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rogue - Exploring The Dungeons of Doom
SYNOPSIS
rogue [ save_file ]
rogue [ -s ] [ save_file ] [ -n playername ]
DESCRIPTION
Rogue is a computer fantasy game with a new twist. It is crt oriented
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? will give you a list of the available commands and the command /
will identify the things you see on the screen.
To win the game (as opposed to merely playing to beat other people high
scores) you must locate the Amulet of Yendor which is somewhere below
the 20th level of the dungeon and get it out. Nobody has achieved this
yet and if somebody does, they will probably go down in history as a
hero among heros.
To win the game (as opposed to merely playing to beat other people's
high scores) you must locate the Amulet of Yendor which is somewhere
below the 20th level of the dungeon and get it out. Nobody has
achieved this yet and if somebody does, they will probably go down in
history as a hero among heros.
When the game ends, either by your death, when you quit, or if you (by
some miracle) manage to win, rogue will give you alist of the top-ten
some miracle) manage to win, rogue will give you a list of the top-ten
scorers. The scoring is based entirely upon how much gold you get.
There is a 10% penalty for getting yourself killed.
For more detailed directions, read the document A Guide to the Dungeons
of Doom.
OPTIONS
If a save_file argument is given, rogue will attempt to load a previ-
ously saved game from that file.
With the -n option, rogue will load a game with the name playername
from a location defined at compile time. If no such game exists, it
will start one.
The -s option prints the top-ten scores list and exits.
FILES
rogue36.scr Score file
~/rogue36.sav Default save file
/usr/local/games/roguelike/rogue3.scr Score file
~/rogue3.save Default save file
/usr/local/games/roguelike/rogue3save System savefiles
SEE ALSO
Michael C. Toy, A Guide to the Dungeons of Doom
BUGS
Probably infinite. Currently known bugs are: Sometimes you are still
hungry even after you eat food and sometimes you get a monster on the
Probably infinite. Currently known bugs are: Sometimes you are still
hungry even after you eat food and sometimes you get a monster on the
screen in reverse video which may or may not cause a core dump.
COPYRIGHT
Rogue: Exploring the Dungeons of Doom
Copyright (C) 1980, 1981 Michael Toy, Ken Arnold and Glenn Wichman
All rights reserved.
License: 3-clause BSD, see LICENSE.txt for details.