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From: wws@whuxlm.UUCP (Stoll W William)
Newsgroups: net.games
Subject: Re: zork hints please
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Date: Sun, 18-Nov-84 10:29:37 EST
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Posted: Sun Nov 18 10:29:37 1984
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> 
>  Can anyone give me a few hints on how to get into the vault or get the
> crystal sphere out without poisoning myself ? These are the only two tasks
> I have yet to solve (apart from the endgame) and I would appreciate hints
> rather than spoilers.
> 
Getting into the vault is perhaps the most "Spelunker Today"-ish
aspect of Zork; it requires that you know your way around the bank
quite well.  Have you been to the small room with *no* exits?
Perhaps that curtain of light looks a lot different from its other side.

As to the sphere, the robot is strong.

Bill Stoll
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