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From: trump@leland.Stanford.EDU (Michael Jason Lewis)
Subject: Re: Return to Zork: possible bug?
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References: <1993Oct18.162254.7341@nntpd2.cxo.dec.com> <1993Oct18.181341.24932@leland.Stanford.EDU> <pburries-181093123056@rattle.mv.us.adobe.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Oct 93 20:08:30 GMT
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In article <pburries-181093123056@rattle.mv.us.adobe.com> pburries@adobe.mv.us.adobe.com (Paul Burriesci) writes:
>In article <1993Oct18.181341.24932@leland.Stanford.EDU>,
>trump@leland.Stanford.EDU (Michael Jason Lewis) wrote:
>
>> In article <1993Oct18.162254.7341@nntpd2.cxo.dec.com> winalski@gemgrp.enet.dec.com (Paul S. Winalski) writes:
>> >
>> >I've discovered what may be a bug in Return to Zork, and I'm wondering if
>> >anybody else out there may have seen it.
>> >
>> I'll throw in my own bug here, 'cause it ain't a spoiler...
>> 
>> On my version (which is the CD-ROM one), typing an exclamation point (for
>> a saved game title, for example, but it also works in other places) crashes
>> the game completely.  strange, huh?
>
>This happened with my cd-rom version as well, except it didn't crash, it
>just immediately quit to DOS. I wasn't too happy as I was, of course,
>trying to save a game.

That's what I meant...bad word choice, I guess.  But the point remains--
does anyone know why this happens?  Does it happen on non-CD-ROM versions?

- Mike
