TDWTF Plays Zork I
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open mailbox
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Opening the small mailbox reveals a leaflet.
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@error_bot read leaflet
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read leaflet
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(Taken)
"WELCOME TO ZORK!
ZORK is a game of adventure, danger, and low cunning. In it you will explore
some of the most amazing territory ever seen by mortals. No computer should be
without one!"
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@error_bot eat leaflet
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eat leaflet
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I don't think that the leaflet would agree with you.
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@error_bot make paper plane out of leaflet
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make paper plane out of leaflet
I don't know the word "plane".
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West of House Score: 0 Moves: 0
ZORK I: The Great Underground Empire
Copyright (c) 1981, 1982, 1983 Infocom, Inc. All rights reserved.
ZORK is a registered trademark of Infocom, Inc.
Revision 88 / Serial number 840726
West of House
You are standing in an open field west of a white house, with a boarded front
door.
There is a small mailbox here.
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@error_bot look
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West of House Score: 0 Moves: 0
ZORK I: The Great Underground Empire
Copyright (c) 1981, 1982, 1983 Infocom, Inc. All rights reserved.
ZORK is a registered trademark of Infocom, Inc.
Revision 88 / Serial number 840726
West of House
You are standing in an open field west of a white house, with a boarded front
door.
There is a small mailbox here.
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@error_bot look
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West of House Score: 0 Moves: 0
ZORK I: The Great Underground Empire
Copyright (c) 1981, 1982, 1983 Infocom, Inc. All rights reserved.
ZORK is a registered trademark of Infocom, Inc.
Revision 88 / Serial number 840726
West of House
You are standing in an open field west of a white house, with a boarded front
door.
There is a small mailbox here.
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@error_bot open mailbox
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West of House Score: 0 Moves: 1
ZORK I: The Great Underground Empire
Copyright (c) 1981, 1982, 1983 Infocom, Inc. All rights reserved.
ZORK is a registered trademark of Infocom, Inc.
Revision 88 / Serial number 840726
West of House
You are standing in an open field west of a white house, with a boarded front
door.
There is a small mailbox here.
>open mailbox
Opening the small mailbox reveals a leaflet.
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OK, marginally better terminal emulation: supports partial screen redraws and sends a whole screenful.
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@error_bot restore
ZORK15.qzl
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Cyclops Room Score: 287 Moves: 399
ZORK I: The Great Underground Empire
Copyright (c) 1981, 1982, 1983 Infocom, Inc. All rights reserved.
ZORK is a registered trademark of Infocom, Inc.
Revision 88 / Serial number 840726
West of House
You are standing in an open field west of a white house, with a boarded front
door.
There is a small mailbox here.
>open mailbox
Opening the small mailbox reveals a leaflet.
>restore
Enter a file name.
Default is "ZORK1.qzl": ZORK15.qzl
Ok.
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Unfortunately, a full screen update includes old commands.
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Strange Passage Score: 287 Moves: 400
ZORK I: The Great Underground Empire
Copyright (c) 1981, 1982, 1983 Infocom, Inc. All rights reserved.
ZORK is a registered trademark of Infocom, Inc.
Revision 88 / Serial number 840726
West of House
You are standing in an open field west of a white house, with a boarded front
door.
There is a small mailbox here.
>open mailbox
Opening the small mailbox reveals a leaflet.
>restore
Enter a file name.
Default is "ZORK1.qzl": ZORK15.qzl
Ok.
>e
Strange Passage
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@error_bot look
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Strange Passage Score: 287 Moves: 401
West of House
You are standing in an open field west of a white house, with a boarded front
door.
There is a small mailbox here.
>open mailbox
Opening the small mailbox reveals a leaflet.
>restore
Enter a file name.
Default is "ZORK1.qzl": ZORK15.qzl
Ok.
>e
Strange Passage
>look
Strange Passage
This is a long passage. To the west is one entrance. On the east there is an old
wooden door, with a large opening in it (about cyclops sized).
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Strange Passage Score: 287 Moves: 401
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Living Room
There is a clove of garlic here.
There is a skeleton key here.
There is a glass bottle here.
The glass bottle contains:
A quantity of water
A hot pepper sandwich is here.
