diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+++ b/README.md
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ Everything will immediately show up in ImHex's Content Store and gets bundled wi
 | LOC | | [`patterns/loc.hexpat`](patterns/loc.hexpat) | Minecraft Legacy Console Edition Language file |
 | Lua 4.0 | | [`patterns/lua40.hexpat`](patterns/lua40.hexpat) | Lua 4.0 bytecode |
 | LUC | | [`patterns/popcap_luc.hexpat`](patterns/popcap_luc.hexpat) | PopCap's proprietary Lua bytecode |
+| Lua 5.0 | | [`patterns/lua50.hexpat`](patterns/lua50.hexpat) | Lua 5.0 bytecode |
 | Lua 5.1 | | [`patterns/lua51.hexpat`](patterns/lua51.hexpat) | Lua 5.1 bytecode |
 | Lua 5.2 | | [`patterns/lua52.hexpat`](patterns/lua52.hexpat) | Lua 5.2 bytecode |
 | Lua 5.3 | | [`patterns/lua53.hexpat`](patterns/lua53.hexpat) | Lua 5.3 bytecode |
diff --git a/patterns/lua50.hexpat b/patterns/lua50.hexpat
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index 00000000..8d702bf1
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+++ b/patterns/lua50.hexpat
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+#pragma description Lua 5.0 bytecode
+#pragma magic [ 1B 4C 75 61 50 ] @ 0x00
+
+import std.io;
+
+namespace impl {
+    fn format_LuaString(auto string) {
+       if (string.size == 0) {
+           return "None";
+        }
+        return std::format("\"{}\"", string.data);
+    };
+
+    fn format_Constant(auto constant) {
+       return constant.data;
+    };
+
+    fn format_Version(auto ver) {
+       return std::format("Ver. {}.{}", ver.major, ver.minor);
+    };
+}
+using LuaFunction;
+
+bitfield Version {
+    minor : 4;
+    major : 4;
+} [[format("impl::format_Version")]];
+
+struct LuaBinaryHeader {
+    char magic[4];
+    Version version_number;
+    u8 endianness;
+    u8 size_of_int;
+    u8 size_of_size_t;
+    u8 size_of_Instruction;
+    u8 size_of_op;
+    u8 size_of_a;
+    u8 size_of_b;
+    u8 size_of_c;
+    u8 size_of_lua_Number;
+    double test_number;
+};
+
+LuaBinaryHeader header @ 0;
+
+struct LuaString {
+    if (header.size_of_size_t == 4) {
+        u32 size;
+    } else {
+        u64 size;
+    }
+    if (size > 0) {
+        char data[size];
+    }
+}[[format("impl::format_LuaString")]];
+
+struct LuaConstant {
+    u8 type;
+    if (type == 0) {  // LUA_TNIL
+        // NULL
+    } else if (type == 1) {  // LUA_TBOOLEAN
+        u8 data;
+    } else if (type == 3) {  // LUA_TNUMBER
+        double data;
+    } else if (type == 4) {  // LUA_TSTRING
+        LuaString data;
+    }
+}[[format("impl::format_Constant")]];
+
+struct Vector<T> {
+    u32 size;
+    if (size > 0) {
+        T values[size];
+    }
+};
+
+struct LocalVar {
+    LuaString varname;
+    u32 startpc;
+    u32 endpc;
+};
+
+struct LuaDebugInfo {
+    Vector<u32> lineInfo;
+    Vector<LocalVar> localVar;
+    Vector<LuaString> upvalues;
+};
+
+struct LuaConstants{
+    Vector<LuaConstant> constants;
+    u32 sizep;  // size of proto
+    if (sizep > 0) {
+        LuaFunction protos[sizep];
+    }
+};
+
+struct LuaFunction {
+    LuaString source;
+    u32 linedefined;
+    u8 nups;  // number of upvalues
+    u8 numparams;
+    u8 is_vararg;
+    u8 maxstacksize;
+    LuaDebugInfo debugInfo;
+    LuaConstants luaConstants;
+    Vector<u32> code;
+};
+
+LuaFunction toplevelFunction @ 22;
diff --git a/tests/patterns/test_data/lua50.hexpat.lua b/tests/patterns/test_data/lua50.hexpat.lua
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