Why dont you guys b helpful instead of flaming him. Maybe he wants to start a HC only account and doesnt' want to waste the time playing normal. Or has no friends who play diablo2 but still wants a hc account. Anyway I dont have the hack but I can give you instructions on how to do it yourself.
Go to
Start-->Run-->Regedit
click HKEY_CURRENT_USER-->Software--->Blizzard Entertainment--->Diablo II
Double Click AllowHardcore on the right side and then change the '0' to '1'. There you go
A hack that lets you create hardcore characters w/o killing normal baal.
And I have to disagree w/ ppl who think theres no point in playing hc.
Hc is way more fun, since you only have literally 1 life, if you die, game over. Theres also more teamwork involved, instead of someone rushing you through nm or hell and in that process, getting himself killed. True if you die you lose all your stuff you played for, but thats the point of it, hc is more exciting, for those who want to live on the edge a bit.
lol Trayne. The point of hardcore is to get rich PK people and be on the ladder. Its so much easier to be on the ladder in hardcore than in softcore ^^. You just got to build a good enough character so yours doesnt die.
If you can't find the hack (I never looked for it), don't want to mess with your registry, and you don't want to deal with building a character and kill Baal, you can do what I did. Get a character editor, build any character (level 1 works) and set all quests as being done in all 3 difficulties, log into open Bnet with your normal Bnet account, exit Bnet. When you log into closed Bnet, the hardcore option will be available. I did the whole process in about 2 minutes. It's that simple...
yea same here i created a new acct and i didnt have to kill baal.....that was the same when i started diablo too.....i never had to ....i remeber now((even though im not into hardcore))