humtech@ucschu (Mark Frost) (05/22/88)
Help! I've just put together dungeon from a comp.sources.games archive. After playing it for a bit, I've discovered a problem (I think). After I entered the house and get the lantern, I go up the stairs. Whether I pick up anything in the attic or not, I CANNOT GO BACK DOWNSTAIRS!!! I get responses that make sense whenever I try to go any direction but back down. Whenever I try to go down I always get "Nothing Happens" (???!!!??). So I'm just stuck up there until I quit the game. I've played Zork on micros before and to my recollection, there is no such problem there. I've found this same problem enough on other machines when I run dungeon, enough to make me think I'm playing the game wrong. I've tried many, many phrases to get down those stairs, but I'm still stuck. I've also had trouble climbing the tree with the low branch. I get "Nothing happens" when I try to "climb up" "climb up the tree" or just "up". Is this something I'm doing wrong whilst playing this thing? Or is this a bug or problem with my system's compilation? Any help is much appreciated (I'm eager to get playing!) Mark Frost (humtech@ucschu.ucsc.edu)