[net.games.frp] zork help

avr@CS-Mordred.UUCP (02/07/84)

	Hi, I play zork occasionally, and am somewhat a beginner
still. I have this problem: whenever I come to the place with
a 'platinum bar' the program sort of dies. Anything I type is
echoed in uppercase, the '>' prompt isn't given, and only
EOF (^D) exits zork. Since I don't know much about zork,
I don't know exactly how to avoid this place and sometimes
end up there by mistake, which ends the game for me.

	I'm like any suggestions. Thanks a lot,

			Andrew Royappa
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			avr@purdue (ARPA)
p.s that's "I'd like any suggestions .." 

robertm@dartvax.UUCP (Robert P. Munafo) (02/08/84)

Ditto!  I've tried entering a command such as "go east, get bar"
to force the parser to do a command in the room for me, but that
doesn't work either!  What gives?

djh@ccivax.UUCP (02/08/84)

	The room you are in is called the 'echo room'. The name itself
is the clue. Next time you're there, type 'echo' and see what happens.

						The Dungeon Master

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davidk@dartvax.UUCP (David C. Kovar) (02/09/84)

	Ok, I hate to spoil it, but: Think about what the room
is doing. Then say what it is doing aloud. If you can't get it
from that hint, you should not be playing Zork.

	-Zork Endgamist
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walker@unc.UUCP (Douglas Walker) (02/10/84)

regarding the platinum bar room in zork:  what would you do if
you were hiking in the mountains and found a cliff with a 
particularly good ECHO?

stanly@unmvax.UUCP (02/16/84)

i have the big cheat file for zork I .  It was built up over
weeks of playing and looking at other peoples lists.  IF you
want it to be sent over you will have to send out through the net
that you want it to happen.  I don't want to send it out and be attacked for
spoiling all your fun.  BUT IT WILL COME OVER THE NET( i don't want to
have to send it to every little person who wants one)

  things it has:

 SCORE INFO: WILL TELL YOU HOW TO GET THE SCORE
 ITEMS     : Will tell you what they do
 MAGIC     : Will tell you about all the magic

    zorkmaster
     josh
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P.S. a very similer list was sent out some time ago but i have changed
     it since then.