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From: gwyn@brl-tgr.ARPA (Doug Gwyn )
Newsgroups: net.games
Subject: Re: ZORK I questions (SPOILER)
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Date: Sun, 13-Jan-85 18:34:00 EST
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Posted: Sun Jan 13 18:34:00 1985
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> 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.