On Tue, Jul 14, 2026 at 07:22:29AM +0200, Johan Ceuppens wrote: > > On 7/13/26 7:16 PM, Marc Espie wrote: > > Nethack 3.6 happened 8 years ago. > > > > I've written the framework that allows multiple nethack versions to > > coexist, but I think it might be time to retire nethack 3.4 > > > > So shout out to the nethack players: does anyone still have nethack 3.4 > > on-going games (or bonefiles they want to preserve) ? > > > > I think we got a good rollover model going. > > > > But is anyone still running on nethack 3.4 on the side ? > > > > (now the derivatives, esp. the ones which might be a dead-end, are > > going to be more tricky) > > > I heard people lost interest on nethack 3.x, then I'd be glad to still > include even a v3.2. > > Best regards, > Johan Okay... I don't think old nethacks are worth it in terms of keeping them around. Don't get me wrong... I've been playing nethack for over 20 years by now. I've even met significant others THROUGH nethack, and I've ascended at least 2 classes. One reason I've kept many nethack derivatives alive in OpenBSD is truly because I like these games. Heck, I've played nethack 5, and it's still magical (I ran into levels which said "you stumbled into an older more primitive version of this game) and I love this. Frankly, as much as I love slash/slash'em/falconseye Older (=3.4.x) nethack is only here because people might play that from time to time, have bones files, or want to ascend an older character. If it's not your case... do you just want to keep the older, buggier version around ? I think it's a legitimate question. (and frankly: it's a small port, so if you want to keep it around for archeological reasons, why no) (as far as I'm personally concerned, I'm playing nethack 5... and might be looking for updated versions of the slash* versions. Falconseye was fun as eyecandy was concerned, but yeah, a blue e is a floating eye.
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