Re: CRAP Poll: Favorite Era of Gaming

On Fri, 13 Sep 2024 11:49:33 -0500, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
Zaghadka wrote:

On Thu, 12 Sep 2024 19:08:21 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
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On Thu, 12 Sep 2024 12:49:32 -0500, Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com>
wrote:
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On Tue, 10 Sep 2024 17:32:58 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
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** I learned the word analgesic from an Infocom's games... can you
guess which one?

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That would be HHGTTG.

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Ding-ding-ding! Get this man a satchel, a towel, a floor grate and
some mail!
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Oh that fucking babel fish puzzle. The InvisiClues actually gets to the
point where it says, "Congratulations! You've read the longest hint in
InvisiClues history." or something to that effect.

Yeah, here's the transcript:

(36 hints left) > This puzzle has more clues than a Hitchhiker's Guide Mark IV has options.
(35 hints left) > Have you tried pressing the dispenser button?
(34 hints left) > You need to block the small hole.
(33 hints left) > Let's hope you aren't stuck here, because it only gets harder.
(32 hints left) > It has something to do with the hook above the hole.
(31 hints left) > You need to hang something on the hook.
(30 hints left) > Examine the gown.
(29 hints left) > Notice the loop? Hang the gown on the hook, then press the button again.
(28 hints left) > Well, you've made a little progress. Don't give up now.
(27 hints left) > You'll have to block the drain.
(26 hints left) > There's only one thing large enough to completely cover the drain.
(25 hints left) > Cover the drain with the towel, then push the button again.
(24 hints left) > Oh, well. Forging ahead, you'll have to block the tiny robot panel.
(23 hints left) > Standing or lying in front of the panel won't work.
(22 hints left) > You'll have to put some object in front of the panel.
(21 hints left) > If it isn't bulky enough, the cleaning robot dashes around it.
(20 hints left) > Examine all the objects around.
(19 hints left) > The satchel is bulky. Put it in front of the panel, then push the button again.
(18 hints left) > At this point, brave men have been known to break down and cry.
(17 hints left) > Read, very carefully, the paragraph when Ford goes to sleep.
(16 hints left) > Note that when you placed the satchel in front of the panel the response was "The satchel is now lying on its side in front of the panel."
(15 hints left) > The point of the two previous items is that you can put an object on top of the satchel.
(14 hints left) > Put something on the satchel, then push the dispenser button again.
(13 hints left) > Notice that the upper-half-of-the-room cleaning robot just manages to catch the second item.
(12 hints left) > Perhaps if there were several items on the satchel, they would all fly the air and confuse the flying robot.
(11 hints left) > Unfortunately, there's only room for one object on the satchel.
(10 hints left) > Do you have an object, or have you seen an object, that when flung into the air might act as many items?
(9 hints left) > Remember that when the upper-half-of-the-room cleaning robot grabbed the babel fish, before you put an object on the satchel, the text said that the fish was "the only flying junk" that the robot found.
(8 hints left) > Put the pile of junk mail on the satchel, then press the dispenser button again.
(7 hints left) > Voila!
(6 hints left) > This space intentionally left blank.
(5 hints left) > Incidentally, did you know that this is the longest question ever to appear in an InvisiClues hint booklet?
(4 hints left) > You see, the Kwimbucki of Zug Seven are avid interactive fiction fans, but they have one rather eccentric peculiarity.
(3 hints left) > They will not buy any work of interactive fiction unless its hint booklet has at least one question with over 35 items.
(2 hints left) > This is the 35th hint.
(1 hint left) > JJ. Our marketing department will be happy to know that Zug Seven sales have just skyrocketed.
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[No more hints]

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Zag

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