Rogue was introduced at the University of California at Berkeley as a screen-oriented fantasy game. The game had 26 types of monsters that the player could meet while exploring a Dungeon generated by the computer. Scrolls, potions, rings, wands, staves, armor, and weapons helped the player to battle these monsters and to gain gold, the basis for scoring.
XRogue 8.0 has been expanded to include over 200 monsters with many new capabilities. Many of the monsters are intelligent and they, like the player, must avoid traps and decide when it is better to fight or to run. There are a number of new commands in this version as well.
See the file xrogue80.doc for a basic player's guide
xrogue [ save_file ]
Under Linux/Unix you must create the directory /usr/local/games/xrogue with world read/write permission, otherwise no score will be kept.
Under DOS/Windows you must create the directory C:\GAMES\XROGUE, otherwise no score will be kept.
Linux/Unix:
Score file: /usr/local/games/xrogue/xrogue.scr
Default save file: ~/xrogue.sav
DOS/Windows:
Score file: C:\GAMES\XROGUE\XROGUE.SCR
Default save file: xrogue.sav
XRogue: Expeditions into the Dungeons of Doom
Copyright (C) 1988, 1992, 2000 Bob Pietkivitch, Ken Dalka and Mike Morgan
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Adapted from "Advanced Rogue: Deeper into the Dungeons of Doom"
Copyright (C) 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986 Ken Dalka, Mike Morgan
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Adapted from "Rogue: Exploring the Dungeons of Doom"
Copyright (C) 1980, 1981 Michael Toy, Ken Arnold and Glenn Wichman
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Containing portions of "FreeSec: libcrypt"
Copyright (C) 1994 David Burren
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Robert J. Pietkivitch 1955-2002
Bob passed away on December 3rd, 2002.
He will be always loved by friends and family.
In May 1996, Bob gave me the latest version of XRogue's source code that he had in the hope it could be made to run under Windows. This had been a hope of his for a few years. I don't think his expectations were high at first, but he was excited when I reported progress. He tested various restoration releases up until my final contact with him in May 2000. He was a joy to work with.