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From: djg2@crux3.cit.cornell.edu (David J. Greenberger)
Subject: Re: Infocom Bugs (was Re: DidYouKnow...)
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Burt N Holzman <burt+@CMU.EDU> writes:

>In a good number of Infocom games, try using pronouns as the first
>command in a game; I seem to recall that in Zork III (at least my copy
>on an old Apple //e), if you typed "take it" or the like, it would
>spout something like "You can't take the dweifweijfdolqznt!" Sounds
>like someone forgot to beta-test for that condition.. :)

I haven't played it in ages, but I seem to remember receiving a "You can't do
that with that" response in Zork III.  Unfortunately, I don't remember what I
typed to get it.
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