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From: ksl@hou2e.UUCP (a hacker)
Newsgroups: net.games.rogue
Subject: Re: Rogue Magazine Issue #4
Message-ID: <824@hou2e.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 22-Feb-86 16:11:29 EST
Article-I.D.: hou2e.824
Posted: Sat Feb 22 16:11:29 1986
Date-Received: Mon, 24-Feb-86 08:32:34 EST
References: <821@hou2e.UUCP>, <402@utastro.UUCP>
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>I havent played Rogue in ages, as, much to my dismay, the games were removed
>(or at least permanently locked up) from use, and rogue went with it.

I'm sorry.

>I do remember a bug in the game that resulted in a lot of winners, and a
>lot of points on the high score list.  It was discovered by my brother, and
>spread within weeks to everyone on the system.
>
>In our version, arrows shot at you from traps.  What you do is, pick up the 
>arrow.  Wield it or whatever.  Look at it, occasionally you get a (if your
>version has the same bug) +38783827 (or something) arrow, and it kills
>*everything* within 2 blows max.  Easy sneezy, and when you return you have
>38783827 score points before adding any other score points.

Interesting version.  Sorry, folks.  This only works on whatever
version of rogue this poor soul once had access to.  In most versions,
the arrow trap shoots a +1 arrow, and the darts disappear from dart
traps.

This can be duplicated on other versions to get +255 weapons
and armor by using pools and "aquirement" scrolls.  A version
which allows you to do this most is Super Rogue 7.0.  In most
versions pools also affect staves by either "identifying" them
or charging them as a staff of charging would.  Most also affect
rings, potions and scrolls similarly.  If your version does
not have anything such as a cursed scroll or blessed scroll,
then the last statement does not apply.

>Well, maybe it will help.  This is so easy, you might want to play the game
>for a few weeks to get really frustrated with it first... :-)
>
>Well, I hope this post isnt too bad, seeing as how it is my first Usenet post
>ever.  Sorry, because of the same reasons, I wont be able to write my mail
>paths at the bottom. Maybe in the future!

It is a very well written article containing information pertaining
to the unspecified version you describe.

>hmm how about wheel@ut-sally?
Nope.  Our Usenet program tells us it's: wheel@utastro.UUCP, or
in other words: utastro!wheel.

There was an ommision in the PC versions of Rogue.  The UNIX PC
7300 also has a version of Super Rogue 9.0 which the manuals
call Version 1.3, ported from Super Rogue 9.0.  Hope it helps!

hou2e!ksl