Your collection of treasures consists of:
A sapphire-encrusted bracelet
A huge diamond
A jade figurine
A pot of gold
A sceptre
A beautiful jeweled scarab
A large emerald
A crystal skull
A gold coffin
A crystal trident
A trunk of jewels
A platinum bar
A painting
[MORE]
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Living Room Score: 287 Moves: 402
The glass bottle contains:
A quantity of water
A hot pepper sandwich is here.
Your collection of treasures consists of:
A sapphire-encrusted bracelet
A huge diamond
A jade figurine
A pot of gold
A sceptre
A beautiful jeweled scarab
A large emerald
A crystal skull
A gold coffin
A crystal trident
A trunk of jewels
A platinum bar
A painting
A leather bag of coins
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I beg your pardon?
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@error_bot eat sandwich
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Living Room Score: 287 Moves: 403
A sapphire-encrusted bracelet
A huge diamond
A jade figurine
A pot of gold
A sceptre
A beautiful jeweled scarab
A large emerald
A crystal skull
A gold coffin
A crystal trident
A trunk of jewels
A platinum bar
A painting
A leather bag of coins
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I beg your pardon?
>eat sandwich
(Taken)
Thank you very much. It really hit the spot.
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@error in case you wanted to test the game ending again, it's right before the thief fight.
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W␊⎽├ ⎺° H⎺┤⎽␊ S␌⎺⎼␊: 0 M⎺┴␊⎽: 0 ZORK I: T␊ G⎼␊▒├ U┼␍␊⎼±⎼⎺┤┼␍ E└⎻␋⎼␊ C⎺⎻≤⎼␋±├ (␌) 1981, 1982, 1983 I┼°⎺␌⎺└, I┼␌. A┌┌ ⎼␋±├⎽ ⎼␊⎽␊⎼┴␊␍. ZORK ␋⎽ ▒ ⎼␊±␋⎽├␊⎼␊␍ ├⎼▒␍␊└▒⎼┐ ⎺° I┼°⎺␌⎺└, I┼␌. R␊┴␋⎽␋⎺┼ 88 / S␊⎼␋▒┌ ┼┤└␉␊⎼ 840726 W␊⎽├ ⎺° H⎺┤⎽␊ Y⎺┤ ▒⎼␊ ⎽├▒┼␍␋┼± ␋┼ ▒┼ ⎺⎻␊┼ °␋␊┌␍ ┬␊⎽├ ⎺° ▒ ┬␋├␊ ⎺┤⎽␊, ┬␋├ ▒ ␉⎺▒⎼␍␊␍ °⎼⎺┼├ ␍⎺⎺⎼. T␊⎼␊ ␋⎽ ▒ ⎽└▒┌┌ └▒␋┌␉⎺│ ␊⎼␊. >
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West of House Score: 0 Moves: 0 ZORK I: The Great Underground Empire Copyright (c) 1981, 1982, 1983 Infocom, Inc. All rights reserved. ZORK is a registered trademark of Infocom, Inc. Revision 88 / Serial number 840726 West of House You are standing in an open field west of a white house, with a boarded front door. There is a small mailbox here. >
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@error_bot restore
ZORK15.qzl
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West of House Score: 0 Moves: 0 ZORK I: The Great Underground Empire Copyright (c) 1981, 1982, 1983 Infocom, Inc. All rights reserved. ZORK is a registered trademark of Infocom, Inc. Revision 88 / Serial number 840726 West of House You are standing in an open field west of a white house, with a boarded front door. There is a small mailbox here. >restore ZORK15.qzl I don't know the word "zork15". >
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@error_bot restore
ZORK15.qzl
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Cyclops Room Score: 287 Moves: 399 ZORK I: The Great Underground Empire Copyright (c) 1981, 1982, 1983 Infocom, Inc. All rights reserved. ZORK is a registered trademark of Infocom, Inc. Revision 88 / Serial number 840726 West of House You are standing in an open field west of a white house, with a boarded front door. There is a small mailbox here. >restore ZORK15.qzl I don't know the word "zork15". >restore Enter a file name. Default is "ZORK1.qzl": ZORK15.qzl Ok. >
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@error_bot verbose
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Cyclops Room Score: 287 Moves: 399 ZORK I: The Great Underground Empire Copyright (c) 1981, 1982, 1983 Infocom, Inc. All rights reserved. ZORK is a registered trademark of Infocom, Inc. Revision 88 / Serial number 840726 West of House You are standing in an open field west of a white house, with a boarded front door. There is a small mailbox here. >restore ZORK15.qzl I don't know the word "zork15". >restore Enter a file name. Default is "ZORK1.qzl": ZORK15.qzl Ok. >verbose Maximum verbosity. >
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@error_bot !xkcd
!mandelbrot
look
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OK that succeeded but NodeBB rate limited the two other posts. Fucking annoying.
