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| author | John "Elwin" Edwards |
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| date | Thu, 18 Mar 2021 20:53:49 -0400 |
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| 51 | 1 .ds E \s-2<ESCAPE>\s0 |
| 2 .ds R \s-2<RETURN>\s0 | |
| 3 .ds U \s-2UNIX\s0 | |
| 4 .ie t .ds _ \d\(mi\u | |
| 5 .el .ds _ _ | |
| 6 .de Cs | |
| 7 \&\\$3\*(lq\\$1\*(rq\\$2 | |
| 8 .. | |
| 9 .sp 5 | |
| 10 .ce 1000 | |
| 11 .ps +4 | |
| 12 .vs +4p | |
| 13 .b | |
| 14 A Guide to the Dungeons of Doom | |
| 15 .r | |
| 16 .vs | |
| 17 .ps | |
| 18 .sp 2 | |
| 19 .i | |
| 20 Michael C. Toy | |
| 21 Kenneth C. R. C. Arnold | |
| 22 .r | |
| 23 .sp 2 | |
| 24 Computer Systems Research Group | |
| 25 Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | |
| 26 University of California | |
| 27 Berkeley, California 94720 | |
| 28 .sp 4 | |
| 29 .i ABSTRACT | |
| 30 .ce 0 | |
| 31 .(b I F | |
| 32 .bi Rogue | |
| 33 is a visual CRT based fantasy game | |
| 34 which runs under the \*U\(dg timesharing system. | |
| 35 .(f | |
| 36 \fR\(dg\*U is a trademark of Bell Laboratories\fP | |
| 37 .)f | |
| 38 This paper describes how to play rogue, | |
| 39 and gives a few hints | |
| 40 for those who might otherwise get lost in the Dungeons of Doom. | |
| 41 .)b | |
| 42 .he '''\fBA Guide to the Dungeons of Doom\fP' | |
| 43 .fo ''- % -'' | |
| 44 .bp 1 | |
| 45 .sh 1 Introduction | |
| 46 .pp | |
| 47 You have just finished your years as a student at the local fighter's guild. | |
| 48 After much practice and sweat you have finally completed your training | |
| 49 and are ready to embark upon a perilous adventure. | |
| 50 As a test of your skills, | |
| 51 the local guildmasters have sent you into the Dungeons of Doom. | |
| 52 Your task is to return with the Amulet of Yendor. | |
| 53 Your reward for the completion of this task | |
| 54 will be a full membership in the local guild. | |
| 55 In addition, | |
| 56 you are allowed to keep all the loot you bring back from the dungeons. | |
| 57 .pp | |
| 58 In preparation for your journey, | |
| 59 you are given an enchanted mace, | |
| 60 a bow, and a quiver of arrows | |
| 61 taken from a dragon's hoard in the far off Dark Mountains. | |
| 62 You are also outfitted with elf-crafted armor | |
| 63 and given enough food to reach the dungeons. | |
| 64 You say goodbye to family and friends for what may be the last time | |
| 65 and head up the road. | |
| 66 .pp | |
| 67 You set out on your way to the dungeons | |
| 68 and after several days of uneventful travel, | |
| 69 you see the ancient ruins | |
| 70 that mark the entrance to the Dungeons of Doom. | |
| 71 It is late at night, | |
| 72 so you make camp at the entrance | |
| 73 and spend the night sleeping under the open skies. | |
| 74 In the morning you gather your mace, | |
| 75 put on your armor, | |
| 76 eat what is almost your last food, | |
| 77 and enter the dungeons. | |
| 78 .sh 1 "What is going on here?" | |
| 79 .pp | |
| 80 You have just begun a game of rogue. | |
| 81 Your goal is to grab as much treasure as you can, | |
| 82 find the Amulet of Yendor, | |
| 83 and get out of the Dungeons of Doom alive. | |
| 84 On the screen, | |
| 85 a map of where you have been | |
| 86 and what you have seen on the current dungeon level is kept. | |
| 87 As you explore more of the level, | |
| 88 it appears on the screen in front of you. | |
| 89 .pp | |
| 90 Rogue differs from most computer fantasy games in that it is screen oriented. | |
| 91 Commands are all one or two keystrokes\** | |
| 92 .(f | |
| 93 \** As opposed to pseudo English sentences. | |
| 94 .)f | |
| 95 and the results of your commands | |
| 96 are displayed graphically on the screen rather | |
| 97 than being explained in words. | |
| 98 .pp | |
| 99 Another major difference between rogue and other computer fantasy games | |
| 100 is that once you have solved all the puzzles in a standard fantasy game, | |
| 101 it has lost most of its excitement and it ceases to be fun. | |
| 102 Rogue, | |
| 103 on the other hand, | |
| 104 generates a new dungeon every time you play it | |
| 105 and even the author finds it an entertaining and exciting game. | |
| 106 .sh 1 "What do all those things on the screen mean?" | |
| 107 .pp | |
| 108 In order to understand what is going on in rogue | |
| 109 you have to first get some grasp of what rogue is doing with the screen. | |
| 110 The rogue screen is intended | |
| 111 to replace the \*(lqYou can see ...\*(rq descriptions | |
| 112 of standard fantasy games. | |
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