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Microsoft ended MS-DOS support 20 years ago, but the latest update for the best roguelike ever made still supports it…

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(Image credit: Systhema Verlag GmbH) September 14, 2000: That's the day Microsoft released Windows Millennium Edition, the second-worst iteration of Windows in its long history. It also marked the final release of MS-DOS, which for so many years had undergirded its operating systems. In 2006—two decades ago—Microsoft ceased long-term support for Windows 98 and Me, meaning that MS-DOS's life was truly over. Two days ago the latest update for NetHack dropped, and you bet your ass it still supports MS-DOS, just like it did when it first released in 1987. Article continues below Perhaps even more absurd is that the NetHack development team still maintains an official binary for the Amiga—you know, the personal computer line that went extinct in 1994. NetHack 3D – Bringing the Dungeon Into 3D - YouTube Watch On NetHack 3D is by far the nicest modern interface I've seen for the game—nice enough to tempt me away from playing in a terminal connected to nethack.alt.org .…

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