Invisiclues

What do I do about the bat?

1. It's a vampire bat.
2. Have you never watched an old horror movie?
3. Use the garlic.

How do I get beyond the Smelly Room?

1. If your lantern battery is dead, forget it.

How do I find my way through the coal mine?

1. I would think you were an expert maze-mapper by now.

Is the basket on the chain useful?

1. Anything that complex in ZORK I is useful.

How do I get through the narrow passage from the Timber Room?

1. "You cannot fit through this passage with that load."
2. Did you try dropping everything?

What source of light can I bring into the Drafty Room?

1. Matches.
2. (Well, no one said they would work in a draft.) You can't carry a light source in. There is another way.
3. Why might the room be drafty?
4. Did you ever wonder where the shaft with the basket led?
5. Objects, including light sources, can be placed in the basket. The basket can be lowered and raised.

What is the timber for?

1. It makes the room more interesting and the adventurer more confused.

How do I use the machine?

1. The switch description should remind you of something.
2. Try putting something inside and turning the machine on with the screwdriver. Have a dictionary handy.
3. You can make a diamond from coal.

What is meant by the "Granite Wall" in the Slide Room?

1. Evidently the ancient Zorkers did not have strong truth-in-advertising laws. Take nothing for granite.

Is the coal good for anything?

1. It is a source of carbon.
2. One of the most valuable gems is made of carbon.
3. Diamonds are pure carbon in crystalline form. They are created under tremendous heat and pressure.

Is the gas of any use?

1. It's great for blowing up dim-witted adventurers who wander into a coal mine with an open flame.