5, or [[NetHack 3.5.0|3.5.0]] official release version.
+In September 2014, an interim snapshot of the [[Leaked development version|code under development]] was released publicly by other parties. Since that code was a work-in-progress and had not gone through the process of debugging it as a suitable release, it was decided that the version numbers present on that code snapshot would be retired and never used in an official NetHack release.  An announcement was posted on the NetHack Development Team's official nethack.org website to that effect, stating that there would never be a 3.4.4, 3.5, or [[NetHack 3.5.0|3.5.0]] official release version.
 In January 2015, preparation began for the release of NetHack 3.6.

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 Norm Meluch and Kevin Smolkowski, with help from Carl Schelin, Stephen Spackman, Steve VanDevender, and [[Paul Winner]], ported NetHack 3.1 to the PC.
-Jon Wätte and Hao-yang Wang, with help from Ross Brown, Mike Engber, David Hairston, Michael Hamel, Jonathan Handler, Johnny Lee, Tim Lennan, Rob Menke, and Andy Swanson developed NetHack 3.1 for the Macintosh, porting it for [[MPW]].  Building on their development, Barton House added a Think C port.
+Jon Wätte and Hao-yang Wang, with help from Ross Brown, Mike Engber, David Hairston, Michael Hamel, Jonathan Handler, Johnny Lee, Tim Lennan, Rob Menke, and Andy Swanson developed NetHack 3.1 for the Macintosh, porting it for [[wikipedia:Macintosh Programmer's Workshop|MPW]].  Building on their development, Barton House added a Think C port.
 Timo Hakulinen ported NetHack 3.1 to OS/2.  Eric Smith ported NetHack 3.1 to the Atari.  Pat Rankin, with help from Joshua Delahunty, is responsible for the VMS version of NetHack 3.1.  [[Michael Allison]] ported NetHack 3.1 to [[Windows NT]].

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 Christian "Marvin" Bressler maintained 3.4 for the Atari after he resurrected it for 3.3.1.
-The release of [[NetHack 3.4.3]] in December 2003 marked the beginning of a long release hiatus. 3.4.3 proved to be a remarkably stable version that provided continued enjoyment by the community for  more than a decade. The NetHack Development Team slowly and quietly continued to work on the game behind the scenes during the  tenure of 3.4.3. It was during that same period that several new variants emerged within the NetHack community.  Notably [[SporkHack|sporkhack]] by [[Derek S. Ray]], [[UnNetHack|unnethack]] by Patric Mueller, [[NitroHack|nitrohack]] and its successors originally by [[Daniel Thaler]] and then by Alex Smith, and [[DynaHack|Dynahack]] by Tung Nguyen. Some of those variants continue to be developed, maintained, and enjoyed by the community to this day.
+The release of [[NetHack 3.4.3]] in December 2003 marked the beginning of a long release hiatus. 3.4.3 proved to be a remarkably stable version that provided continued enjoyment by the community for  more than a decade. The NetHack Development Team slowly and quietly continued to work on the game behind the scenes during the  tenure of 3.4.3. It was during that same period that several new variants emerged within the NetHack community.  Notably [[SporkHack|sporkhack]] by Derek S. Ray, [[UnNetHack|unnethack]] by Patric Mueller, [[NitroHack|nitrohack]] and its successors originally by Daniel Thaler and then by Alex Smith, and [[DynaHack|Dynahack]] by Tung Nguyen. Some of those variants continue to be developed, maintained, and enjoyed by the community to this day.
 In September 2014, an interim snapshot of the [[Leaked development version|code under development]] was released publicly by other parties. Since that code was a work-in-progress and had not gone through the process of debugging it as a suitable release, it was decided that the version numbers present on that code snapshot would be retired and never used in an official NetHack release.  An announcement was posted on the NetHack Development Team's official nethack.org website to that effect, stating that there would never be a [[NetHack 3.4.4|3.4.4]], 3.5, or [[NetHack 3.5.0|3.5.0]] official release version.

