West of House 0/1 Welcome to ZORK. Release 13 / Serial number 040826 / Inform v6.14 Library 6/7 West of House This is an open field west of a white house, with a boarded front door. There is a small mailbox here. A rubber mat saying 'Welcome to Zork!' lies by the door. >open mailbox West of House 0/2 You open the mailbox, revealing a small leaflet. >take leaflet West of House 0/3 Taken. >read leaflet 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 mortal man. Hardened adventurers have run screaming from the terrors contained within! In ZORK the intrepid explorer delves into the forgotten secrets of a lost labyrinth deep in the bowels of the earth, searching for vast treasures long hidden from prying eyes, treasures guarded by fearsome monsters and diabolical traps! No PDP-10 should be without one! ZORK was created at the MIT Laboratory for Computer Science, by Tim Anderson, Marc Blank, Bruce Daniels, and Dave Lebling. It was inspired by the ADVENTURE game of Crowther and Woods, and the long tradition of fantasy and science fiction adventure. ZORK was originally written in MDL (alias MUDDLE). The current version was translated from MDL into Inform by Ethan Dicks <erd@infinet.com>. On-line information may be available using the HELP and INFO commands West of House 0/4 (most systems). Direct inquiries, comments, etc. by Net mail to erd@infinet.com. (c) Copyright 1978,1979 Massachusetts Institute of Technology. All rights reserved. >l West of House 0/5 West of House This is an open field west of a white house, with a boarded front door. There is a small mailbox here. A rubber mat saying 'Welcome to Zork!' lies by the door. >verbose West of House 0/5 ZORK is now in its "verbose" mode, which always gives long descriptions of locations (even if you've been there before). >e West of House 0/6 The door is locked, and there is evidently no key. >n North of House 0/7 North of House You are facing the north side of a white house. There is no door here, and all the windows are barred. >e Behind House 0/8 Behind House You are behind the white house. In one corner of the house there is a small window which is slightly ajar. >open window Behind House 0/9 With great effort, you open the window far enough to allow entry. >enter Kitchen 10/10 Kitchen You are in the kitchen of the white house. A table seems to have been used recently for the preparation of food. A passage leads to the west and a dark staircase can be seen leading upward. To the east is a small window which is open. On the table is an elongated brown sack, smelling of hot peppers. A bottle is sitting on the table. The glass bottle contains: A quantity of water >take all Kitchen 10/11 brown sack: Taken. glass bottle: Taken. window: A valiant attempt. >open sack Kitchen 10/12 You open the brown sack, revealing a clove of garlic and a lunch. >u Darkness 10/13 It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue. >d Kitchen 10/14 Kitchen You are in the kitchen of the white house. A table seems to have been used recently for the preparation of food. A passage leads to the west and a dark staircase can be seen leading upward. To the east is a small window which is open. >w Living Room 10/15 Living Room You are in the living room. There is a door to the east, a wooden door with strange gothic lettering to the west, which appears to be nailed shut, and a large oriental rug in the center of the room. There is a trophy case here. A battery-powered brass lantern is on the trophy case. There is an issue of US NEWS & DUNGEON REPORT dated 08/26/04 here. On hooks above the mantelpiece hangs an elvish sword of great antiquity. >take all Living Room 10/16 trophy case: The trophy case is securely fastened to the wall (perhaps to foil any attempt by robbers to remove it). lamp: Taken. carpet: The rug is extremely heavy and cannot be carried. newspaper: Taken. sword: Taken. wooden door: What a concept! >readx Living Room 10/16 That's not a verb I recognise. >read newspaper Living Room 10/17 US NEWS & DUNGEON REPORT 08/26/04 Late Dungeon Edition This version of ZORK has been ported to Inform from the original MDL sources created at MIT, dated 22-Jul-1981. Within the limitations of the Inform libraries, it is fully congruent with the original version from the ARPAnet. Please direct all bug reports to Ethan Dicks (erd@infinet.com). For game- play assistance, consult rec.games.int-fiction. To learn more about Inform, visit http://inform-fiction.org/ Thanks to John Francis, Marc Sira, Ivan Drucker, Dave Cornelson, and others for beta-testing. >exAmine case Living Room 10/18 I see nothing special about the trophy case. >open case Living Room 10/19 You open the trophy case. >look in case Living Room 10/20 The trophy case is empty. >Move rug Living Room 10/21 With a great effort, the rug is moved to one side of the room. With the rug moved, the dusty cover of a closed trap-door appears. >e Kitchen 10/22 Kitchen You are in the kitchen of the white house. A table seems to have been used recently for the preparation of food. A passage leads to the west and a dark staircase can be seen leading upward. To the east is a small window which is open. >u Darkness 10/23 It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue. >turn on lamp Attic 10/24 The lamp is now on. Attic This is the attic. The only exit is stairs that lead down. There is a square brick here which feels like clay. A large coil of rope is lying in the corner. On a table is a nasty-looking knife. >take all Attic 10/25 brick: Taken. rope: Taken. knife: Taken. >d Kitchen 10/26 Kitchen You are in the kitchen of the white house. A table seems to have been used recently for the preparation of food. A passage leads to the west and a dark staircase can be seen leading upward. To the east is a small window which is open. >turn off lamp Kitchen 10/27 The lamp is now off. >l at knife Kitchen 10/28 I see nothing special about the knife. >e Behind House 10/29 Behind House You are behind the white house. In one corner of the house there is a small window which is open. >e Clearing 10/30 Clearing You are in a clearing, with a forest surrounding you on the west and south. There is a pile of leaves on the ground. >move leaves Clearing 10/31 Done. A grating appears on the ground. >
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