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.ds h0 "NetHack Guidebook
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.ds vr "NetHack 3.6
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.ds f2 "March 16, 2015
.ds f2 "March 27, 2015
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@@ -3156,7 +3156,7 @@ 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.
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The 3.5 development team initially consisted of
The 3.4 development team initially consisted of
\fBMichael Allison\fP, \fBKen Arromdee\fP,
\fBDavid Cohrs\fP, \fBJessie Collet\fP, \fBKevin Hugo\fP, \fBKen Lorber\fP,
\fBDean Luick\fP, \fBPat Rankin\fP, \fBMike Stephenson\fP,
@@ -3166,16 +3166,16 @@ just before the release of NetHack 3.4.0 in March 2002.
As with version 3.3, various people contributed to the game as a whole as
well as supporting ports on the different platforms that NetHack runs on:
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\fBPat Rankin\fP maintained 3.5 for VMS.
\fBPat Rankin\fP maintained 3.4 for VMS.
.pg
\fBMichael Allison\fP maintained NetHack 3.5 for the MS-DOS platform. \fBPaul Winner\fP
\fBMichael Allison\fP maintained NetHack 3.4 for the MS-DOS platform. \fBPaul Winner\fP
and \fBYitzhak Sapir\fP provided encouragement.
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\fBDean Luick\fP, \fBMark Modrall\fP, and \fBKevin Hugo\fP maintained and enhanced the
Macintosh port of 3.4.
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\fBMichael Allison\fP, \fBDavid Cohrs\fP, \fBAlex Kompel\fP, \fBDion Nicolaas\fP, and
\fBYitzhak Sapir\fP maintained and enhanced 3.5 for the Microsoft Windows platform.
\fBYitzhak Sapir\fP maintained and enhanced 3.4 for the Microsoft Windows platform.
\fBAlex Kompel\fP contributed a new graphical interface for the Windows port.
\fBAlex Kompel\fP also contributed a Windows CE port for 3.4.1.
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all these years.
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\fBJanne Salmijarvi\fP and \fBTeemu Suikki\fP maintained and
enhanced the Amiga port of 3.5 after \fBJanne Salmijarvi\fP resurrected
enhanced the Amiga port of 3.4 after \fBJanne Salmijarvi\fP resurrected
it for 3.3.1.
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\fBChristian ``Marvin'' Bressler\fP maintained 3.5 for the Atari after he
\fBChristian ``Marvin'' Bressler\fP maintained 3.4 for the Atari after he
resurrected it for 3.3.1.
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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
devteam 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 by
\fBDerek S. Ray\fP, unnethack by \fBPatric Mueller\fP, nitrohack and its
successors originally by \fBDaniel Thaler\fP and then by \fBAlex Smith\fP,
and Dynahack by \fBTung Nguyen\fP. Some of those variants continue to be
developed, maintained, and enjoyed by the community to this day.
.pg
In September 2014, an interim snapshot of the code under development was
released publicly by other parties. Since that code was a work-in-progress
and had not gone through a period of debugging, 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
devteam's official nethack.org website to that effect, stating that there
would never be a 3.4.4, 3.5, or 3.5.0 official release version.
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In January 2015, preparation began for the release of NetHack 3.6
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At the beginning of development for what would eventually get released
as 3.6.0, the development team consisted of \fBWarwick Allison\fP,
\fBMichael Allison\fP, \fBKen Arromdee\fP,
\fBDavid Cohrs\fP, \fBJessie Collet\fP,
\fBKen Lorber\fP, \fBDean Luick\fP, \fBPat Rankin\fP,
\fBMike Stephenson\fP, \fBJanet Walz\fP, and \fBPaul Winner\fP.
Leading up to the release of 3.6.0 in early 2015, new members
\fBSean Hunt\fP, \fBPasi Kallinen\fP, and \fBDerek S. Ray\fP
joined the NetHack development team,
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\fB3.6.0 TODO insert apprpriate description of 3.6.0 here
.pg
\fBThe development team, as well as \fBSteve VanDevender\fP and
\fBKevin Smolkowski\fP ensured that NetHack 3.6.0 continued to operate on
various Unix flavors as well as maintaining the X11 interface.
.pg
\fB\fBKen Lorber\fP, \fBHaoyang Wang\fP, \fBPat Rankin\fP, and \fBDean Luick\fP
maintained the port of NetHack 3.6.0 for Mac.
.pg
\fB\fBMichael Allison\fP, \fBDerek S. Ray\fP, \fBYitzhak Sapir\fP,
\fBAlex Kompel\fP, and \fBDavid Cohrs\fP maintained the port of
NetHack 3.6.0 for Microsoft Windows.
.pg
\fB\fBJeff Bailey\fP created and maintained a port of NetHack 3.6.0 for Chrome.
.pg
\fBTODO\fBAlex Kompel\fP maintained a port of NetHack 3.6.0 to Windows Phone.
