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32.Dd November 14, 2009
33.Dt ROGUE 6
34.Os
35.Sh NAME
36.Nm rogue
37.Nd exploring The Dungeons of Doom
38.Sh SYNOPSIS
39.Nm
40.Op Fl r
41.Op Ar save_file
42.Op Fl s
43.Op Fl d
44.Sh DESCRIPTION
45The
46.Nm
47is a computer fantasy with a new twist.
48It is CRT oriented and the object of the game is to survive
49the attacks of various monsters and gather a lot of gold, rather
50than the puzzle solving orientation of most computer fantasy games.
51.Pp
52To get started you really only need to know two commands.
53The command
54.Ic ?\&
55will give you a list of the available commands and the command
56.Ic /
57will identify the things you see on the screen.
58.Pp
59To win the game (as opposed to merely playing to beat other people's high
60scores) you must locate the
61.Em Amulet of Yendor
62which is somewhere below the 20th level of the dungeon and get it out.
63Nobody has achieved this
64yet and if somebody does, they will probably go down in history as a hero
65among heroes.
66.Pp
67When the game ends, either by your death, when you quit, or if you (by
68some miracle) manage to win,
69.Nm
70will give you a list of the top-ten scorers.
71The scoring is based entirely upon how much gold you get.
72There is a 10% penalty for getting yourself killed.
73.Pp
74If
75.Ar save_file
76is specified,
77.Nm
78will be restored from the specified saved game file.
79.Pp
80The
81.Fl s
82option will print out the list of scores.
83.Pp
84For more detailed directions, read the document
85.Rs
86.%B "A Guide to the Dungeons of Doom"
87.Re
88.Sh FILES
89.Bl -tag -width /var/games/rogue.scoresXX -compact
90.It Pa /var/games/rogue.scores
91score file
92.It Pa rogue.save
93default save file
94.El
95.Sh SEE ALSO
96.Rs
97.%A "Michael C. Toy"
98.%A "Kenneth C. R. C. Arnold"
99.%B "4.4BSD Users's Supplementary Documents (USD)"
100.%T "A Guide to the Dungeons of Doom"
101.\" .%O (see /usr/share/doc/usd/30.rogue/)
102.Re
103.Sh AUTHORS
104.An Timothy Stoehr ,
105.An Michael C. Toy ,
106.An Kenneth C. R. C. Arnold ,
107.An Glenn Wichman
108.Sh BUGS
109Probably infinite, although none are known.
110However, that Ice Monsters sometimes transfix you permanently is
111.Em not
112a bug.
113It's a feature.
114