-.TH HACK 6 "31 March 1985"
-.UC 4
-.SH NAME
-hack \- Exploring The Dungeons of Doom
-.SH SYNOPSIS
-.B /usr/games/hack
-[
-.B \-d
-.I directory
-]
-[
-.B \-n
-]
-[
-.B \-u
-.I playername
-]
-.br
-.B /usr/games/hack
-[
-.B \-d
-.I directory
-]
-.B \-s
-[
-.B \-X
-]
-[
-.I playernames
-]
-.SH DESCRIPTION
-.PP
-.I Hack
-is a display oriented dungeons & dragons - like game.
+.\" $NetBSD: hack.6,v 1.15 2005/09/15 02:09:41 wiz Exp $ -*- nroff -*-
+.\"
+.\" Copyright (c) 1985, Stichting Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica,
+.\" Amsterdam
+.\" All rights reserved.
+.\"
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+.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
+.\" met:
+.\"
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+.\" this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+.\"
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+.\" Informatica, nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or
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+.\" LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING
+.\" NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS
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+.\"
+.\"
+.\" Copyright (c) 1982 Jay Fenlason <hack@gnu.org>
+.\" All rights reserved.
+.\"
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+.\" 3. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products
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+.\"
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+.\" INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY
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+.\" PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS;
+.\" OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY,
+.\" WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR
+.\" OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF
+.\" ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+.\"
+.Dd March 31, 1985
+.Dt HACK 6
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm hack
+.Nd exploring The Dungeons of Doom
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Nm
+.Op Fl d Ar directory
+.Op Fl n
+.Op Fl u Ar playername
+.Nm
+.Op Fl d Ar directory
+.Op Fl s
+.Op Fl X
+.Op Ar playername ...
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+.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
-.B ?
+.Pp
+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
-.B /
+.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
+.Pp
+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 heros.
-.PP
+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,
-.I hack
-will give you (a fragment of) the list of top scorers. The scoring
-is based on many aspects of your behaviour 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
+.Pp
The administration of the game is kept in the directory specified with the
-.B \-d
+.Fl d
option, or, if no such option is given, in the directory specified by
-the environment variable 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
-.I save
+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 /usr/games/lib/hackdir.
-.PP
+playing ground, usually
+.Pa /var/games/hackdir .
+.Pp
The
-.B \-n
+.Fl n
option suppresses printing of the news.
-.PP
+.Pp
The
-.B \-u
-.I playername
+.Fl u
+.Ar playername
option supplies the answer to the question "Who are you?".
When
-.I playername
+.Ar playername
has as suffix one of
-.B \-T \-S \-K \-F \-C \-W
+.Em -T ,
+.Em -S ,
+.Em -K ,
+.Em -F ,
+.Em -C ,
+or
+.Em -W ,
then this supplies the answer to the question "What kind of character ... ?".
-.PP
+.Pp
The
-.B \-s
-option will print out the list of your scores. It may be followed by arguments
-.B \-X
+.Fl s
+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
+.Sh ENVIRONMENT
+.Bl -tag -width 24n -compact
+.It Ev USER No or Ev LOGNAME
+Your login name.
+.It Ev HOME
+Your home directory.
+.It Ev SHELL
+Your shell.
+.It Ev TERM
+The type of your terminal.
+.It Ev HACKPAGER, PAGER
+Pager used instead of default pager.
+.It Ev MAIL
+Mailbox file.
+.It Ev MAILREADER
+Reader used instead of default (probably
+.Pa /usr/bin/mail ) .
+.It Ev HACKDIR
+Playground.
+.It Ev HACKOPTIONS
+String predefining several hack options (see help file).
+.El
+.Pp
+Several other environment variables are used in debugging (wizard) mode,
+like
+.Ev GENOCIDED ,
+.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).
-.br
+.Pp
Andries Brouwer continuously deformed their sources into the current
version - in fact an entirely different game.
-.SH FILES
-.DT
-.ta \w'data, rumors\ \ \ 'u
-hack The hack program.
-.br
-data, rumors Data files used by hack.
-.br
-help, hh Help data files.
-.br
-record The list of topscorers.
-.br
-save A subdirectory containing the saved
-.br
- games.
-.br
-bones_dd Descriptions of the ghost and
-.br
- belongings of a deceased adventurer.
-.br
-xlock.dd Description of a dungeon level.
-.br
-safelock Lock file for xlock.
-.br
-record_lock Lock file for record.
-.SH ENVIRONMENT
-.DT
-.ta \w'HACKPAGER, PAGER\ \ \ 'u
-USER or LOGNAME Your login name.
-.br
-HOME Your home directory.
-.br
-SHELL Your shell.
-.br
-TERM The type of your terminal.
-.br
-HACKPAGER, PAGER Pager used instead of default pager.
-.br
-MAIL Mailbox file.
-.br
-MAILREADER Reader used instead of default
-.br
- (probably /bin/mail or /usr/ucb/mail).
-.br
-HACKDIR Playground.
-.br
-HACKOPTIONS String predefining several hack options
-.br
- (see help file).
-.br
-
-Several other environment variables are used in debugging (wizard) mode,
-like GENOCIDED, INVENT, MAGIC and SHOPTYPE.
-.SH BUGS
-.PP
+.Sh BUGS
Probably infinite.
Mail complaints to mcvax!aeb .
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