--- ../nethack/nethack-3.4.3/win/tty/wintty.c	2003-12-08 00:39:14.000000000 +0100
+++ win/tty/wintty.c	2009-08-13 16:29:07.000000000 +0200
@@ -2510,6 +2510,7 @@
 tty_nhgetch()
 {
     int i;
+    static int esc = 0;
 #ifdef UNIX
     /* kludge alert: Some Unix variants return funny values if getc()
      * is called, interrupted, and then called again.  There
@@ -2536,6 +2537,11 @@
 #else
     i = tgetch();
 #endif
+    if (esc) {
+        i |= 0x80;
+        esc = 0;
+    } else if (i == '\033')
+        esc = 1;
     if (!i) i = '\033'; /* map NUL to ESC since nethack doesn't expect NUL */
     if (ttyDisplay && ttyDisplay->toplin == 1)
 	ttyDisplay->toplin = 2;