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From: Mandatory Spurt <90404939@vax1.dcu.ie>
Subject: Re: Ye olde text adventures
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In article <avalon.737829180@coombs> Darren Reed,
avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au writes:
>Just a point of interest, how many adventure games understood the magic
>words "plugh", "xyzzy" and .... ?
>
>I seem to remember Bedlam did...any others ?
>
>Darren
>


Yeah, Snowball did.  Before I figured out how the Freezer Coffins were
layed out - I had tested PLUGH and XYZZY.  This brought you into a padded
cell by a droid giving you a hypodermic injection.  The funny part was,
you didn't die, but could continue to play - you just had to pull the
vending machine - this saved me having to map the Coffins (which was
required later on anyway).  Another, alternative way of reaching this
location was by banging your head off the wall over a hundred times!

The Diceman's Apprentice.
