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+.\" $NetBSD: hack.6,v 1.14 2004/06/01 10:10:06 wiz 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
-is a display oriented dungeons \*[Am] dragons - like game.
+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
-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.
+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
.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 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
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