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rogue5: save the game when SIGHUP is received. This vital feature was turned off by default, requiring DUMP to be defined to turn it on. DUMP has the opposite effect in the other games.
author John "Elwin" Edwards
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1 .RP
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2 .ds RH A Guide to the Dungeons of Doom
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3 .ds CH
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4 .ds CF - % -
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5 .TL
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6 A Guide to the Dungeons of Doom
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7 .AU
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8 Michael C. Toy
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9 .AI
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10 Computer Systems Research Group
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11 Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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12 University of California
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13 Berkeley, California 94720
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14 .AB
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15 Rogue is a visual CRT based fantasy game which runs
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16 under the UNIX timesharing system. This paper describes
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17 how to play rogue and gives a few hints for those who might
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18 otherwise get lost in the Dungeons of Doom.
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19 .AE
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20 .NH
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21 Introduction
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22 .PP
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23 You have just finished your years as a student at the local fighter's guild.
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24 After much practice and sweat you have finally completed your training and
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25 are ready to embark upon a perilous adventure. As a test of your skills,
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26 the local guildmasters have sent you into the Dungeons of Doom. Your
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27 task is to return with the Amulet of Yendor. Your reward for the completion
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28 of this task will be a full membership in the local guild. In addition, you are
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29 allowed to keep all the loot you bring back from the dungeons.
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30 .PP
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31 In preparation for your journey, you are given an enchanted sword, taken
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32 from a dragon's hoard in the far off Dark Mountains. You are also outfitted
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33 with elf-crafted armor and given enough food to reach the dungeons. You
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34 say goodbye to family and friends for what may be the last time and head
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35 up the road.
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36 .PP
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37 You set out on your way to the dungeons and after several days of uneventful
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38 travel, you see the ancient ruins that mark the entrance to the Dungeons
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39 of Doom. It is late at night so you make camp at the entrance and spend
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40 the night sleeping under the open skies. In the morning you gather
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41 your sword, put on your armor, eat what is almost your last food and enter
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42 the dungeons.
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43 .NH
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44 What is going on here?
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45 .PP
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46 You have just begun a game of rogue. Your goal is to grab as much treasure
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47 as you can, find the Amulet of Yendor, and get out of the Dungeons of Doom
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48 alive. On the screen, a map of where you have been and what you have seen on
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49 the current dungeon level is kept. As you explore more of the level,
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50 it appears on the screen in front of you.
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51 .PP
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52 Rogue differs from most computer fantasy games in that it is screen
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53 oriented. Commands are all one or two keystrokes\(dg
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54 .FS
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55 \(dgAs opposed to pseudo English sentences.
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56 .FE
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57 and the results of your commands are displayed
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58 graphically on the screen rather than being explained in words.
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59 .PP
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60 Another major difference between rogue and other computer fantasy games
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61 is that once you have solved all the puzzles in a standard fantasy game,
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62 it has lost most of its excitement and it ceases to be fun. Rogue on the
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63 other hand generates a new dungeon every time you play it and
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64 even the author finds it an entertaining and exciting game.
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65 .NH
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66 What do all those things on the screen mean?
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67 .PP
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68 In order to understand what is going on in rogue you have to first get
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69 some grasp of what rogue is doing with the screen.
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70 The rogue screen is intended to replace the "You can see ..." descriptions
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71 of standard fantasy games. Here is a sample of what a rogue screen might
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72 look like.
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73 .in +1i
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74 .nf
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75 .cs R 15
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76 ---------------------
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77 |...................+
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78 |...@...........[...|
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79 |........B..........|
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81 --------+------------
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84 .cs R
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85 Level: 1 Gold: 0 Hp: 12(12) Str: 16 Ac: 6 Exp: 1/0
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86 .fi
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87 .in 0
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88 .NH 2
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89 The bottom line
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90 .PP
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91 At the bottom line of the screen is a few pieces of cryptic information,
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92 describing your current status. Here is an explanation of what these
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93 things mean:
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94 .IP Level 8
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95 This number indicates how deep you have gone in the dungeon. It starts
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96 at one and goes up forever\(dg.
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97 .FS
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98 \(dgOr until you get killed or decide to quit.
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99 .FE
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100 .IP Gold
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101 The number of gold pieces you have managed to find and keep with
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102 you so far.
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103 .IP Hp
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