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20 lines
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omega is a complex rogue-style game of dungeon exploration. Unlike
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other such games, there are a number of ways to "win", depending
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on various actions taken during play. The ways you can get your
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name on the hiscore board include becoming the highest ranked head
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of a guild, sect, college, etc., as well as gaining the most points
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figured from possessions and experience. The game (via the oracle)
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may impose some structure on your exploration, but you need not
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follow all of the oracle's advice. There *is* a "total winner"
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status, by the way.
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omega offers a richness of playing detail that goes beyond a simple
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game like rogue. However, the majority of gameplay is very similar
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to rogue, hack, ultrarogue, larn, and other such games. The player
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is represented by the highlighted "@" symbol, objects and terrain
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features are represented by non-alphabetic symbols, monsters are
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represented by the various upper and lower case letters, and other
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humans are represented by a non-highlighted "@". It is recommended
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that the novice read the man pages for rogue or some other such
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game and perhaps play a few games before playing omega.
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