Invisiclues

Can I get up the well, and if so, how?

1. Yes. What is a well for?
2. Have you tried putting water in the bucket?
3. Get in the bucket, then pour water into it.

What does the engraving say?

1. It is the logo for a Frobozzco subsidiary.

          o  b  o
   
          A  G  I
           E   L
   
          m  p  a

   
   

   becomes

   
   

          o  b  o
      r             z
   f   M  A  G  I  C   z
   c    W  E   L  L    y
      o             n
          m  p  a

   or "Frobozz Magic Well Company" as can be clearly read at the top of the well.

How do I catch the magic mouse?

1. Have you tried using the green cheese?
2. There is no mouse. Sorry.

Can the writing on the cakes be read?

1. On all but one, it is too small to see with the naked eye.
2. Not even the robot can read it.
3. A magnifying glass would be useful.
4. Try reading it through the flask in the Pool Room.

Can the Mad Hatter be cured?

1. There is no cure for advanced mercury poisoning.
2. What Mad Hatter?

How do I get back down from here?

1. The reverse of the way you got up.
2. If the bucket has gone back down, you're stuck. The water evaporates in 100 moves.

What do the cakes do?

1. Experiment with them. Try eating them. You can't be afraid to try anything in ZORK II (but you may want to SAVE your state first).
2. Reading them will tell you something.

What can I do with the flask of poison?

1. Kill yourself or others.
2. Examine it.
3. Examine it. Look through it. Use it as a magnifier to read the writing on the cakes.

How can I get the object under the water?

1. You cannot successfully enter the water.
2. There is no valve to drain the pool or plug the leak.
3. There is a way to make the pool evaporate.
4. Try throwing the red ("evaporate") cake into the pool.

How do I cross the chasm?

1. There is no way to cross while in your small state.
2. Once you return to normal size, the chasm will be a small crack again.

How do I control the robot?

1. Read the instructions.

What is EBCDIC?

1. It stands for Extended Binary-Coded-Decimal Interchange Code, which IBM equipment often uses instead of ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange).

What is a footpad?

1. It is not a doormat.
2. Check the dictionary.
3. It means "thief' (i.e. you).

How can I take the red sphere?

1. Have you noticed that when the cage falls, you don't die immediately?
2. You have time to tell the robot to lift the cage (if he is in the room).

What do the buttons do?

1. If you push them, you are electrocuted.
2. You can experiment with them by ordering the robot to push them.
3. The buttons control the electromagnetic field which spins the Carousel Room.
4. The square button increases the spin to high speed. The round button decreases the spin to low speed. The triangular button flips the field from the Carousel Room to the Low Room, releasing the iron box and causing the carousel to stop spinning. (Note: Increasing the speed and flipping the field up to the Low Room 1s dangerous.)