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.\" Copyright (c) 1980 Regents of the University of California.
.\" All rights reserved.  The Berkeley software License Agreement
.\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
.\"
.\"	@(#)rogue.6	6.3 (Berkeley) %G%
.\"
.TH ROGUE 6 ""
.UC 4
.SH NAME
rogue \- exploring The Dungeons of Doom
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B /usr/games/rogue
[
.B \-r
]
[
.I save_file
]
[
.B \-s
]
[
.B \-d
]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
.I Rogue
is a computer fantasy game with a new twist.  It is crt oriented and the
object of the game is to survive the attacks of various monsters and get
a lot of gold, rather than the puzzle solving orientation of most computer
fantasy games.
.PP
To get started you really only need to know two commands.  The command
.B ?
will give you a list of the available commands and the command
.B /
will identify the things you see on the screen.
.PP
To win the game (as opposed to merely playing to beat other people's high
scores) you must locate the Amulet of Yendor which is somewhere below
the 20th level of the dungeon and get it out.  Nobody has achieved this
yet and if somebody does, they will probably go down in history as a hero
among heroes.
.PP
When the game ends, either by your death, when you quit, or if you (by
some miracle) manage to win,
.I rogue
will give you a list of the top-ten scorers.  The scoring is based entirely
upon how much gold you get.  There is a 10% penalty for getting yourself
killed.
.PP
If
.I save_file
is specified,
rogue will be restored from the specified saved game file.
.PP
The
.B \-s
option will print out the list of scores.
.PP
For more detailed directions, read the document
.I "A Guide to the Dungeons of Doom."
.SH AUTHORS
Timothy Stoehr,
Michael C. Toy,
Kenneth C. R. C. Arnold,
Glenn Wichman
.SH FILES
.DT
.ta \w'/usr/games/lib/rogue_roll\ \ \ 'u
/usr/games/lib/rogue_roll	Score file
.br
\fB~\fP/rogue.save	Default save file
.SH SEE ALSO
Michael C. Toy
and
Kenneth C. R. C. Arnold,
.I "A guide to the Dungeons of Doom"
.SH BUGS
.PP
Probably infinite, although none are known.
However,
that Ice Monsters sometimes transfix you permanently is
.I not
a bug.
It's a feature.
Commit	Line	Data
3c85a432 KM	1	.\" Copyright (c) 1980 Regents of the University of California.
	2	.\" All rights reserved. The Berkeley software License Agreement
	3	.\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
	4	.\"
eb0515d9	5	.\" @(#)rogue.6 6.3 (Berkeley) %G%
3c85a432	6	.\"
d0a42b9f	7	.TH ROGUE 6 ""
3c85a432 KM	8	.UC 4
	9	.SH NAME
	10	rogue \- exploring The Dungeons of Doom
	11	.SH SYNOPSIS
b91f3577 KM	12	.B /usr/games/rogue
	13	[
	14	.B \-r
	15	]
3c85a432 KM	16	[
	17	.I save_file
	18	]
b91f3577 KM	19	[
	20	.B \-s
	21	]
	22	[
	23	.B \-d
	24	]
3c85a432 KM	25	.SH DESCRIPTION
	26	.PP
	27	.I Rogue
	28	is a computer fantasy game with a new twist. It is crt oriented and the
	29	object of the game is to survive the attacks of various monsters and get
	30	a lot of gold, rather than the puzzle solving orientation of most computer
	31	fantasy games.
	32	.PP
	33	To get started you really only need to know two commands. The command
	34	.B ?
	35	will give you a list of the available commands and the command
	36	.B /
	37	will identify the things you see on the screen.
	38	.PP
6bc80c78	39	To win the game (as opposed to merely playing to beat other people's high
3c85a432 KM	40	scores) you must locate the Amulet of Yendor which is somewhere below
	41	the 20th level of the dungeon and get it out. Nobody has achieved this
	42	yet and if somebody does, they will probably go down in history as a hero
6bc80c78	43	among heroes.
3c85a432 KM	44	.PP
	45	When the game ends, either by your death, when you quit, or if you (by
	46	some miracle) manage to win,
	47	.I rogue
6bc80c78	48	will give you a list of the top-ten scorers. The scoring is based entirely
3c85a432 KM	49	upon how much gold you get. There is a 10% penalty for getting yourself
	50	killed.
	51	.PP
b91f3577 KM	52	If
	53	.I save_file
	54	is specified,
	55	rogue will be restored from the specified saved game file.
b91f3577 KM	56	.PP
	57	The
	58	.B \-s
	59	option will print out the list of scores.
	60	.PP
3c85a432 KM	61	For more detailed directions, read the document
3c85a432 KM	62	.I "A Guide to the Dungeons of Doom."
b91f3577	63	.SH AUTHORS
eb0515d9	64	Timothy Stoehr,
b91f3577 KM	65	Michael C. Toy,
	66	Kenneth C. R. C. Arnold,
	67	Glenn Wichman
3c85a432 KM	68	.SH FILES
3c85a432 KM	69	.DT
b91f3577	70	.ta \w'/usr/games/lib/rogue_roll\ \ \ 'u
3c85a432 KM	71	/usr/games/lib/rogue_roll Score file
3c85a432 KM	72	.br
b91f3577	73	\fB~\fP/rogue.save Default save file
3c85a432	74	.SH SEE ALSO
b91f3577 KM	75	Michael C. Toy
	76	and
	77	Kenneth C. R. C. Arnold,
3c85a432 KM	78	.I "A guide to the Dungeons of Doom"
	79	.SH BUGS
	80	.PP
eb0515d9	81	Probably infinite, although none are known.
b91f3577 KM	82	However,
	83	that Ice Monsters sometimes transfix you permanently is
	84	.I not
	85	a bug.
	86	It's a feature.