Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site dartvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!harpo!decvax!dartvax!davidk From: davidk@dartvax.UUCP (David C. Kovar) Newsgroups: net.games.frp Subject: Re: *** ZORK SPOILER *** Message-ID: <780@dartvax.UUCP> Date: Fri, 2-Mar-84 20:24:33 EST Article-I.D.: dartvax.780 Posted: Fri Mar 2 20:24:33 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 4-Mar-84 02:08:09 EST References: <231@unmvax.UUCP> Organization: Dartmouth College Lines: 87 Some of the items in UNIX Zork are left over from the full version that was developed on MIT-DM many years back. One of the more interesting sets of missing items is a set of three spheres. If you gaze into any one of the spheres it will show you a vision of one of the others. We all know the sphere that now exists in the machine room. If you gazed into that one, you saw a sphere in the Tiny Room. This room was a small room off of the torch room with a wooden door. The doormat was placed under the door, a key was inserted on your side of the door, forcing the real key out of the lock on the other side, causing it to fall onto the mat. You then retrieved the mat and with it the key. This got you the second sphere. The last sphere was obtained by shedding all items save for the lamp. You placed the timbers at the top of the slide in the Coal Room and tied the rope to it. You then climbed half-way down the ramp and got off to collect the last sphere. That is where the timbers came into play. If anyone knows where I can obtain a copy of the full version, PLEASE let me know. Or, if someone can ship me the sources for the current version, I will attempt to upgrade it to the full version. I have miles of listings from the DM version, so that would not be too rough, I hope. ********* SPOILERS ********** These are just hints. If you want a dead giveaway, write me and I'll give 'em out. The egg: can be opened by an inhabitant of the dungeon. The item inside also is used to collect another item. You only have to press the triangular button, the others are of no use. As the previous message suggested, the wire and brick can be combined in a fashion to explode something. It is not a door, it is an object that at one point had a keyhole but the keyhole has since been rendered useless. I will be happy to answer questions with hints or dead giveaways as requested. -- David C. Kovar Usenet: {linus | decvax | cornell}!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."