To get a small insight about the process of the beta, here's a rough timeline how everything went down from the beta signup until the creation of the gold master disc: In the posting they explained why the signup process didn't go as smoothly as originally expectedī Beta ReadmeThe readme file included in the beta installation.ĮMail to Diablo Evolution about the beta downloadWe inquired about supplying the beta for download in late 2004 and we received this mail back from Blizzard Entertainmentīlankname about unlocking the beta He told me there's not much to say about it, but I think if in 10 years nobody could make it, it's quite an accomplishment, so I'd like to share his process Open Letter to Beta TestersSent to the selected beta testers on November 15th 1996 to inform them about the upcoming testīlizzard about the signup processPosted by Blizzard on October 7th, on usenet the day after the beta signup went live. Here is a number of maybe interesting documents about the beta:īug Report FormThis form was supplied to beta testers to send bug reports to Blizzard during the duration of the beta test The main difference are the three class sprites and the new, almost final, interface. A lot of small details are closer to the pre-release than to the retail. I can't tell exactly, but I think the hell tileset hasn't been 100% implemented yet as well.

The beta seems very close to the pre-release demo. Until today!Īll beta screenshots on this page are made by us, using the newly unlocked beta. Since November 1996 nobody has been able to play the beta. Once the beta was limited to the 'Ring of one thousand', referring to the original 1000 beta testers, selected by Blizzard, and probably some Blizzard employees, friends&family and press. Make sure to read the included readme file! You can grab the patch in the files section.

Someone (that someone is 'blankname' over at the Khanduras Network Forums) has managed to unlock both single and multi player in the beta.

Diablo 2 beta test