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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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