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31.Dd November 14, 2009
32.Dt ROGUE 6
33.Os
34.Sh NAME
35.Nm rogue
36.Nd exploring The Dungeons of Doom
37.Sh SYNOPSIS
38.Nm
39.Op Fl r
40.Op Ar save_file
41.Op Fl s
42.Op Fl d
43.Sh DESCRIPTION
44The
45.Nm
46is a computer fantasy with a new twist.
47It is CRT oriented and the object of the game is to survive
48the attacks of various monsters and gather a lot of gold, rather
49than the puzzle solving orientation of most computer fantasy games.
50.Pp
51To get started you really only need to know two commands.
52The command
53.Ic ?\&
54will give you a list of the available commands and the command
55.Ic /
56will identify the things you see on the screen.
57.Pp
58To win the game (as opposed to merely playing to beat other people's high
59scores) you must locate the
60.Em Amulet of Yendor
61which is somewhere below the 20th level of the dungeon and get it out.
62Nobody has achieved this
63yet and if somebody does, they will probably go down in history as a hero
64among heroes.
65.Pp
66When the game ends, either by your death, when you quit, or if you (by
67some miracle) manage to win,
68.Nm
69will give you a list of the top-ten scorers.
70The scoring is based entirely upon how much gold you get.
71There is a 10% penalty for getting yourself killed.
72.Pp
73If
74.Ar save_file
75is specified,
76.Nm
77will be restored from the specified saved game file.
78.Pp
79The
80.Fl s
81option will print out the list of scores.
82.Pp
83For more detailed directions, read the document
84.Rs
85.%B "A Guide to the Dungeons of Doom"
86.Re
87.Sh FILES
88.Bl -tag -width /var/games/rogue.scoresXX -compact
89.It Pa /var/games/rogue.scores
90score file
91.It Pa rogue.save
92default save file
93.El
94.Sh SEE ALSO
95.Rs
96.%A "Michael C. Toy"
97.%A "Kenneth C. R. C. Arnold"
98.%B "4.4BSD Users's Supplementary Documents (USD)"
99.%T "A Guide to the Dungeons of Doom"
100.Re
101.Sh AUTHORS
102.An Timothy Stoehr ,
103.An Michael C. Toy ,
104.An Kenneth C. R. C. Arnold ,
105.An Glenn Wichman
106.Sh BUGS
107Probably infinite, although none are known.
108However, that Ice Monsters sometimes transfix you permanently is
109.Em not
110a bug.
111It's a feature.
112