ROGUE(6)                                                              ROGUE(6)



NAME
       rogue - Exploring The Dungeons of Doom

SYNOPSIS
       /usr/games/rogue [ -r ] [ _s_a_v_e__f_i_l_e ] [ -s ] [ -d ]

DESCRIPTION
       _R_o_g_u_e  is a computer fantasy game with a new twist.  It is crt oriented
       and the object of the game is to survive the attacks  of  various  mon‐
       sters and get a lot of gold, rather than the puzzle solving orientation
       of most computer fantasy games.

       To get started you really only need to know two commands.  The  command
       ?   will  give  you  a list of the available commands and the command /
       will identify the things you see on the screen.

       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, they will probably go down in
       history as a hero among heroes.

       When the game ends, either by your death, when you quit, or if you  (by
       some  miracle) manage to win, _r_o_g_u_e will give you a list of the top-ten
       scorers.  The scoring is based entirely upon how  much  gold  you  get.
       There is a 10% penalty for getting yourself killed.

       If  _s_a_v_e__f_i_l_e  is  specified, rogue will be restored from the specified
       saved game file.  If the -r option is used, the save game file is  pre‐
       sumed to be the default.

       The -s option will print out the list of scores.

       The -d option will kill you and try to add you to the score file.

       For more detailed directions, read the document _A _G_u_i_d_e _t_o _t_h_e _D_u_n_g_e_o_n_s
       _o_f _D_o_o_m_.

AUTHORS
       Michael C. Toy, Kenneth C. R. C. Arnold, Glenn Wichman

FILES
       /usr/games/lib/rogue_roll   Score file
       ~/rogue.save                Default save file

SEE ALSO
       Michael C. Toy and Kenneth C. R. C. Arnold, _A _g_u_i_d_e _t_o _t_h_e _D_u_n_g_e_o_n_s  _o_f
       _D_o_o_m

BUGS
       Probably  infinite  (although  countably  infinite).  However, that Ice
       Monsters sometimes transfix you permanently is _n_o_t a bug.  It’s a  fea‐
       ture.



4th Berkeley Distribution         May 6, 1986                         ROGUE(6)