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West of House Score: 0 Moves: 0 ZORK I: The Great Underground Empire Copyright (c) 1981, 1982, 1983 Infocom, Inc. All rights reserved. ZORK is a registered trademark of Infocom, Inc. Revision 88 / Serial number 840726 West of House You are standing in an open field west of a white house, with a boarded front door. There is a small mailbox here. >
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@error_bot restore
ZORK15.qzl
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Cyclops Room Score: 287 Moves: 399 ZORK I: The Great Underground Empire Copyright (c) 1981, 1982, 1983 Infocom, Inc. All rights reserved. ZORK is a registered trademark of Infocom, Inc. Revision 88 / Serial number 840726 West of House You are standing in an open field west of a white house, with a boarded front door. There is a small mailbox here. >restore Enter a file name. Default is "ZORK1.qzl": ZORK15.qzl Ok. >
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@error_bot go up
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Treasure Room Score: 312 Moves: 400 door. There is a small mailbox here. >restore Enter a file name. Default is "ZORK1.qzl": ZORK15.qzl Ok. >go up You hear a scream of anguish as you violate the robber's hideaway. Using passages unknown to you, he rushes to its defense. The thief gestures mysteriously, and the treasures in the room suddenly vanish. Treasure Room This is a large room, whose east wall is solid granite. A number of discarded bags, which crumble at your touch, are scattered about on the floor. There is an exit down a staircase. There is a suspicious-looking individual, holding a large bag, leaning against one wall. He is armed with a deadly stiletto. There is a silver chalice, intricately engraved, here. A quick thrust pinks your left arm, and blood starts to trickle down. >
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@error_bot hit thief with knife
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Treasure Room Score: 312 Moves: 401 Enter a file name. Default is "ZORK1.qzl": ZORK15.qzl Ok. >go up You hear a scream of anguish as you violate the robber's hideaway. Using passages unknown to you, he rushes to its defense. The thief gestures mysteriously, and the treasures in the room suddenly vanish. Treasure Room This is a large room, whose east wall is solid granite. A number of discarded bags, which crumble at your touch, are scattered about on the floor. There is an exit down a staircase. There is a suspicious-looking individual, holding a large bag, leaning against one wall. He is armed with a deadly stiletto. There is a silver chalice, intricately engraved, here. A quick thrust pinks your left arm, and blood starts to trickle down. >hit thief with knife Clang! Crash! The thief parries. The thief slowly approaches, strikes like a snake, and leaves you wounded. >
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@error_bot hit thief with knife
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Treasure Room Score: 312 Moves: 402 >go up You hear a scream of anguish as you violate the robber's hideaway. Using passages unknown to you, he rushes to its defense. The thief gestures mysteriously, and the treasures in the room suddenly vanish. Treasure Room This is a large room, whose east wall is solid granite. A number of discarded bags, which crumble at your touch, are scattered about on the floor. There is an exit down a staircase. There is a suspicious-looking individual, holding a large bag, leaning against one wall. He is armed with a deadly stiletto. There is a silver chalice, intricately engraved, here. A quick thrust pinks your left arm, and blood starts to trickle down. >hit thief with knife Clang! Crash! The thief parries. The thief slowly approaches, strikes like a snake, and leaves you wounded. >hit thief with knife Your nasty knife pinks the thief on the wrist, but it's not serious. The thief attacks, and you fall back desperately. >
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@error_bot hit thief with knife