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From: forbes@sp11.csrd.uiuc.edu (Michael Scott Forbes)
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Subject: Re: Enchanter (Infocom)
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Date: 7 Dec 90 00:56:49 GMT
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wood@covax.commerce.uq.oz.au writes:

>By the way, another Infocom game - Zork 2 - Someone posted recently asking 
>for a list of treasures, I too came up one short. Subtle cheating told me 
>there was a stack of Zorkmid bills in the bank of Zork, but I can't for the 
>life of me get at it.

Ahh... The most confusing puzzle in all of the Zork universe,
the Bank of Zork.  One of the authors of the game was quoted as saying
"It makes sense if you understand it."

Spoiler ahead...

I only remember the game vaguely, since I haven't played it in years.
(I had it on my old TRS-80 Model III, to give you some idea.)
The key to the puzzle was understanding how taking an object from the bank
affected the teleportation/alarm/safety deposit box system.
Experiment with the curtain of light and the portrait of J. Pierpont Flathead,
and you should be able to find the stack of bills.


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