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