• NetHack 5.0.0 released

    From LWN.net@618:250/24 to All on Tue May 5 06:40:09 2026

    Version 5.0.0
    of the NetHack
    dungeon-exploration game, a distant relative of Rogue and
    Hack, has been released. NetHack's code is now compliant with the
    C99 standard, and the release includes more than 3,100
    bug fixes and changes, detailed in doc/fixes5-0-0.txt
    (may contain game spoilers). Saved games from previous versions will
    not work with NetHack 5.0.0.

    https://lwn.net/Articles/1071175/
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