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THE SOLUTION TO "ZORK I" FROM INFOCOM by Richard Karsmakers

Originally  published  in ST NEWS Volume 1 Issue  3,  launched  on 
August 16th, 1986.

In  our series of adventure solutions (we hope there will be  more 
to  come!  If you have any,  please send them on disk file to  our 
correspondence address;  read "Questions and Answers" to know  the 
correct  format  to send it in to) we hereby present  to  you  the 
solution  of the text adventure "Zork" from the American  software 
house Infocom......

N/N/U/GET EGG/D/S/E/OPEN WINDOW/W/OPEN SACK/GET GARLIC/W/GET LAMP/
E/U/LIGHT  LAMP/GET ROPE/GET KNIFE/D/DOUSE  LAMP/W/GET  SWORD/MOVE 
RUG/OPEN      TRAPDOOR/D/LIGHT     LAMP/N/KILL     TROLL      WITH 
SWORD/E/E/SE/E/TIE ROPE TO RAILING/D/DOUSE LAMP/GET TORCH/D/S/DROP 
SWORD/GET  CANDELS/DOUSE CANDELS/GIVE EGG TO THIEF/GET  BOOK/N/GET 
BELL/E/OPEN  COFFIN/GET SCEPTRE/W/S/PRAY/E/S/E/W/W/READ  BOOK/TURN 
PAGE/DROP ALL EXCEPT TORCH AND LAMP/OPEND TRAPDOOR/D/N/E/E/SE/E/D/
D/D/GET COFFIN/U/S/PRAY/E/S/E/W/W/OPEN CASE/PUT COFFIN IN CASE/GET
BOOK/GET BELL/GET CANDLES/D/S/E/GET  PAINTING/W/N/N/E/E/E/ECHO/GET
BAR/U/E/N/DROP     PAINTING/GET     MATCHBOOK/S/S/D/W/S/S/E/D/RING 
BELL/GET CANDLES/LIGHT MATCH/LIGHT CANDLES WITH MATCH/READ PRAYER/
DROP MATCHBOOK/DROP CANDLES/DROP BOOK/S/GET SKULL/N/U/N/N/N/W/W/S/
U/PUT SKULL IN CASE/PUT BAR IN CASE/D/N/W/W/W/U/GET KNIFE AND BAG/
SW/E/S/SE/ODYSSEUS/E/E/PUT BAG IN CASE/DROP RUSTY KNIFE/D/N/E/E/N/
NE/E/D/GET PILE/U/N/N/GET SCREWDRIVER/GET WRENCH/PRESS RED BUTTON/
PRESS YELLOW BUTTON/S/S/TURN BOLT WITH WRENCH/DROP WRENCH/W/W/E/N/
GET   TRUNK/S/SW/S/S/W/W/S/U/PUT  TRUNK  IN  CASE/DROP   PILE/DROP 
SCREWDRIVER/D/N/E/E/S/S/TOUCH MIRROR/E/D/GET TRIDENT/S/GET PUMP/S/
S/SW/S/S/W/W/S/U/PUT TRIDENT IN CASE/GET SCEPTRE/GET PILE/D/N/E/E/
E/E/E/DROP  PILE/INFLATE PILE/DROP PUMP/GET LABEL/READ  LABEL/DROP 
LABEL/THROW SCEPTRE IN BOAT/ENTER BOAT/LAUNCH/GET SCEPTRE/WAIT/GET
BUOY/WAIT/LAND/GET OUT OF BOAT/N/OPEN BUOY/GET EMERALD/DROP  BUOY/ 
GET SHOVEL/NE/DIG SAND/DIG SAND/DIG SAND/DIG SAND/DROP  SHOVEL/GET 
SCARAB/SW/S/S/WAVE SCEPTRE/W/W/GET POT/SW/U/U/NW/W/W/W/PUT SCEPTRE
IN CASE/PUT POT IN CASE/PUT EMERALD IN CASE/PUT SCARAB IN CASE/GET 
RUSTY KNIFE/GET NASTY KNIFE/W/W/U/KILL THIEF WITH NASTY  KNIFE/GET 
PAINTING/GET    EGG/DROP   RUSTY   KNIFE/DROP   NASTY    KNIFE/GET 
CHALICE/D/E/E/PUT PAINTING IN CASE/GET CANARY/PUT CHALICE IN CASE/
PUT  EGG  IN CASE/E/E/N/N/E/WIND  CANARY/GET  BAUBLE/W/S/E/W/W/PUT 
CANARY IN CASE/PUT BAUBLE IN CASE/GET SCREWDRIVER/GET  GARLIC/D/N/ 
E/E/S/S/TOUCH    MIRROR/N/W/N/W/N/E/PUT   TORCH   IN    BASKET/PUT 
SCREWDRIVER    IN    BASKET/LIGHT    LAMP/N/D/E/NE/SE/SW/D/D/S/GET 
COAL/N/U/U/N/E/S/N/U/S/PUT  COAL IN BASKET/LOWER  BASKET/N/D/E/NE/ 
SE/SW/D/D/W/DROP ALL/W/GET ALL FROM BASKET/S/OPEN LID/PUT COAL  IN 
MACHINE/CLOSE   LID/TURN  SWITCH  WITH  SCREWDRIVER/OPEN   LID/GET 
DIAMOND/N/PUT DIAMOND IN BASKET/PUT TORCH IN BASKET/E/GET LAMP/GET
GARLIC/E/U/U/N/E/S/N/GET  BRACELET/U/S/RAISE BASKET/GET  ALL  FROM 
BASKET/W/GET   FIGURINE/S/E/S/D/DROP   GARLIC/U/PUT   DIAMOND   IN 
CASE/PUT  TORCH  IN  CASE/PUT BRACELET  IN  CASE/PUT  FIGURINE  IN 
CASE/LOOK/GET MAP/EXAMINE MAP/E/E/N/W/SW/W

That's it for today, folks!

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