infocom/shipped-documentation/sample.from.zork

Sample Transcript from Zork I, II, and III, typed in by Volker Blasius.
Barring a few differences in punctuation, the sample transcripts in these
three games are the same.
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This transcript is not from any of the ZORK adventures, but it does show most
of the usual things you can do in the story. It contains several simple
puzzles and their solutions, and it will give you a good idea of how
Infocom's interactive fiction works. The player's sentences appear in capital
letters after each prompt (>). The map represents the terrain in the sample
transcript as you might have drawn it.

[Map of 6 rooms that can be reconstructed from the transcript]

>APPLY THE BRAKES
The Frobozz Magic Go-Cart coasts to a stop.

Moss-Lined Tunnel, in the Go-Cart
This is a long east-west tunnel whose walls are covered with green and yellow
mosses.
There is a jewel-studded monkey wrench here. (outside the Go-Cart)
A bent and rusty monkey wrench is lying here. (outside the Go-Cart)

>TAKE THE WRENCH
Which wrench do you mean, the jeweled monkey wrench or the rusty monkey
wrench?

>JEWELED
You can't reach it from inside the Go-Cart.

>WEST
You're not going anywhere until you stand up.

>GET OUT OF THE GO-CART
You are on your own feet again.

>TAKE THE JEWELED WRENCH
Taken.

>WEST
Lumber Yard
This is a huge room lined with metal shelves. There are exits to the east,
northeast, and west.
There is a small cardboard box here.
Piled on one of the shelves is a supply of lumber.

>TAKE THE BOX AND THE LUMBER
small cardboard box: Taken.
supply of lumber: Your load is too heavy.

>INVENTORY
You are carrying:
  a lamp (providing light)
  a glass jar
  The glass jar contains:
    a quantity of pomegranate juice
  a jeweled monkey wrench
  a dart gun
  a small cardboard box

>DROP THE DART GUN
Dropped.

>TAKE THE LUMBER
Taken.

>LOOK INSIDE THE BOX
The small cardboard box is closed.

>OPEN IT
Opening the small cardboard box reveals a bunch of two-inch nails.

>EXAMINE THE LUMBER
It consists of two rectangular pieces of wood, about ten feet long, and
perhaps a dozen shorter dowel-shaped pieces.

>WALK NORTHEAST
Foreman's Office
This is the office of the lumber yard foreman. The only exit is to the
southwest.

>SW
Lumber Yard
There is a dart gun here.

>WALK WEST
Carpentry Shop
You are in a room furnished with wooden shelves, cabinets, mantels and
moldings, all gracefully carved out of fine wood. An array of precision tools
adorn the walls. The only exit is south....unless you want to count the
opening in the roof.
A carpenter gnome is sitting here, twiddling his thumbs.

>UP
The opening is too high to reach.

>GNOME, BUILD A LADDER
"I'd be glad to, but not for free!"

>GIVE THE JEWELED MONKEY WRENCH TO THE GNOME
The gnome examines the jeweled monkey wrench carefully. "Thank you," he
exclaims, adding it to his collection of tools.

>GNOME, BUILD A LADDER
"Oh, yes, your ladder. Unfortunately, I have no lumber."

>GIVE THE LUMBER TO THE GNOME
The gnome accepts the supply of lumber.

>GNOME, BUILD LADDER
"Darn it! I'm fresh out of nails."

>GIVE NAILS
(to the gnome)
The gnome accepts the bunch of nails.

>GIVE THE LAMP TO THE GNOME
The gnome attempts to build a beautiful set of kitchen cabinets out of the
lamp. Finally, he gives up and hands it back to you.

>GNOME, BUILD LADDER
The gnome grumbles but constructs a handsome wodden ladder. He admires his
handiwork and hands you the ladder.

>PUT THE LADER THROUGH THE HOLE
I don't know the word "lader".

>OOPS LADDER
The ladder is now resting against the rim of the hole.

>UP
You're carrying too much to climb a ladder.

>I
You are carrying:
  a lamp (providing light)
  a glass jar
  The glass jar contains:
    a quantity of pomegranate juice
  a small cardboard box

>DROP ALL BUT THE LAMP
glass jar: Dropped.
small cardboard box: Dropped.

>LOOK
Carpentry Shop
You are in a room furnished with wooden shelves, cabinets, mantels and
moldings, all gracefully carved out of fine wood. An array of precision tools
adorn the walls. The only exit is south....unless you want to count the
handsome wooden ladder leading through a hole in the roof.
A carpenter gnome is sitting here, twiddling his thumbs.
There is a glass jar here.
The glass jar contains:
  a quantity of pomegranate juice
There is a small cardboard box here.

>UP
Monster's Lair
This is the den of the dreaded Seven-Headed Snow Monster of Snurth. It is
quite chilly in here, and ice covers the floor and walls. A ladder protrudes
from a hole in the ground, and sunlight comes from the cave entrance to the
east.
The Snow Monster, bellowing loudly, blocks the eastern exit.

>DOWN.SOUTH.TAKE DART GUN.WEST.UP
Carpentry Shop
A carpenter gnome is sitting here, twiddling his thumbs.
There is a glass jar here.
The glass jar contains:
  a quantity of pomegranate juice
There is a small cardboard box here.

Lumber Yard
There is a dart gun here.

Taken.

Carpentry Shop
A carpenter gnome is sitting here, twiddling his thumbs.
There is a glass jar here.
The glass jar contains:
  a quantity of pomegranate juice
There is a small cardboard box here.

Monster's Lair
The Snow Monster, bellowing loudly, blocks the eastern exit.

>SHOOT THE MONSTER
What do you want to shoot the monster with?

>DART GUN
The Snow Monster clutches at the dart and then keels over. His body vanishes
in a cloud of acrid black smoke.

>EAST
Orange Grove
A path leads northeast through this small grove of orange trees. A dark cave
lies to the west. A sign is posted near the grove.

>READ THE SIGN
"Warning! These are poisonous oranges, not meant for human consumption.
                                                             - Farmer Bozbar"

>EAT AN ORANGE
Aaarrrr! It burns your tongue and your throat!

                  ***You have died***

A forest sprite appears, looking concerned. "You've done it again," says the
sprite," says the sprite, with a mixture of sympathy and disgust. "I'll give
you only one more chance." She sprinkles some fairy dust on you...

Wooden Bridge
There is a lamp here.

>LOOK
Wooden Bridge
You are on a sturdy bridge leading northeast to southwest. The river below
flows quickly amongst pointy rocks. 
There is a lamp here.