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From: tsmaster@mv.mv.com (David W. LeCompte)
Subject: RTZ help, please!
Organization: MV Communications, Inc.
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1993 23:28:50 GMT
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Ok, so I'm playing Return to Zork, and I like it overall; but I've got
two gripes before I beg for a hint.

I just recently found the boat dock. Was it hard for anyone else to
find? It seemed to me like a "find the pixel" puzzle; I had been
through that screen many times before I found the dock, and only after
I started looking for the boat did I find the dock. I guess that I'm
irritated that, had this been a text game, there would have been hints
like: "The possible exits from this room are W, S, and E".

Second gripe, and then I'll quit.
I was talking to Rebecca about a certain artifact, (OBBX, If I have my
ROT13 right...), and at first she had nothing interesting to tell me,
and then later, after I had asked someone else, she did. I find this
particularly irritating. Talking to the other character doesn't make
sense for a way to get Rebecca to clue in on this topic. There's no
hint in the game that I picked up that indicated that I should do this
sequence of actions.

Ok, I'm going to ask for hints now, and I'm going to probably have a
few spoilers in the questions, so look away if you are so inclined; 












----------Possible Spoilers Follow-------

Ok, I am in e. shanbar. I have got the sword shiny, I have been to the
dock, I have milk in the thermozz, I have been to Cliff's, I have been
to the whispering woods and the maze by the ruins. I have solved the
11 tile puzzle, I have slept in the inn. I woke up afterwards, without
being eaten inbetween. :)

I have got Rebecca, the Mayor, and the Blacksmith to look at the book,
but the blacksmith smudged it with greasy fingers. I know I'm supposed
to get 4 people to look at it, who is the fourth?

Is there any place that I should be able to get to at this point that
I have failed to find? (ie Witch Itah's hut?)

Why does the mouse not have enough oomph to power the boat?

Am I supposed to be able to find more tiles after solving the puzzle?

What should I do with Alexis and the steak? I threw the steak at her
(I'm not sure that it was "at", It may have been "near") and got one
point, but nothing else happened; is something supposed to?

I gave the bowman milk; now what?


Ok, that's a bunch of questions; I would very much appreciate hints.
Gentle hints at first, if possible.

Oh, and if you have comments about the issues that I griped about
earlier, I would be similarly interested in hearing them. (Well, not
quite as interested, but interested nonetheless. :)

Thanks in advance.
-Dave LeCompte
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