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Import Rogue 5.2 from the Roguelike Restoration Project (r1490)
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1 .TH ROGUE 6 "1 April 1981"
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2 .UC 4
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3 .SH NAME
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4 rogue \- Exploring The Dungeons of Doom
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5 .SH SYNOPSIS
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6 .B rogue
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7 [
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8 .I save_file
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9 ]
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10 .SH DESCRIPTION
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11 .PP
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12 .I Rogue
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13 is a computer fantasy game with a new twist. It is crt oriented and the
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14 object of the game is to survive the attacks of various monsters and get
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15 a lot of gold, rather than the puzzle solving orientation of most computer
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16 fantasy games.
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17 .PP
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18 To get started you really only need to know two commands. The command
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19 .B ?
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20 will give you a list of the available commands and the command
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21 .B /
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22 will identify the things you see on the screen.
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23 .PP
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24 To win the game (as opposed to merely playing to beat other people high
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25 scores) you must locate the Amulet of Yendor which is somewhere below
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26 the 20th level of the dungeon and get it out. Nobody has achieved this
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27 yet and if somebody does, they will probably go down in history as a hero
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28 among heros.
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29 .PP
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30 When the game ends, either by your death, when you quit, or if you (by
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31 some miracle) manage to win,
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32 .I rogue
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33 will give you alist of the top-ten scorers. The scoring is based entirely
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34 upon how much gold you get. There is a 10% penalty for getting yourself
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35 killed.
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36 .PP
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37 For more detailed directions, read the document
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38 .I "A Guide to the Dungeons of Doom."
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39 .SH FILES
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40 .DT
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41 .B Score file is searched for in these directories:
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42 .PP
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43 $ROGUEHOME/rogue52.scr
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44 .br
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45 /var/games/roguelike/rogue52.scr
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46 .br
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47 /var/lib/roguelike/rogue52.scr
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48 .br
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49 /var/roguelike/rogue52.scr
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50 .br
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51 /usr/games/lib/rogue52.scr
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52 .br
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53 /games/roguelik/rogue52.scr
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54 .br
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55 rogue52.scr
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56 .PP
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57 .B Default save file
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58 .PP
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59 ~/rogue.sav
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60 .SH SEE ALSO
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61 Michael C. Toy,
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62 .I "A guide to the Dungeons of Doom"
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63 .SH BUGS
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64 .PP
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65 Probably infinite. Currently known bugs are: Sometimes you are still hungry
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66 even after you eat food and sometimes you get a monster on the screen in
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67 reverse video which may or may not cause a core dump.