Written and Distributed by: The Vault AE Line! {218} 724-4210 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ::*:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::*:: ::: ::: ::: INFOCOM Humour ::: ::: ::: ::: For Your Amusement ::: ::: ::: ::*:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::*:: ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: After you've completed the adventure, you may be interested in trying some of the following. _______________________________________ []: ZORK I :[] Have you ever... ...Opened the grating from beneath while the leaves were still on it? ...Tried swearing at Zork? ...Waved the sceptre while standing on the rainbow? ...Burned the black book? ...Damaged the painting? ...Lit the candles with the torch? ...Read the matchbook? ...Tried to take yourself? (or the thief, troll, or cyclops?) ...Tried cutting things with the knife or the sword? ...Poured water onto something burning? ...Said "WAIT" or "SCORE" while dead? ...Tried anything naughty with the bodies in Hades? _______________________________________ []: ZORK II :[] Have you ever tried... ...Setting off the bomb in the dusty room and then waiting in the balloon tied to the ledge? ...Petting or killing Cerberus after putting on his collar? ...Attacking the princess? ...Waiting around the topiary? ...Repeatedly entering or looking at the wizard's quarters? ...Giving something to the robot? ...Casting spells on a gnome? ...Remaining in the vault with the curtain door closed? ...Giving the bomb to the dragon, wizard, lizard, or gnomes? ...Getting killed after freeing the demon? ...Saying "HELLO" to the various characters in the game? ...Asking the robot to read or eat the cakes? ...Pointing the wand at yourself? ...Putting a coin in the well and making a wish? _______________________________________ []: ZORK III :[] Have you ever... ...Said "HELLO" to the man at the cliff? ...Tried to throw anything from the cliff at the man? ...Tried to repeatedly examine the key? ...Gone to the museum entrance or the jewel room in 777? ...Moved the temporizer to one of the other rooms in 776 and left it there, and then read the plaque in 948? ...Listened to the guards or the dedication through the museum door? ...Looked into the mirror or knocked on the dungeon door while invisible? ...Tried to walk through the swamp or quicksand? ...Burned the staff, book, tree, or grue repellent can? _______________________________________ []: SUSPENDED :[] Have you tried... ...Attacking the people with the wire cutter? ...Asking the robots to kiss one another? ...Having Auda hang around with the people while they wait for the car? ...Having Poet look while he's in the same room as Fred? ...Turning all the hydroponics levers down to zero? ...Having Poet describe each of the other robots? ...Having Whiz ask about Gregory Franklin? ...Having Auda go to the activities area and wait for the people to get there after they fix the acid leak? ...Having all the robots read the plaque in the sterilization chamber? _______________________________________ []: ENCHANTER :[] Have you tried... ...Writing on spell scrolls with the pencil? ...Casting the Kulcad spell on everything remotely magical? ...Leading the adventurer or the turtle onto the winding stairs? ...Reading all the signs along the long road to the west of the fork? ...Casting the Cleesh spell on Krill, the adventurer, yourself, or the guards? ...Casting the blorb spell on either yourself or the adventurer? ...Listening to the guards' conversation while in the cell? ...Casting the Guncho spell on everything that moves? ...Talking to or befriending the dragon or the guards in the cell? ...Sleeping outside the grounds of the castle? ...Using Zifmia to summon Belboz, the implementers, Entharion, Krill, or the Terror? ...Giving something to the adventurer after he says "HELLO, SAILOR!"? _______________________________________ []: DEADLINE :[] Have you tried... ...Having the ladder analyzed after noon? ...Smelling, tasting, or trying to eat the various drugs? ...Swimming in the lake, taking a shower, or flushing the toilet? ...Looking in the toilet or the bathroom mirror? ...Smelling the sugar? ...Saying "FIND DUFFY"? ...Typing "SCORE"? ...Arresting Duffy? ...Kissing anyone? ...Jumping from the balcony? ...Following, arresting, accusing, or confronting an inanimate object? ...Waiting until a time earlier in the day? ...Squeezing or turning on any of the characters? ...Saying "FOLLOW MR. ROBNER"? ...Eating George's red herring? ...Taking or counting the silverware? ...Eating the grapes, berries, or the fruit? ...Drinking George's scotch or bourbon twice? _______________________________________ []: STARCROSS :[] Have you ever... ...Touched the Starcross controls after the course is set? ...Taken the spacesuit off in space? ...Said "HELLO" to the Starcross computer, or asked it to kill you? ...Watched the docking of the Starcross with the Artifact while floating in space? ...Tried dropping anything or jumping while on the outer surface of the artifact? ...Shot the mechanical mouse, or watched it try to enter a warren or climb a tree? ...Tried climbing down the hole in the garbage? ...Stepped on one disk while holding the other? _______________________________________ []: INFIDEL :[] Have you ever tried... ...Sitting on the crate? ...Attacking the crate with the pick axe? ...Praying? ...Dropping objects into the bottomless pit? ...Trying to do any of the following to yourself: EAT, DRINK, KILL, FIND, TAKE, EXAMINE, RUB, PLAY, GET ON, CLEAN, CLOSE, DROP, FOLLOW, SEARCH, SMELL, MAKE, or WEAR? ...Drinking repeatedly from the Nile? ...Reading the matchbook? ...Reading the coupon? ...Filling out the coupon? ...Sending the coupon? ...Swimming? ...Wandering endlessly through the desert? ...Folding the cot while still in it? ...Sleeping on the cot outside your tent? ...Walking the plank? ...Waving at the plane? ...Filling the canteen with sand, emptying it, filling it with water, and taking a drink? _______________________________________ []: PLANETFALL :[] Have you tried... ...Scrubbing the slime? ...Reading the graffiti in the brig? ...Attacking, talking to, or throwing something at Blather? ...Attacking or talking to the ambassador? ...Eating the celery? ...Touching, eating, smelling, or looking at the slime? ...Looking under the table in the mess hall? ...Examining the games and tapes in the rec area? ...Removing your uniform while Blather or Floyd are present? ...Scrubbing yourself? ...Kicking, attacking, rubbing, or kissing Floyd? ...Reading your chronometer? ...Taking off your chronometer or pouring acid on it? ...Giving Floyd Lazarus's breast plate? ..."Stealing" the lower elevator access card from Floyd and then showing it to him? ...Destroying the mural? ...Reading the towel? ...Getting into bed in the infirmary? ...Throwing acid at the mutants? 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