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rogue3: move default locations to /var.
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1 .\"
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2 .\" @(#)rogue.6 6.2 (Berkeley) 5/6/86
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3 .\"
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4 .\" Rogue: Exploring the Dungeons of Doom
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5 .\" Copyright (C) 1980-1983, 1985, 1986 Michael Toy, Ken Arnold and Glenn Wichman
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6 .\" All rights reserved.
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7 .\"
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8 .\" See the file LICENSE.TXT for full copyright and licensing information.
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9 .\"
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10 .TH ROGUE 6 "May 6, 1986"
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11 .UC 4
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12 .SH NAME
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13 rogue \- Exploring The Dungeons of Doom
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14 .SH SYNOPSIS
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15 .B @PROGRAM@
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16 [
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17 .B \-r
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18 ]
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19 [
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20 .I save_file
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21 ]
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22 [
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23 .B \-s
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24 ]
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25 [
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26 .B \-d
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27 ]
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28 .SH DESCRIPTION
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29 .PP
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30 .I Rogue
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31 is a computer fantasy game with a new twist. It is crt oriented and the
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32 object of the game is to survive the attacks of various monsters and get
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33 a lot of gold, rather than the puzzle solving orientation of most computer
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34 fantasy games.
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35 .PP
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36 To get started you really only need to know two commands. The command
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37 .B ?
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38 will give you a list of the available commands and the command
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39 .B /
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40 will identify the things you see on the screen.
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41 .PP
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42 To win the game (as opposed to merely playing to beat other people's high
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43 scores) you must locate the Amulet of Yendor which is somewhere below
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44 the 20th level of the dungeon and get it out. Nobody has achieved this
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45 yet and if somebody does, they will probably go down in history as a hero
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46 among heroes.
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47 .PP
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48 When the game ends, either by your death, when you quit, or if you (by
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49 some miracle) manage to win,
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50 .I rogue
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51 will give you a list of the top-ten scorers. The scoring is based entirely
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52 upon how much gold you get. There is a 10% penalty for getting yourself
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53 killed.
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54 .PP
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55 If
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56 .I save_file
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57 is specified,
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58 rogue will be restored from the specified saved game file.
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59 If the
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60 .B \-r
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61 option is used, the save game file is presumed to be the default.
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62 .PP
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63 The
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64 .B \-s
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65 option will print out the list of scores.
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66 .PP
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67 The
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68 .B \-d
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69 option will kill you and try to add you to the score file.
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70 .PP
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71 For more detailed directions, read the document
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72 .I "A Guide to the Dungeons of Doom."
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73 .SH AUTHORS
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74 Michael C. Toy,
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75 Kenneth C. R. C. Arnold,
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76 Glenn Wichman
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77 .SH FILES
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78 .DT
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79 .ta \w'@SCOREFILE@\ \ \ 'u
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80 @SCOREFILE@ Score file
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81 .br
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82 \fB~\fP/rogue.save Default save file
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83 .SH SEE ALSO
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84 Michael C. Toy
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85 and
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86 Kenneth C. R. C. Arnold,
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87 .I "A guide to the Dungeons of Doom"
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88 .SH BUGS
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89 .PP
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90 Probably infinite
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91 (although countably infinite).
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92 However,
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93 that Ice Monsters sometimes transfix you permanently is
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94 .I not
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95 a bug.
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96 It's a feature.