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1mHACK(6) UNIX Programmer's Manual HACK(6)0m
1mNAME0m
hack - Exploring The Dungeons of Doom
1mSYNOPSIS0m
/usr/games/hack [ -d 4mdirectory0m ] [ -n ] [ -u 4mplayername0m ]
1mDESCRIPTION0m
4mHack0m is a display oriented dungeons & 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.)
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 high scores) you must locate the Amulet of Yendor
which is somewhere below the 20th level of the dungeon and
get it out.
When the game ends, either by your death, when you quit, or
if you escape from the caves, 4mhack0m 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. There is a
10% penalty for getting yourself killed.
The administration of the game is kept in the directory
specified with the -d option, or, if no such option is
given, in the directory specified by the environment vari-
able 1mHACKDIR,0m 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 4msave0m where games are saved.
The -n option suppresses printing of the news.
The -u 4mplayername0m option supplies the answer to the question
"Who are you?". When 4mplayername0m has as suffix one of -T -S
-K -F -C -W then this supplies the answer to the question
"What kind of character ... ?".
1mAUTHORS0m
Jay Fenlason (+ Kenny Woodland, Mike Thome and Jon Payne)
wrote the original hack, very much like rogue (but full of bugs).
Andries Brouwer continuously deformed their sources into the
current version - in fact an entirely different game.
John Toebes ported this version to the Amiga.
1mPrinted 02/23/86 23 February 1986 10m
1mHACK(6) UNIX Programmer's Manual HACK(6)0m
1mFILES0m
hack The hack program
data, help, rumors Data files used by hack.
record The list of topscorers.
Saved Games A subdirectory containing the saved games.
bones_dd Descriptions of the ghost and
belongings of a deceased adventurer.
1mBUGS0m
Probably infinite. Mail complaints to:
John A. Toebes, VIII
120 H Northington Place
Cary, NC 27511
1mPrinted 02/23/86 23 February 1986 10m