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From: ksl@hou2e.UUCP (K.LIU)
Newsgroups: net.games.rogue
Subject: Review of Advanced Rogue 5.5
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Date: Wed, 14-Nov-84 15:21:01 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov 14 15:21:01 1984
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Advanced Rogue 5.5:

	-- 100+ monsters
	-- 4 classes: fighter, magician, cleric, thief
	-- forests
	-- you can go up a staircase w/o Amulet (above lev. 1 is a forest)
	-- Felice Folie's Flea Market
	-- mazes (boo!)
	-- new wands, scrolls, potions, weapons
	-- new commands :
		'^A' affect undead
		'^T' steal
		'G'  sence gold (thief)
		'C'   cast spell (mag.)
		'p'   pray (cle.)
		't <item> <dir>'  throw
		'z <item> <dir>'  zap
		'^U'   use misc. item
		and more!
	-- miscellaneous magic items
	-- multiple artifacts (Amulets, Wands of Orcus, etc.)
	-- comes with Sys 5 Release 2!

Bugs:

There is an option:

'Pick up things auto'

if it is False, you can't pick up anything!


Review:

A fun, challenging game!  In between 5.3 and 7.0!


Gandalf


Happy Rogueing!