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35.Dd December 7, 2000
36.Dt ROGUE 6
37.Os
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm rogue
40.Nd exploring The Dungeons of Doom
41.Sh SYNOPSIS
42.Nm
43.Op Fl r
44.Op Ar save_file
45.Op Fl s
46.Op Fl d
47.Sh DESCRIPTION
48The
49.Nm
50is a computer fantasy with a new twist.
51It is CRT oriented and the object of the game is to survive
52the attacks of various monsters and gather a lot of gold, rather
53than the puzzle solving orientation of most computer fantasy games.
54.Pp
55To get started you really only need to know two commands.
56The command
57.Ic ?\&
58will give you a list of the available commands and the command
59.Ic /
60will identify the things you see on the screen.
61.Pp
62To win the game (as opposed to merely playing to beat other people's high
63scores) you must locate the
64.Em Amulet of Yendor
65which is somewhere below the 20th level of the dungeon and get it out.
66Nobody has achieved this
67yet and if somebody does, they will probably go down in history as a hero
68among heroes.
69.Pp
70When the game ends, either by your death, when you quit, or if you (by
71some miracle) manage to win,
72.Nm
73will give you a list of the top-ten scorers.
74The scoring is based entirely upon how much gold you get.
75There is a 10% penalty for getting yourself killed.
76.Pp
77If
78.Ar save_file
79is specified,
80.Nm
81will be restored from the specified saved game file.
82.Pp
83The
84.Fl s
85option will print out the list of scores.
86.Pp
87For more detailed directions, read the document
88.Rs
89.%B A Guide to the Dungeons of Doom
90.Re
91.Sh AUTHORS
92.An Timothy Stoehr ,
93.An Michael C. Toy ,
94.An Kenneth C. R. C. Arnold ,
95.An Glenn Wichman
96.Sh FILES
97.Bl -tag -width /var/games/rogue.scoresXX -compact
98.It Pa /var/games/rogue.scores
99score file
100.It Pa rogue.save
101default save file
102.El
103.Sh SEE ALSO
104.Rs
105.%A Michael C. Toy
106.%A Kenneth C. R. C. Arnold
107.%B A Guide to the Dungeons of Doom
108.%O (see /usr/share/doc/usd/30.rogue/)
109.Re
110.Sh BUGS
111Probably infinite, although none are known.
112However, that Ice Monsters sometimes transfix you permanently is
113.Em not
114a bug.
115It's a feature.
116