pearse@hound.UUCP (S.PEARSE) (01/11/85)
I'm trying to go to hell. But something goes wrong every time! I ring the bell in hades, relight the candles, and pray from the book. The spirits always end up laughing at me. I've tried this a hundred times! Please, can someone give me a hint as to what I'm doing wrong? Question two: What is the command to check out your health? (I don't have the owner's manual) Question three: When I get past the cyclops, the thief always defeats me. How can I kill the thief? Thanks in advance, Steve Pearse ihnp4!hound!pearse
gwyn@brl-tgr.ARPA (Doug Gwyn <gwyn>) (01/14/85)
> I ring the bell in hades, relight the candles, and pray from the > book. The spirits always end up laughing at me. If you perform the EXORCISM in the correct sequence, the spirits will get more worried after each step. RE-light the candles? PRAY from book or READ from it? > Question two: What is the command to check out your health? > (I don't have the owner's manual) DIAGNOSE. And why DON'T you have the manual? Did your pet eat it or did you perhaps cheat the developers out of their royalty by buying a bootlegged copy? > Question three: When I get past the cyclops, the thief always > defeats me. How can I kill the thief? You can defeat the thief by attacking him with a knife. You will usually get wounded in the process and may die if you're unlucky. Also, certain things make the thief harder to kill. Make sure you employ his skills before doing him in.
peterb@pbear.UUCP (01/16/85)
Rather than ring the bell, read the book, etc. What is it that you are really performing? Just state the name. As for health, I don't know. FOr the thief, the idea I have used is to drop all but the sword or knife, lamp and the egg. got in the thief's liar (use lots of saves) drop the egg and pass on. solve the puzzle move (takes 59 moves) come back from the puzzle room and kill the thief. It is not a guarenteed kill, so be prepared. ima!pbear!peterb
andrew@orca.UUCP (Andrew Klossner) (01/20/85)
> Rather than ring the bell, read the book, etc. What is it that you are > really performing? Just state the name. > > FOr the thief, the idea I have used is to drop all but the sword or knife, > lamp and the egg. got in the thief's liar (use lots of saves) drop the egg > and pass on. solve the puzzle move (takes 59 moves) come back from the > puzzle room and kill the thief. It is not a guarenteed kill, so be prepared. This is right for Zork but not for Zork I, the subject of the original article. The two games are similar but not identical. The EXORCISE command elicits only "you must perform the ceremony", and the puzzle room is in Zork III not Zork I. -- Andrew Klossner (decvax!tektronix!orca!andrew) [UUCP] (orca!andrew.tektronix@csnet-relay) [ARPA]
jenkin@utai.UUCP (Michael Jenkin) (01/20/85)
> Rather than ring the bell, read the book, etc. What is it that you are > really performing? Just state the name. Not in the version of ZORK I that I have. If you say exorcise, you get "you must perform the exorcism". Exorcise may work in ZORK, but there are some differences between the games. > > As for health, I don't know. diagnose works in all of the ZORK's. This is an interesting question in that the answer appears on page 7 of the Zork I documentation. Maybe you overlooked it? > > FOr the thief, the idea I have used is to drop all but the sword or knife, > lamp and the egg. got in the thief's liar (use lots of saves) drop the egg > and pass on. solve the puzzle move (takes 59 moves) come back from the > puzzle room and kill the thief. It is not a guarenteed kill, so be prepared. > 1) Kill the thief with the nasty knife. 2) If you give the thief any treasure, he will stop and admire it for a turn. You get a free shot at him. This can be repeated for every treasure you can carry. Michael Jenkin University of Toronto
ell@linus.UUCP (Edward L. Lafferty) (01/23/85)
I long ago was a dungeon master on the (slightly larger) game at MIT-DM. I have all the treasures on the UN*X version but can't remember how to get the bird to drop the bauble (which of course prevents me from going downstairs to Hades successfully). I would appreciate a little help. Ed Lafferty <linus!ell>
pearse@hound.UUCP (S.PEARSE) (01/24/85)
I thought I was going crazy! I originally posted this question, and thanks for the helpful responses. But someone pointed out there are TWO Zork 1's, or I should say Zork and Zork I. I have the old version, without some of the extra stuff, like when you just say "exorcise" to make the spirits go away. People have also referenced rooms and objects (like an exploding brick and a well and a balloon and a shimmering wall of water) that are not in my version. Anyway, mine is a 1982 version, possibly explaining the difference. Question: Does the "granite wall" mean anything? Other than the fact that the wall really is not granite? -- Steve Pearse ihnp4!hound!pearse
peterb@pbear.UUCP (01/24/85)
go out into the woods, wait for the chirping in the distance. wind up the canary: it'll commence singing. The bird will come by and drop the bauble. ima!pbear!peterb
hopp@nbs-amrf.UUCP (Ted Hopp) (01/26/85)
> Question: Does the "granite wall" mean anything? Other than the > fact that the wall really is not granite? > -- > Steve Pearse > ihnp4!hound!pearse There are two granite walls in the dungeon. This is a hint that they are significant to the game. Specifically (SPOILER): There is a way to get from one to the other (magic transportation). -- Ted Hopp {seismo,umcp-cs}!nbs-amrf!hopp
gwyn@brl-tgr.ARPA (Doug Gwyn <gwyn>) (01/29/85)
> Question: Does the "granite wall" mean anything?
No.cdh@ptsfc.UUCP (Chris Harvey) (02/07/85)
In response to the reponse: I got all the way thru the game (and to the gates of ZORK II) without using the 'granite walls' -- Chris Harvey,Pac Bell,SF ============================================================ "Joke 'em if they can't take a .... " (dual!ptsfa!ptsfc!cdh)