rogue/rogue.6

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  35 .Dd June 23, 1990
  36 .Dt ROGUE 6
  37 .Sh NAME
  38 .Nm rogue
  39 .Nd Exploring The Dungeons of Doom
  40 .Sh SYNOPSIS
  41 .Nm /usr/games/rogue
  42 .Op Fl s
  43 .Op Ar save_file
  44 .\" .Op Fl r
  45 .\" .Op Fl d
  46 .Sh DESCRIPTION
  47 .Nm Rogue
  48 is a computer fantasy game with a new twist.  It is crt oriented and the
  49 object of the game is to survive the attacks of various monsters and get
  50 a lot of gold, rather than the puzzle solving orientation of most computer
  51 fantasy games.
  52 .Pp
  53 To get started you really only need to know two commands.  The command
  54 .Ic \&?
  55 will give you a list of the available commands and the command
  56 .Ic \&/
  57 will identify the things you see on the screen.
  58 .Pp
  59 To win the game (as opposed to merely playing to beat other people's high
  60 scores) you must locate the Amulet of Yendor which is somewhere below
  61 the 20th level of the dungeon and get it out.  Nobody has achieved this
  62 yet and if somebody does, they will probably go down in history as a hero
  63 among heroes.
  64 .Pp
  65 When the game ends, either by your death, when you quit, or if you (by
  66 some miracle) manage to win,
  67 .Nm rogue
  68 will give you a list of the top-ten scorers.  The scoring is based entirely
  69 upon how much gold you get.  There is a 10% penalty for getting yourself
  70 killed.
  71 .Pp
  72 If
  73 .Ar save_file
  74 is specified,
  75 rogue will be restored from the specified saved game file.
  76 .Pp
  77 The
  78 .Fl s
  79 option will print out the list of scores.
  80 .Pp
  81 For more detailed directions, read the document
  82 .Rs
  83 .%T A Guide to the Dungeons of Doom
  84 .Re  .
  85 .Sh AUTHORS
  86 Timothy Stoehr,
  87 Michael C. Toy,
  88 Kenneth C. R. C. Arnold,
  89 Glenn Wichman
  90 .Sh FILES
  91 .Bl -tag -width /var/games/rogue.scores -compact
  92 .It Pa /var/games/rogue.scores
  93 Score file
  94 .It Pa ~/rogue.save
  95 Default save file
  96 .El
  97 .Sh SEE ALSO
  98 .Rs
  99 .%A Michael C. Toy
 100 .%A Kenneth C. R. C. Arnold
 101 .%T A guide to the Dungeons of Doom
 102 .Re
 103 .Sh BUGS
 104 Probably infinite, although none are known.
 105 However,
 106 that Ice Monsters sometimes transfix you permanently is
 107 .Em not
 108 a bug.
 109 It's a feature.