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From: howell_ma@movies.enet.dec.com (Mark Howell)
Subject: Re: INFIDEL
Message-ID: <1993Apr29.181640.13429@nntpd.lkg.dec.com>
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Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
References:   <1993Apr29.114243.1@acad.drake.edu>
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1993 00:21:41 GMT
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In article <1993Apr29.114243.1@acad.drake.edu>, jwj001@acad.drake.edu writes...
>***SPOILER*****

>One more naggin Infidel question.  Both my friend and I came to the same end on
>that game - death in the final chamber.  Did anyone else successfully complete
>this game by staying alive?  If not, I rank this game and ending as one of the
>worst in Infocom's history.  I must have replayed the end 100 moves over and
>over searching for a way to stay alive.  Somebody, PLEASE, tell me that you can
>survive the desert!!

There is no way to survive. I've looked at the code and the ending where you
die is the only ending. I agree that the ending wasn't very satisfactory, but
remember how badly you treated Craig and the workers.

Mark...
