Nearly 40 years after launch, NetHack just got a 5.0.0 release with over 3,000 patch notes

As roguelikes go, NetHack is a museum piece. I don't say that because it's old—though it is extremely old, originally released as it was in the same year that Lethal Weapon hit theaters—but because it is literally in the Museum of Modern Art alongside SimCity 2000 and Portal. It's a massively influential and historic game, and as of yesterday, it's new all over again.

That's thanks to a 5.0.0 release because, yes, the game is still in active development after nearly 40 years. It's an open-source...