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From: lavonius@cc.helsinki.fi (Ville Lavonius, University Of Helsinki)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games
Subject: Re: Zork II -- Help!
Message-ID: <4108.2755754a@cc.helsinki.fi>
Date: 29 Nov 90 20:53:30 GMT
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In article <1990Nov28.205010.36229@eagle.wesleyan.edu>, jpollock@eagle.wesleyan.edu writes:
> In article <-V~^9-_@rpi.edu>, raven@pawl.rpi.edu (Jennifer Lynn Piatek) writes:
>> Boy, do I feel stupid :)
>>   
>> But, I'm having trouble with Zork II.   I seem to be missing one of the
>> treasures.  Could someone please send me a list of them?  Not where to 
>> find them, just what they are.
>>   
>> Thanks.
>>   
>> Jen (raven@pawl.rpi.edu)
> 
> I haven't quite finished Zork II but I think I know all the treasures: golden
> statuette, fancy violin, bank portrait of flathead, box of
> candy(?-except you need to use it to get past guardian on door), crown of
> flathead, zorkmid, flathead stamp, pearl necklace, golden key, ruby, and I
> think that's it....but one thing: I think the last treausre is the sword,
> unless there's another treasure I haven't found.  If you say, "drop treasures",
> the sword will not be dropped, and yet the sword is accepted later on.
> I'm pretty sure the sword counts(it worked for me!)  Hope I haven't left out
> anything, but I haven't played for awhile....
> 
> If you figure the rest out, can you help me out?  I have 375 out of 400 points
> and I'm stuck...I don't know what else there is to do....What point are you up
> to?
> 
> John(JPOLLOCK@eagle.wesleyan.edu)  

It's been ages since I played Zork II, but I think there's another treasure in
the bank. In the vaults I mean. It's a pretty difficult problem too, but the
note in the bank will set you in the right direction.
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