tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post2942583776898582896..comments2024-03-29T23:24:51.650+11:00Comments on The Adventurers Guild: Missed Classic 36: Zork III: The Dungeon Master - Introduction (1982)The Tricksterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01419316208187255801noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-27057138730183092882017-02-13T20:16:41.185+11:002017-02-13T20:16:41.185+11:00Actually it isn't too late, since the next Zor...Actually it isn't too late, since the next Zork III post hasn't been published yet!Ilmari Jauhiainenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01655841880034965950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-50994594602894424262017-02-13T16:47:38.952+11:002017-02-13T16:47:38.952+11:00Too late to guess for me but I would have gone hig...Too late to guess for me but I would have gone higher than you all here - I'd have taken 51!TBDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07010934567583163570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-91958598484873546662017-02-06T10:59:36.493+11:002017-02-06T10:59:36.493+11:00I guess 39. There is a real story this time and (i...I guess 39. There is a real story this time and (if I remember) not as many parser errors as last time. There are also no truly unfair things like the bank or baseball maze in here, and although timed events can screw you up (I think that judging by the first comment on this post, you got screwed, but I suspect you know what you did), the individual puzzles aren't as bad. Closest thing may be that "hello sailor" one, but lbh qba'g ernyyl arrq gb hfr gung vgrz (ROT13ed since that could be considered a spoiler.) Griffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14964327130433897942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-27380754732654809042017-02-05T05:42:46.853+11:002017-02-05T05:42:46.853+11:00The game actually has some kind of plot and I thin...The game actually has some kind of plot and I think the puzzles are a bit better than in Zork 2, so I guess Zork 3 has to get couple points more than its predecessor. Let's say 38.Ilmari Jauhiainenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01655841880034965950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-51270343463404769352017-02-04T18:41:00.052+11:002017-02-04T18:41:00.052+11:003737Laukkuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16258625692586860655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-33583319872486467802017-02-04T17:52:09.353+11:002017-02-04T17:52:09.353+11:00For anyone wanting to play along, Zork Anthology i...For anyone wanting to play along, Zork Anthology is currently 60% off (less than $3) on GOG. https://www.gog.com/game/the_zork_anthologyJoe Pranevichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12997014242774219758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-66687584798848246102017-02-04T09:18:48.262+11:002017-02-04T09:18:48.262+11:00Don't forget to do score guesses! This is an i...Don't forget to do score guesses! This is an intro post, after all.Joe Pranevichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12997014242774219758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-66216713462336693512017-02-04T03:33:38.537+11:002017-02-04T03:33:38.537+11:00Wow. Without spoiling TOO much from my next post, ...Wow. Without spoiling TOO much from my next post, I dodged a bullet because I replayed the whole thing over from scratch to do the thing I needed to do before the earthquake before the earthquake. With that done, I triggered an event the next time I visited the chest. I had no idea that I was in a walking-dead scenario and I wondered why it was that there was no challenge to getting the chest down the other way.Joe Pranevichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12997014242774219758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-27028700382969934262017-02-04T02:16:57.345+11:002017-02-04T02:16:57.345+11:00Fascinating. You've already managed to do som...Fascinating. You've already managed to do something that I thought was impossible. Unfortunately, a bit of on-line research indicates that you have stumbled on a bug - and it's a bug that, if uncorrected, will halt your progress. Specifically (and without spoilers):<br /><br />You are NOT supposed to be able to carry the treasure chest with you when leaving "down" from its ledge. You're supposed to be prevented from doing that similar to how the game prevents you from climbing the rope with chest in hand. It's to set up a conundrum: there's this enticing treasure chest on the ledge, but you can't take it with you anywhere! But the conundrum seems to be a lot more easily broken than I always understood.<br /><br />Fortunately, the bug is easily remedied by going back to the ledge and leaving the chest there. It's fine to pick up and otherwise interact with the chest while on its ledge; and it's fine to leave "down" from the ledge WITHOUT the chest. Just don't leave down from the ledge WITH the chest, and you'll be OK.<br /><br />I also have quite a bit to say about the viking ship, and the earthquake, but now is not the time to discuss either.<br /><br />One question: have you tried typing SCORE?Voltglosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07893726442063421240noreply@blogger.com