Invisiclues

How do I turn on the light after I wake up?

1. Have you tried TURN ON THE LIGHT?

I can't reach anything from the bed! What to I do?

1. Maybe you should GET OUT OF THE BED.

Why am I having trouble picking things up?

1. The room is spinning because you have a hangover.
2. There is one thing you can pick up.
3. It's the gown.

How can I get out of the bedroom?

1. You keep bouncing off the doorframe because the room is spinning from your hangover.
2. You'll have to get rid of it.
3. See the previous question.
4. There's an aspirin in the pocket of the gown.
5. TAKE GOWN. PUT IT ON. OPEN THE POCKET. TAKE THE ANALGESIC.

What will I need to bring with me when I leave the bedroom?

1. As in most interactive fiction, it's always best to bring as much as the game will allow you to bring.

Is the pile of mail important?

1. Have you read the mail?
2. Now you know what's going on outside the house.
3. Also. see the advice in the previous question.

What's that bulldozer doing in front of my house?

1. The backstroke?
2. Sorry about that. Have you read the pile of mail on your Front Porch?
3. The bulldozer is there to knock down your house to make way for a new highway bypass.

Is it important to stop my house from being destroyed?

1. If you owned a house, even a little ugly one like Arthur's, wouldn't you want to keep it from getting destroyed?
2. B. If you stay in the house until the bulldozer demolishes it, you die.
3. If you are standing near the house when the bulldozer demolishes it, a brick hits you, and you die.
4. D. If you try to leave the vicinity of the house, it gets demolished, a brick hits you, and you die.
5. E. In other words, yes.

How can I prevent my house from getting demolished?

1. There's a tried and true method for stopping bulldozers and other unwanted construction apparatus.
2. Have you ever tried calling the police from the phone in your bedroom?
3. In front of your house. have you ever tried to PROTEST or asked PROSSER, STOP THE BULLDOZER?
4. Have you ever tried to STAND IN FRONT OF THE BULLDOZER?
5. In case you haven't figured it out from these subtle clues, you want to LIE DOWN IN FRONT OF THE BULLDOZER.
6. Actually, because the authors are such swell and generous guys, BLOCK THE BULLDOZER, or STOP THE BULLDOZER, or even just LIE DOWN all work.
7. But you have to wait a few turns after you lie down before the bulldozer finally grinds to a halt.

What should I do when Ford Prefect shows up?

1. If you take the towel that Ford is trying to give you, he'll walk away.
2. Standing up to follow him at this point is fatal.
3. Without Ford you'll never survive the upcoming destruction of the Earth.
4. Ford is oblivious to your bulldozer problem. If you wait a few turns, he'll notice the bulldozer, and help you out.
5. If you want to save a few turns, rather than just waiting you can type FORD, WHAT ABOUT MY HOME? as soon as he arrives.

Should I go with Ford to the Pub?

1. You'd better not stand up until Prosser is lying down in your place.
2. B. This will happen if you simply wait a few turns after Ford shows up.
3. C. At this point, you should listen to Ford and accompany him to the Pub. If you wait around where you are, you'll be sorry.

Should I go with Ford to the Cinema?

1. According to the article on the back page of Prosser's copy of the Cottington Gazette, the Famous Scientist is a real movie buff.
2. The Cinema's double feature of "Citizen Kane" and "Earth vs. The Flying Saucers" sounds promising.
3. Remember the warning in the introduction. Don't let the presence or absence of questions influence your play, and don't assume that long answers are associated with important questions.

What should I do in the Pub?

1. You came here because of Ford, right?
2. Why not do as he says?
3. Drink some beer.
4. Also. have you noticed the shelf of items behind the bar?

How much beer should I drink?

1. Ford will keep urging you to drink beer until you've had enough.
2. If you've had less than three beers, the shock of the matter transference beam will kill you.
3. If you have more than three beers, you'll get drunk and end up partying through the end of the world.
4. In other words, you want to drink the beer three times.

Is the jukebox important?

1. Try LISTEN TO THE JUKEBOX or LISTEN TO THE MUSIC.
2. The jukebox is just there for atmosphere.
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How can I buy beer?

1. You can't.
2. But so what? Ford buys some for you.

How can I buy a packet of peanuts?

1. You can't.
2. At least, not when you're Arthur.

How can I buy a cheese sandwich?

1. How about BUY A CHEESE SANDWICH.
2. Or, BARTENDER, GIVE ME A CHEESE SANDWICH.
3. Perhaps ASK BARTENDER FOR A SANDWICH is more up your alley.

How can I buy some whiskey?

1. You can't.
2. There's no whiskey in the entire game, let alone in the Pub!
3. It's not a very good pub, is it?

What should I do about the dog?

1. Have you examined the dog?
2. If you haven't figured it out, you'll find out more later.

What should I do when my house is destroyed?

1. There's not much you can do about it.
2. You might return to Front of House to survey the rubble, or to have it out with Prosser.

What should I do when the Vogon fleet arrives?

1. DONT PANIC.
2. Read everything carefully.
3. Remember Ford's reason for drinking all that beer?
4. It has something to do with that small black device that Ford drops after the fleet arrives.
5. Have you tried picking it up?
6. Have you tried examining it?
7. You want to hitch a ride aboard one of the Vogon ships.
8. PUSH THE GREEN BUTTON.

The Earth keeps getting destroyed by the Vogan fleet, and me along with it!

1. See the previous question.

I died from shock during matter transference. What did I do wrong?

1. See the question about how much beer to drink.