-.\" $NetBSD: hack.6,v 1.5 1995/07/03 19:44:30 jtc Exp $ -*- nroff -*-
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.Dd March 31, 1985
.Dt HACK 6
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm hack
-.Nd Exploring The Dungeons of Doom
+.Nd exploring The Dungeons of Doom
.Sh SYNOPSIS
-.Nm /usr/games/hack
+.Nm
.Op Fl d Ar directory
.Op Fl n
.Op Fl u Ar playername
-.Nm /usr/games/hack
+.Nm
.Op Fl d Ar directory
.Op Fl s
.Op Fl X
.Op Ar playername ...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
-.Nm Hack
-is a display oriented dungeons & dragons - like game.
+.Nm
+is a display oriented dungeons \*[Am] dragons-like game.
Both display and command structure resemble rogue.
(For a game with the same structure but entirely different display -
a real cave instead of dull rectangles - try Quest.)
.Pp
-To get started you really only need to know two commands. The command
-.Ic ?
+To get started you really only need to know two commands.
+The command
+.Ic \&?
will give you a list of the available commands and the command
.Ic /
will identify the things you see on the screen.
.Pp
-To win the game (as opposed to merely playing to beat other people high
+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, he will probably go down in history as a hero
-among heroes.
+the 20th level of the dungeon and get it out.
+Nobody has achieved this yet and if somebody does, he will probably go
+down in history as a hero among heroes.
.Pp
When the game ends, either by your death, when you quit, or if you escape
from the caves,
-.Nm hack
-will give you (a fragment of) the list of top scorers. The scoring
-is based on many aspects of your behavior but a rough estimate is
-obtained by taking the amount of gold you've found in the cave plus four
-times your (real) experience. Precious stones may be worth a lot of gold
-when brought to the exit.
+.Nm
+will give you (a fragment of) the list of top scorers.
+The scoring is based on many aspects of your behavior but a rough estimate
+is obtained by taking the amount of gold you've found in the cave plus four
+times your (real) experience.
+Precious stones may be worth a lot of gold when brought to the exit.
There is a 10% penalty for getting yourself killed.
.Pp
The administration of the game is kept in the directory specified with the
.Fl d
option, or, if no such option is given, in the directory specified by
-the environment variable
-.Ev HACKDIR ,
+the environment variable
+.Ev HACKDIR ,
or, if no such variable exists, in the current directory.
This same directory contains several auxiliary files such as lockfiles and
the list of topscorers and a subdirectory
.Pa save
where games are saved.
The game administrator may however choose to install hack with a fixed
-playing ground, usually
+playing ground, usually
.Pa /var/games/hackdir .
.Pp
The
.Em -F ,
.Em -C ,
or
-.Em -W,
+.Em -W ,
then this supplies the answer to the question "What kind of character ... ?".
.Pp
The
.Fl s
-option will print out the list of your scores. It may be followed by arguments
+option will print out the list of your scores.
+It may be followed by arguments
.Fl X
where X is one of the letters C, F, K, S, T, W to print the scores of
Cavemen, Fighters, Knights, Speleologists, Tourists or Wizards.
It may also be followed by one or more player names to print the scores of the
players mentioned.
-.Sh AUTHORS
-Jay Fenlason (+ Kenny Woodland, Mike Thome and Jon Payne) wrote the
-original hack, very much like rogue (but full of bugs).
-.br
-Andries Brouwer continuously deformed their sources into the current
-version - in fact an entirely different game.
-.Sh FILES
-.Bl -tag -width 24n -compact
-.It Pa hack
-The hack program.
-.It Pa data, rumors
-Data files used by hack.
-.It Pa help, hh
-Help data files.
-.It Pa record
-The list of topscorers.
-.It Pa save
-A subdirectory containing the saved games.
-.It Pa bones_dd
-Descriptions of the ghost and belongings of a deceased adventurer.
-.It Pa xlock.dd
-Description of a dungeon level.
-.It Pa safelock
-Lock file for xlock.
-.It Pa record_lock
-Lock file for record.
-.El
.Sh ENVIRONMENT
.Bl -tag -width 24n -compact
.It Ev USER No or Ev LOGNAME
.It Ev MAIL
Mailbox file.
.It Ev MAILREADER
-Reader used instead of default (probably /usr/bin/mail).
+Reader used instead of default (probably
+.Pa /usr/bin/mail ) .
.It Ev HACKDIR
Playground.
.It Ev HACKOPTIONS
.El
.Pp
Several other environment variables are used in debugging (wizard) mode,
-like
+like
.Ev GENOCIDED ,
-.Ev INVENT ,
-.Ev MAGIC
+.Ev INVENT ,
+.Ev MAGIC
and
.Ev SHOPTYPE .
+.Sh FILES
+.Bl -tag -width 24n -compact
+.It Pa hack
+The hack program.
+.It Pa data, rumors
+Data files used by hack.
+.It Pa help, hh
+Help data files.
+.It Pa record
+The list of topscorers.
+.It Pa save
+A subdirectory containing the saved games.
+.It Pa bones_dd
+Descriptions of the ghost and belongings of a deceased adventurer.
+.It Pa xlock.dd
+Description of a dungeon level.
+.It Pa safelock
+Lock file for xlock.
+.It Pa record_lock
+Lock file for record.
+.El
+.Sh AUTHORS
+Jay Fenlason (+ Kenny Woodland, Mike Thome and Jon Payne) wrote the
+original hack, very much like rogue (but full of bugs).
+.Pp
+Andries Brouwer continuously deformed their sources into the current
+version - in fact an entirely different game.
.Sh BUGS
Probably infinite.
Mail complaints to mcvax!aeb .
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