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| date | Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:33:34 +0000 |
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--- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/rogue3/rogue36.html Tue Oct 13 13:33:34 2009 +0000 @@ -0,0 +1,633 @@ +<html> +<head> +<title></title> +</head> +<body> + +<h1 align=center><b>A Guide to the Dungeons of Doom</b></h1> + +<h2 align=center><i>Michael C. Toy</i></h2> + +<h3 align=center> +Computer Systems Research Group<br> +Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science<br> +University of California<br> +Berkeley, California 94720</h3> + +<h2 align=center><i>ABSTRACT</i></h2> + +<blockquote> + <blockquote> + <p align="justify"><font size="2">Rogue is a visual CRT based fantasy game which runs under the + UNIX timesharing system. This paper describes how to play rogue, and gives a few hints for + those who might otherwise get + lost in the Dungeons of Doom.</font></p> + </blockquote> +</blockquote> + +<h2 align="justify"><b>1. Introduction</b></h2> + +<p align="justify">You have just finished your years as a +student at the local fighter’s guild. After much +practice and sweat you have finally completed your training +and are ready to embark upon a perilous adventure. As a test +of your skills, the local guildmasters have sent you into +the Dungeons of Doom. Your task is to return with the Amulet +of Yendor. Your reward for the completion of this task will +be a full membership in the local guild. In addition, you +are allowed to keep all the loot you bring back from the +dungeons.</p> + +<p align="justify">In preparation for your journey, you are +given an enchanted sword, taken +from a dragon’s hoard in the far off Dark Mountains. +You are also outfitted with elf-crafted armor and given +enough food to reach the dungeons. You say goodbye to family +and friends for what may be the last time and head up the +road.</p> + +<p align="justify">You set out on your way to the dungeons and +after several days of uneventful travel, you see the +ancient ruins that mark the entrance to the Dungeons of +Doom. It is late at night so you make camp at the entrance +and spend the night sleeping under the open skies. In the +morning you gather your sword, put on your armor, eat what +is almost your last food and enter the +dungeons.</p> + +<h2 align="justify"><b>2. What is going on here?</b></h2> + +<p align="justify">You have just begun a game of rogue. Your +goal is to grab as much treasure as you can, find the Amulet +of Yendor, and get out of the Dungeons of Doom alive. On the +screen, a map of where you have been and what you have seen +on the current dungeon level is kept. As you explore more of +the level, it appears on the screen in front of +you.</p> + +<p align="justify">Rogue differs from most computer fantasy +games in that it is screen oriented. Commands are all one or +two keystrokes<sup>1 </sup>and the +results of your commands are displayed graphically on the +screen rather than being explained in words<sup>2</sup>.</p> + +<p align="justify">Another major difference between rogue and +other computer fantasy games is that once you have solved +all the puzzles in a standard fantasy game, it has lost most +of its excitement and it ceases to be fun. Rogue on the +other hand generates a new dungeon every time you play it +and even the author finds it an entertaining and exciting +game.</p> + +<h2 align="justify"><b>3. What do all those things on the screen mean?</b></h2> + +<p align="justify">In order to understand what is going on in +rogue you have to first get some grasp of what rogue is +doing with the screen. The rogue screen is intended to +replace the “You can see ...” descriptions of +standard fantasy games. Here is a sample of what a +rogue screen might look like.</p> + +<div align="center"><pre> + --------------------- + |...................+ + |...@...........[...| + |........B..........| + |...................| + --------+------------ + +Level: 1 Gold: 0 Hp: 12(12) Str: 16 Ac: 6 Exp: 1/0 +</pre></div> + +<h3 align="justify"><b>3.1. The bottom line</b></h3> + +<p align="justify">At the bottom line of the screen is a few +pieces of cryptic information describing your current +status. Here is an explanation of what these things +mean:</p> + +<table border="0" width="100%" id="table1" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="3"> + <tr> + <td><p align="justify">Level </p></td> + <td><p align="justify">This number indicates how deep you have gone in the