Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!whuxl!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!hplabs!pesnta!amd!amdcad!amdimage!prls!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!brl-tgr!gwyn From: gwyn@brl-tgr.ARPA (Doug Gwyn) Newsgroups: net.games Subject: Re: Zork Help needed (SPOILER) Message-ID: <2407@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Thu, 24-Oct-85 19:47:44 EST Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.2407 Posted: Thu Oct 24 19:47:44 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 29-Oct-85 04:26:21 EST References: <478@yale.ARPA> Organization: Ballistic Research Lab Lines: 66 > 1) What is supposed to be done with the jeweled egg? Putting it > in the trophy case doesn't seem to get many points. Is it related > to the chirping bird that is occassionally heard? The egg can be opened somehow. Only one with nimble fingers can open such a delicate object without damaging it. > 2) How do you get past the "wall of shimmering light" in the safe > deposit room with the magic vault? "Walk through curtain"? > 3) How do you get into the entrance of Hades? I carry the "worthless > object" from the temple, plus the 2 objects from the altar (with one lit), > but still no success - any incantation? The jeering demons could use a little exorcise. Exorcisms seem to involve lighting candles, reading from prayer books, ringing bells, etc. Worthless object? You must have broken something. > 4) How do you get the coffin out of the Egyptian room? Do you get it out > by using the balloon found in the volcano? How do you get the balloon to > work (I can't get it to move)? There is a way to drag the coffin out. Keep mapping. The balloon works by "board basket", "open cage", put burning object in cage, wait. > 5) Is there a way to turn off the randomness of the round room? Yes, there is a button somewhere. > 6) After you have shrunk (in tea room) and go to through the crack to > the sewage room, is there anything you can do? I don't see the purpose > of shrinking. You need to evaporate the sewage. Have you examined the cakes? You might need a magnifier. > 7) What do the buttons in the Machinery room (round, triangle, square) > do? All I get is "thump", "whirring increases"... See #5, above. > 8) How do you get the crystal sphere? Just take it. Of course, that triggers a trap, but you have just enough time to escape if you can get some help dealing with the trap. > 9) The rainbow is another puzzler for me. I try digging (with the shovel) > at the end of the rainbow, and get nothing. I understand one can make the > rainbow solid, how? When one goes down the river in the boat, what does > one do at the falls (I've tried the barrel, much to my regret)? Wave a wand, sceptre, or something. Forget the falls (Geronimo!). There is a buoy in the river.. > 10) Is there a way to recharge the lantern? I tend to run out of light > before I'm even halfway done (with the dungeon that I know so far..) I > use the various other sources of light, and turn off the lamp when outside, > but.... No recharging. The torch is nice.