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From: adam@owlnet.rice.edu (Adam Justin Thornton)
Subject: Re: The Wizard of Wishbringer
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Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1993 06:10:27 GMT
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In article <93280.003129MBS110@psuvm.psu.edu> Mark 'Mark' Sachs <MBS110@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:
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>ZZ was _magical_. And now what we have is... Zork with Pictures. Sigh...
>now who was it that suggested that it was a sign it was time to collect
>our towels, sit on a hillside and wait for a flying saucer to come by?

A very good idea.  I'm there with you.

I think I may be the only person in the world who thought that the
reappearance of all the classic chestnuts (the pegs, the Executioner's
Riddle, the Three-Animal Ferryboat, the Towers of Hanoi) were marvelous.
And then they were combined with the original puzzles.  Not just the "What
cool stuff can I do with the pigeon?" (which was GREAT) or the "What Cool
Stuff Can I Do With The Knight?  Magic Mirror?" but the FlyQuest.  The
Medallion.

And the compass Rose was a great navigational tool.

The only better Infocoms, IMHO, were Trinity and Spellbreaker.
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