🧭 THE ARCHIVES

Quote of the day

A ghost appears in the room and is appalled at your desecration of the remains of a fellow adventurer. He casts a curse on your valuables and banishes them to the Land of the Living Dead. The ghost leaves, muttering obscenities.

-- Zork I

Factoid of the day

In Sorcer, the GOLMAC spell lets you travel backwards through time. The name GOLMAC is a portmanteau of "Gold Machine." In Zork III the Temporizer, which lets you travel backwards in time, is described as a "gold machine."

*Nord and Bert Couldn't Make Head or Tail of It*
Oct 1987

Invisiclues

Zork I

For Your Amusement

(After you've finished the game):

(Click or tap on any clue to reveal the clue.)

Have you ever:

...opened the grating from beneath while the leaves were still on it?
...tried swearing at ZORK I?
...waved the sceptre while standing on the rainbow?
...tried anything nasty with the bodies in Hades?
...burned the black book?
...damaged the painting?
...lit the candles with the torch?
...read the matchbook?
...tried to take yourself (or the Thief, Troll, or Cyclops)?
...tried cutting things with the knife or sword?
...poured water on something burning?
...said WAIT or SCORE while dead (as a spirit)?

Words your may not have tried:

HELLO (to Troll, Thief, Cyclops)
ZORK
OIL (lubricate)
XYZZY
WALK AROUND (in forest, outside house, or inside house)
PLUGH
FIND (especially with house, hands, teeth, me)
CHOMP
COUNT (candles, leaves, matches)
WIN
MUMBLE (or SIGH)
LISTEN (especially to the Troll, Thief, or Cyclops)
REPENT
WHAT IS (grue, zorkmid, ...)
YELL (or SCREAM)
SMELL