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 [[Andries Brouwer]] did a major re-write, transforming Hack into a [[Hack 1.0|very different game]], and published (at least) three versions ([[Hack 1.0.1|1.0.1]], [[Hack 1.0.2|1.0.2]], and [[Hack 1.0.3|1.0.3]]) for [[Unix|UNIX]](tm) machines to the [[Usenet]].
-[[Don G. Kneller]] ported Hack 1.0.3 to [[ANSI C|Microsoft(tm) C]] and [[MS-DOS]](tm), producing [[PC HACK 101E|PC HACK 1.01e]], added support for [[DECgraphics|DEC Rainbow graphics]] in version [[PC HACK 1.03|1.03g]], and went on to produce at least four more versions ([[PC HACK 3.0|3.0]], [[PC HACK 3.2|3.2]], [[PC HACK 3.51|3.51]], and [[PC HACK 3.6|3.6]]).
+Don G. Kneller ported Hack 1.0.3 to [[ANSI C|Microsoft(tm) C]] and [[MS-DOS]](tm), producing [[PC HACK 101E|PC HACK 1.01e]], added support for [[DECgraphics|DEC Rainbow graphics]] in version [[PC HACK 1.03|1.03g]], and went on to produce at least four more versions ([[PC HACK 3.0|3.0]], [[PC HACK 3.2|3.2]], [[PC HACK 3.51|3.51]], and [[PC HACK 3.6|3.6]]).
-[[R. Black]] ported PC HACK 3.51 to Lattice(tm) C and the [[Atari|Atari 520/1040ST]], producing [[ST Hack 1.03]].
+R. Black ported PC HACK 3.51 to Lattice(tm) C and the [[Atari|Atari 520/1040ST]], producing [[ST Hack 1.03]].
 [[Mike Stephenson]] merged these various versions back together, incorporating many of the added features, and produced [[NetHack 1.4f|NetHack version 1.4]].  He then coordinated a cast of thousands in enhancing and debugging NetHack 1.4 and released NetHack versions [[NetHack 2.2a|2.2]] and [[NetHack 2.3e|2.3]].
-Later, Mike coordinated a major rewrite of the game, heading a [[DevTeam|team]] which included [[Ken Arromdee]], [[Jean-Christophe Collet]], [[Steve Creps]], [[Eric Hendrickson]], [[Izchak Miller]], [[Eric S. Raymond]], [[John Rupley]], [[Mike Threepoint]], and [[Janet Walz]], to produce [[NetHack 3.0.0|NetHack 3.0c]].  The same group subsequently released ten patch-level revisions and updates of 3.0.
+Later, Mike coordinated a major rewrite of the game, heading a [[DevTeam|team]] which included [[Ken Arromdee]], Jean-Christophe Collet, Steve Creps, Eric Hendrickson, [[Izchak Miller]], [[Eric S. Raymond]], John Rupley, Mike Threepoint, and [[Janet Walz]], to produce [[NetHack 3.0.0|NetHack 3.0c]].  The same group subsequently released ten patch-level revisions and updates of 3.0.
 NetHack 3.0 was ported to the Atari by Eric R. Smith, to [[OS/2]] by Timo Hakulinen, and to [[VMS]] by David Gentzel.  The three of them and Kevin Darcy later joined the main development team to produce subsequent revisions of 3.0.

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 Dean Luick, Mark Modrall, and Kevin Hugo maintained and enhanced the Macintosh port of 3.4.
-Michael Allison, David Cohrs, Alex Kompel, Dion Nicolaas, and Yitzhak Sapir maintained and enhanced 3.4 for the Microsoft Windows platform. Alex Kompel contributed a new graphical interface for the Windows port. Alex Kompel also contributed a [[Windows CE]] port for [[NetHack 3.4.1|3.4.1]].
+Michael Allison, David Cohrs, Alex Kompel, Dion Nicolaas, and Yitzhak Sapir maintained and enhanced 3.4 for the Microsoft Windows platform. Alex Kompel contributed a new graphical interface for the Windows port. Alex Kompel also contributed a [[wikipedia:Windows CE|Windows CE]] port for [[NetHack 3.4.1|3.4.1]].
 Ron Van Iwaarden maintained 3.4 for OS/2.

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 The 3.3 development team, consisting of Michael Allison, Ken Arromdee, David Cohrs, Jessie Collet, Steve Creps, Kevin Darcy, Timo Hakulinen, Kevin Hugo, Steve Linhart, Ken Lorber, Dean Luick, Pat Rankin, Eric Smith, Mike Stephenson, Janet Walz, and Paul Winner, released 3.3.0 in December 1999 and [[NetHack 3.3.1|3.3.1]] in August of 2000.
-Version 3.3 offered many firsts. It was the first version to separate [[race]] and  [[role|profession]]. The [[Elf (role)|Elf]] class was removed in preference to an elf race, and the races of [[dwarf|dwarves]], [[gnome (starting race)|gnomes]], and [[orc (starting race)|orcs]] made their first appearance in the game alongside the familiar [[human (starting race)|human]] race.  [[Monk]] and [[Ranger]] roles joined [[Archeologist]]s, [[Barbarian]]s, [[Caveman|Cavemen]], [[Healer]]s, [[Knight]]s, [[Priest]]s, [[Rogue]]s, [[Samurai]], [[Tourist]]s, [[Valkyrie]]s and of course, [[Wizard]]s.  It was also the first version to allow you to ride a [[steed]], and was the first version to have a publicly available web-site listing all the bugs that had been discovered.  Despite that constantly growing bug list, 3.3 proved stable enough to last for more than a year and a half.
+Version 3.3 offered many firsts. It was the first version to separate [[race]] and  [[role|profession]]. The [[Elf (role)|Elf]] class was removed in preference to an elf race, and the races of [[Dwarf (starting race)|dwarves]], [[Gnome (starting race)|gnomes]], and [[Orc (starting race)|orcs]] made their first appearance in the game alongside the familiar [[human (starting race)|human]] race. [[Monk]] and [[Ranger]] roles joined [[Archeologist]]s, [[Barbarian]]s, [[Caveman|Cavemen]], [[Healer]]s, [[Knight]]s, [[Priest]]s, [[Rogue]]s, [[Samurai]], [[Tourist]]s, [[Valkyrie]]s and of course, [[Wizard]]s.  It was also the first version to allow you to ride a [[steed]], and was the first version to have a publicly available web-site listing all the bugs that had been discovered.  Despite that constantly growing bug list, 3.3 proved stable enough to last for more than a year and a half.
 The 3.4 development team initially consisted of Michael Allison, Ken Arromdee, David Cohrs, Jessie Collet, Kevin Hugo, Ken Lorber, Dean Luick, Pat Rankin, Mike Stephenson, Janet Walz, and Paul Winner, with Warwick Allison joining just before the release of [[NetHack 3.4.0]] in March 2002.