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From: mcdonald@aries.scs.uiuc.edu (J. D. McDonald)
Subject: Re: Need hints for original Colossal Cave Adventure
Date: Fri, 9 Jul 1993 03:25:11 GMT
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In article <21ii68$iq7@agate.berkeley.edu> darelc@ocf.berkeley.edu (Darel Wade Chastain) writes:

>>We're playing the 550 point version, and early on meet a singing
>>sword, which I don't remember from the original.  Any ideas on
>>how to get it out of the rock?  And will it get us past the Ogre
>>up the beanstalk?  And finally, where is the pirate's treasure?
>>I've completely mapped both the maze all alike and the maze all 
>>different with no sign of it.
>>
>>Thank you!!
>>
>>
>Hey - I never heard of a 550 pt version! -


Yep, there is one, along with a 501 point version, and a 551 point
version (by me) plus the genuine original 350 point one.

I dislike the 550 point version intensely ...  there are some
magic words that are essentially impossible to guess, and no hints.


Doug McDonald
