• 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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