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IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 24.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 25.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 26.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 27.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 28.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 29.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 30.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 31.\" 32.\" from: @(#)robots.6 6.2 (Berkeley) 4/8/91 33.\" $Id: robots.6,v 1.3 1993/08/05 02:29:28 jtc Exp $ 34.\" 35.Dd April 8, 1991 36.Dt ROBOTS 6 37.Os 38.Sh NAME 39.Nm robots 40.Nd fight off villainous robots 41.Sh SYNOPSIS 42.Nm robots 43.Op Fl sjta 44.Op Ar scorefile 45.Sh DESCRIPTION 46.Nm Robots 47pits you against evil robots, who are trying to kill you (which is why 48they are evil). 49Fortunately for you, even though they are evil, they are not very bright 50and have a habit of bumping into each other, thus destroying themselves. 51In order to survive, you must get them to kill each other off, since you 52have no offensive weaponry. 53.Pp 54Since you are stuck without offensive weaponry, you are endowed with one 55piece of defensive weaponry: a teleportation device. 56When two robots run into each other or a junk pile, they die. 57If a robot runs into you, you die. 58When a robot dies, you get 10 points, and when all the robots die, 59you start on the next field. 60This keeps up until they finally get you. 61.Pp 62Robots are represented on the screen by a 63.Sq \+ , 64the junk heaps from their collisions by a 65.Sq \(** , 66and you 67(the good guy) 68by a 69.Sq \@ . 70.Pp 71The commands are: 72.Bl -tag -width indent -compact 73.It Ic h 74move one square left 75.It Ic l 76move one square right 77.It Ic k 78move one square up 79.It Ic j 80move one square down 81.It Ic y 82move one square up and left 83.It Ic u 84move one square up and right 85.It Ic b 86move one square down and left 87.It Ic n 88move one square down and right 89.It Ic \&. 90(also space) do nothing for one turn 91.It Ic HJKLBNYU 92run as far as possible in the given direction 93.It Ic \> 94do nothing for as long as possible 95.It Ic t 96teleport to a random location 97.It Ic w 98wait until you die or they all do 99.It Ic q 100quit 101.It Ic ^L 102redraw the screen 103.El 104.Pp 105All commands can be preceded by a count. 106.Pp 107If you use the 108.Sq Ic w 109command and survive to the next level, you will get a bonus of 10% 110for each robot which died after you decided to wait. 111If you die, however, you get nothing. 112For all other commands, the program will save you from typos 113by stopping short of being eaten. 114However, with 115.Sq Ic w 116you take the risk of dying by miscalculation. 117.Pp 118Only five scores are allowed per user on the score file. 119If you make it into the score file, you will be shown the list at the end 120of the game. 121If an alternate score file is specified, that will be used instead of the 122standard file for scores. 123.Pp 124The options are 125.Bl -tag -width indent 126.It Fl s 127Don't play, just show the score file. 128.It Fl j 129Jump, 130.Em i.e. , 131when you run, don't show any intermediate positions; only show things at 132the end. 133This is useful on slow terminals. 134.It Fl t 135Teleport automatically when you have no other option. 136This is a little disconcerting until you get used to it, and then it is 137very nice. 138.It Fl a 139Advance into the higher levels directly, skipping the lower, easier levels. 140.El 141.Sh AUTHOR 142Ken Arnold 143.Sh FILES 144.Bl -tag -width /var/games/robots_roll -compact 145.It Pa /var/games/robots_roll 146the score file 147.El 148.Sh BUGS 149Bugs? 150You 151.Em crazy , 152man?!? 153