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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.
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10 A Guide to the Dungeons of Doom
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12 Michael C. Toy
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13 Computer Systems Research Group
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14 Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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15 University of California
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16 Berkeley, California 94720
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20 ABSTRACT
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22 Rogue is a visual CRT based fantasy game
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23 which runs under the UNIX timesharing system.
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24 This paper describes how to play rogue and gives a
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25 few hints for those who might otherwise get lost
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26 in the Dungeons of Doom.
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85 1. Introduction
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87 You have just finished your years as a student at the
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88 local fighter's guild. After much practice and sweat you
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89 have finally completed your training and are ready to embark
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90 upon a perilous adventure. As a test of your skills, the
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91 local guildmasters have sent you into the Dungeons of Doom.
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92 Your task is to return with the Amulet of Yendor. Your
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93 reward for the completion of this task will be a full mem-
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94 bership in the local guild. In addition, you are allowed to
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95 keep all the loot you bring back from the dungeons.
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97 In preparation for your journey, you are given an
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98 enchanted sword, taken from a dragon's hoard in the far off
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99 Dark Mountains. You are also outfitted with elf-crafted
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100 armor and given enough food to reach the dungeons. You say
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101 goodbye to family and friends for what may be the last time
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102 and head up the road.
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104 You set out on your way to the dungeons and after sev-
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105 eral days of uneventful travel, you see the ancient ruins