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 {ucbvax,decvax,harpo}!pur-ee!purdue!avr 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 seismo!rochester!ccivax!djh seismo!rochester!ritcv!ccivax!djh
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 -- David C. Kovar Usenet: {linus, decvax}!dartvax!davidk ARPA: kovar@MIT-ML (Infrequent) U.S. Snail HB 3140 Dartmouth College Hanover NH 03755 "The difficult we did yesterday, the impossible we are doing now."
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 {parsec,ucbvax}!unmvax!stanly P.S. a very similer list was sent out some time ago but i have changed it since then.