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Import Rogue 5.4 from the Roguelike Restoration Project (r1490)
author elwin
date Mon, 24 May 2010 20:10:59 +0000
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1 .\"
2 .\" @(#)rogue.6 6.2 (Berkeley) 5/6/86
3 .\"
4 .\" Rogue: Exploring the Dungeons of Doom
5 .\" Copyright (C) 1980-1983, 1985, 1986 Michael Toy, Ken Arnold and Glenn Wichman
6 .\" All rights reserved.
7 .\"
8 .\" See the file LICENSE.TXT for full copyright and licensing information.
9 .\"
10 .TH ROGUE 6 "May 6, 1986"
11 .UC 4
12 .SH NAME
13 rogue \- Exploring The Dungeons of Doom
14 .SH SYNOPSIS
15 .B @PROGRAM@
16 [
17 .B \-r
18 ]
19 [
20 .I save_file
21 ]
22 [
23 .B \-s
24 ]
25 [
26 .B \-d
27 ]
28 .SH DESCRIPTION
29 .PP
30 .I Rogue
31 is a computer fantasy game with a new twist. It is crt oriented and the
32 object of the game is to survive the attacks of various monsters and get
33 a lot of gold, rather than the puzzle solving orientation of most computer
34 fantasy games.
35 .PP
36 To get started you really only need to know two commands. The command
37 .B ?
38 will give you a list of the available commands and the command
39 .B /
40 will identify the things you see on the screen.
41 .PP
42 To win the game (as opposed to merely playing to beat other people's high
43 scores) you must locate the Amulet of Yendor which is somewhere below
44 the 20th level of the dungeon and get it out. Nobody has achieved this
45 yet and if somebody does, they will probably go down in history as a hero
46 among heroes.
47 .PP
48 When the game ends, either by your death, when you quit, or if you (by
49 some miracle) manage to win,
50 .I rogue
51 will give you a list of the top-ten scorers. The scoring is based entirely
52 upon how much gold you get. There is a 10% penalty for getting yourself
53 killed.
54 .PP
55 If
56 .I save_file
57 is specified,
58 rogue will be restored from the specified saved game file.
59 If the
60 .B \-r
61 option is used, the save game file is presumed to be the default.
62 .PP
63 The
64 .B \-s
65 option will print out the list of scores.
66 .PP
67 The
68 .B \-d
69 option will kill you and try to add you to the score file.
70 .PP
71 For more detailed directions, read the document
72 .I "A Guide to the Dungeons of Doom."
73 .SH AUTHORS
74 Michael C. Toy,
75 Kenneth C. R. C. Arnold,
76 Glenn Wichman
77 .SH FILES
78 .DT
79 .ta \w'@SCOREFILE@\ \ \ 'u
80 @SCOREFILE@ Score file
81 .br
82 \fB~\fP/rogue.save Default save file
83 .SH SEE ALSO
84 Michael C. Toy
85 and
86 Kenneth C. R. C. Arnold,
87 .I "A guide to the Dungeons of Doom"
88 .SH BUGS
89 .PP
90 Probably infinite
91 (although countably infinite).
92 However,
93 that Ice Monsters sometimes transfix you permanently is
94 .I not
95 a bug.
96 It's a feature.