john@hp-pcd.UUCP (john) (02/09/85)
<<< BTW: The "Official" way to get the treasure south of the lake involves solving the puzzle of the viewing table. There is another way (called cheating) that you can get the treasure without ever going into the viewing room. Do the following: Leave your lamp and all goodies in the Creepy Crawl Go to the lake and swim to the southern shore Save the state of the game. Go south twice. This will result in getting killed about 80% of the time. When that happens just restore and do it again. Eventually you will be allowed to the second room without geting killed. From there you can go and get the treasure. You have a simialar problem when leaving but since the lamp is in the creepy crawl there are only two dark rooms that must be traversed to get to it. The same technique will also get you out. John Eaton !hplabs!hp-pcd!john
john@hp-pcd.UUCP (john) (02/10/85)
<<< It has been fixed. Neither the lamp not the torch will fit in the chest in current versions. BTW: What did the two rooms south of the lake look like? John Eaton !hplabs!hp-pcd!john
bobc@tekig.UUCP (Bob Crane) (02/13/85)
> <<< > > BTW: The "Official" way to get the treasure south of the lake involves solving > the puzzle of the viewing table. There is another way (called cheating) that > you can get the treasure without ever going into the viewing room. Do the > following: > If you are talking about the "strange key," the way I get it is by taking the chest to the viewing room and then putting the torch in the chest. That way you can go to the south shore with some light plus the torch never burns out so you don't have to worry about you lamp burning out. Another question: How do you get the royal tresure in the cage? I have figured out the time machine but I still can`t get them(yes I travelled to the year 766). I have even figured out how to get to the dungeon master but he keeps sending me back because I don't have the treasures. Bob Crane
andrew@orca.UUCP (Andrew Klossner) (02/14/85)
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"BTW: The "Official" way to get the treasure south of the lake
involves solving the puzzle of the viewing table. There is
another way (called cheating) that you can get the treasure
without ever going into the viewing room."
Here's another way: put the lamp into the chest, close the chest, then
take the chest with you when swimming across the lake. Once you
arrive, retrieve the lamp and use it to light the dark passages.
I reported this as a bug two years ago, since it allows you to win with
only 6 of 7 points. It may be fixed in recent versions. There was
another bug involving acquisition of the cloak, so when I first "won"
Zork III I had only 5 of 7 points. I was miffed.
-- Andrew Klossner (decvax!tektronix!orca!andrew) [UUCP]
(orca!andrew.tektronix@csnet-relay) [ARPA]bart@reed.UUCP (Bart Massey) (02/14/85)
> If you are talking about the "strange key," the way I get it is by taking > the chest to the viewing room and then putting the torch in the chest. > That way you can go to the south shore with some light plus the torch > never burns out so you don't have to worry about you lamp burning out. I believe this only works on earlier versions... > Another question: How do you get the royal tresure in the cage? > I have figured out the time machine but I still can`t get them(yes I went > to the year 766). I have even figured out how to get to the dungeon master > but he keeps sending me back because I don't have the treasures. Well, the time is about right. If you time things ok, you should be able to get ahold of the treasure, in the past (see Douglas Adam's notes on verb tense and time travel |-) ). Now, how are you going to get it back to the present? A hint: It is only possible to bring back the ring... Good Luck, ..tektronix!reed!bart Massey "I did it! I did it! I've been to ancient Greece! I have proof -- see, here's this grape!..."