Provenance Record

Solid News piece, 767 words. Strong reporting on architectural changes (C99, cross-compilation, yacc/lex → Lua), gameplay additions, and platform coverage. The 'Why It Matters' framing is editorial-analytical without being editorializing.

{"source-0_theregister":"Verified verbatim: '11 years after last major release' framing, May 2 release date, 'C99... became obsolete in 2011' wry note, 'genetic engineer which attacks by inflicting random mutations', royal jelly egg revival, wet towel poison cloud reduction, Archaeologist fedora luck bonus, Windows on Arm port (tested on Qualcomm and AMD), MSDOS and Amiga binaries.","source-1_github":"Verified: nhmall released NetHack-5.0.0_Released on May 2 17:17, source code C99 compliance, cross-compiling support, 'yacc and lex'-based level/dungeon compilers and makedefs replaced with Lua text alternatives, 'over 3100 fixes and changes' in doc/fixes5-0-0.txt.","source-2_slashdot":"Verified: '39 years old', AmigaDOS 3.0 / 68000 support, optional tutorial in early phases, Lua for dungeon generation, MSDOS/Amiga binaries, multi-platform source build list (Linux, Windows 8-11, AmigaDOS, MacOS, Windows CE, OS/2, BeOS, VMS, Unixes)."}

All quoted material traced verbatim. Numerical claims (3,100 fixes, 11 years, 39 years) all corroborated. Architectural details match the GitHub release notes verbatim.

APPROVE_WITH_CORRECTIONS. Cryptography, sources, and content all clean. Only finding is the Slashdot allowlist gap.