rogue/rogue.6

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  36 .Dd May 31, 1993
  37 .Dt ROGUE 6
  38 .Os
  39 .Sh NAME
  40 .Nm rogue
  41 .Nd Exploring The Dungeons of Doom
  42 .Sh SYNOPSIS
  43 .Nm /usr/games/rogue
  44 .Op Fl s
  45 .Op Ar save_file
  46 .\" .Op Fl r
  47 .\" .Op Fl d
  48 .Sh DESCRIPTION
  49 .Nm Rogue
  50 is a computer fantasy game with a new twist.  It is crt oriented and the
  51 object of the game is to survive the attacks of various monsters and get
  52 a lot of gold, rather than the puzzle solving orientation of most computer
  53 fantasy games.
  54 .Pp
  55 To get started you really only need to know two commands.  The command
  56 .Ic \&?
  57 will give you a list of the available commands and the command
  58 .Ic \&/
  59 will identify the things you see on the screen.
  60 .Pp
  61 To win the game (as opposed to merely playing to beat other people's high
  62 scores) you must locate the Amulet of Yendor which is somewhere below
  63 the 20th level of the dungeon and get it out.  Nobody has achieved this
  64 yet and if somebody does, they will probably go down in history as a hero
  65 among heroes.
  66 .Pp
  67 When the game ends, either by your death, when you quit, or if you (by
  68 some miracle) manage to win,
  69 .Nm rogue
  70 will give you a list of the top-ten scorers.  The scoring is based entirely
  71 upon how much gold you get.  There is a 10% penalty for getting yourself
  72 killed.
  73 .Pp
  74 If
  75 .Ar save_file
  76 is specified,
  77 rogue will be restored from the specified saved game file.
  78 .Pp
  79 The
  80 .Fl s
  81 option will print out the list of scores.
  82 .Pp
  83 For more detailed directions, read the document
  84 .Rs
  85 .%T A Guide to the Dungeons of Doom
  86 .Re  .
  87 .Sh AUTHORS
  88 Timothy Stoehr,
  89 Michael C. Toy,
  90 Kenneth C. R. C. Arnold,
  91 Glenn Wichman
  92 .Sh FILES
  93 .Bl -tag -width /var/games/rogue.scores -compact
  94 .It Pa /var/games/rogue.scores
  95 Score file
  96 .It Pa ~/rogue.save
  97 Default save file
  98 .El
  99 .Sh SEE ALSO
 100 .Rs
 101 .%A Michael C. Toy
 102 .%A Kenneth C. R. C. Arnold
 103 .%T A guide to the Dungeons of Doom
 104 .Re
 105 .Sh BUGS
 106 Probably infinite, although none are known.
 107 However,
 108 that Ice Monsters sometimes transfix you permanently is
 109 .Em not
 110 a bug.
 111 It's a feature.