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From: rqdms@lims03.lerc.nasa.gov (Dennis Stockert)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Zork 1, Hitchhiker's Guide
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Date: 19 Nov 90 17:49:38 GMT
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Reposted due to prior lack of interest/response....

1)  Can someone help me get past the spirits at the gates of Hades in 
Zork 1 ??  I'm pretty sure I need to utilize bell, book and candle to 
dispel them, but in the Amiga version the candles are too short to light.  
Are there other candles around, or is there a way to make them usable??

2)  In Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, I've not been able to get the 
Babel fish from the vending machine on the Vogon ship.  I've blocked the 
hole in the wall, the drain in the floor, and the lower robot panel, but 
haven't found a way to defeat the airborne cleaning robot... also been 
unsuccessful trying to get it by putting my ear in front of the vending 
machine, since I then can't reach the button with my hands or any tools... 
Ford Prefect is patently unhelpful; just wants to sleep.

Any help overcoming six-plus months of frustration would be accepted with  
** GREAT ** relief and heart-felt gratitude...

E-mail replies unless you think anyone else out there but me is still 
playing these games !!


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