.pg
\fBThis version of the game is special in a particular way. Near the end of
the development of 3.6, one of the significant inspirations for many of the
humorous and fun features found in the game, author \fBTerry Pratchett\fP,
passed away. This version of the game is dedicated to him.
.pg
The official NetHack web site is maintained by \fBKen Lorber\fP at http://www.nethack.org/.
.pg
SHOUT-OUTS
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The devteam would like to give a special "shout-out" to thank the generous
people primarily responsible for the public NetHack servers available for
playing the game at nethack.alt.org and devnull.net. In addition to providing
a way for the public to play a game of NetHack from almost anywhere, they
have hosted annual NetHack tournaments for many, many years.
.pg
On behalf of the NetHack community, thank you very much to
\fBM. Drew Streib\fP, \fBPasi Kallinen\fP and \fBRobin Bandy\fP.
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.\"TABLE_START
Adam Aronow Izchak Miller Mike Stephenson
Alex Kompel J. Ali Harlow Norm Meluch
Andreas Dorn Janet Walz Olaf Seibert
Andy Church Janne Salmijarvi Pasi Kallinen
Andy Swanson Jean-Christophe Collet Pat Rankin
Adam Aronow J. Ali Harlow Mike Stephenson
Alex Kompel Janet Walz Norm Meluch
Andreas Dorn Janne Salmijarvi Olaf Seibert
Andy Church Jean-Christophe Collet Pasi Kallinen
Andy Swanson Jeff Bailey Pat Rankin
Ari Huttunen Jochen Erwied Paul Winner
Barton House John Kallen Pierre Martineau
Benson I. Margulies John Rupley Ralf Brown
@@ -3217,31 +3281,32 @@ Boudewijn Waijers Johnny Lee Richard Addison
Bruce Cox Jon W{tte Richard Beigel
Bruce Holloway Jonathan Handler Richard P. Hughey
Bruce Mewborne Joshua Delahunty Rob Menke
Carl Schelin Keizo Yamamoto Robin Johnson
Chris Russo Ken Arnold Roderick Schertler
David Cohrs Ken Arromdee Roland McGrath
David Damerell Ken Lorber Ron Van Iwaarden
David Gentzel Ken Washikita Ronnen Miller
David Hairston Kevin Darcy Ross Brown
Dean Luick Kevin Hugo Sascha Wostmann
Del Lamb Kevin Sitze Scott Bigham
Derek S. Ray Kevin Smolkowski Scott R. Turner
Deron Meranda Kevin Sweet Sean Hunt
Dion Nicolaas Lars Huttar Stephen Spackman
Dylan O'Donnell Leon Arnott Stephen White
Eric Backus Malcolm Ryan Steve Creps
Eric Hendrickson Mark Gooderum Steve Linhart
Eric R. Smith Mark Modrall Steve VanDevender
Eric S. Raymond Marvin Bressler Teemu Suikki
Erik Andersen Matthew Day Tim Lennan
Frederick Roeber Merlyn LeRoy Timo Hakulinen
Gil Neiger Michael Allison Tom Almy
Greg Laskin Michael Feir Tom West
Greg Olson Michael Hamel Warren Cheung
Gregg Wonderly Michael Sokolov Warwick Allison
Hao-yang Wang Mike Engber Yitzhak Sapir
Helge Hafting Mike Gallop
Irina Rempt-Drijfhout Mike Passaretti
Carl Schelin Keizo Yamamoto Robin Bandy
Chris Russo Ken Arnold Robin Johnson
David Cohrs Ken Arromdee Roderick Schertler
David Damerell Ken Lorber Roland McGrath
David Gentzel Ken Washikita Ron Van Iwaarden
David Hairston Kevin Darcy Ronnen Miller
Dean Luick Kevin Hugo Ross Brown
Del Lamb Kevin Sitze Sascha Wostmann
Derek S. Ray Kevin Smolkowski Scott Bigham
Deron Meranda Kevin Sweet Scott R. Turner
Dion Nicolaas Lars Huttar Sean Hunt
Dylan O'Donnell Leon Arnott Stephen Spackman
Eric Backus M. Drew Streib Stephen White
Eric Hendrickson Malcolm Ryan Steve Creps
Eric R. Smith Mark Gooderum Steve Linhart
Eric S. Raymond Mark Modrall Steve VanDevender
Erik Andersen Marvin Bressler Teemu Suikki
Frederick Roeber Matthew Day Tim Lennan
Gil Neiger Merlyn LeRoy Timo Hakulinen
Greg Laskin Michael Allison Tom Almy
Greg Olson Michael Feir Tom West
Gregg Wonderly Michael Hamel Warren Cheung
Hao-yang Wang Michael Sokolov Warwick Allison
Helge Hafting Mike Engber Yitzhak Sapir
Irina Rempt-Drijfhout Mike Gallop
Izchak Miller Mike Passaretti
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