NAME
rogue —
exploring The Dungeons of
Doom
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
rogue 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
monsters 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,
rogue 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
save_file is specified, rogue will be restored from the
specified saved game file.
The
-s option will print out the list of scores.
For more detailed directions, read the document
A Guide to the Dungeons of
Doom.
FILES
- /var/games/rogue.scores
- Score file
- ~/rogue.save
- Default save file
SEE ALSO
Michael C. Toy and
Kenneth C. R. C. Arnold, A guide to
the Dungeons of Doom.
AUTHORS
Timothy Stoehr
Michael C. Toy
Kenneth C. R. C. Arnold
Glenn Wichman
BUGS
Probably infinite, although none are known. However, that Ice Monsters sometimes
transfix you permanently is
not a bug. It's a feature.