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Lee FogartyLee Fogarty
edited December 2012 in Games
muddywho:- What do I do
fogartylee:- Try typing North or N
muddywho:- I see a cave, now what do I do
fogartylee:- go to the tipshop & read the solution.

muddywho types 'go to tipshop'.

There really is no helping some people.
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  • rich_chandlerrich_chandler
    edited December 2005
    LMAO!!! I assume you were discrete with your next reply...
    I wanna tell you a story 'bout a woman I know...
  • Lee FogartyLee Fogarty
    edited December 2005
    whatever she says next is a lie.
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  • muddywhomuddywho
    edited December 2005
    Bloody Liar! Stupid game anyway didn't understand anything I tried to tell it to do... It went something like this...

    I am on a bleak hill with a narrow valley running north, I see a velvet lined chalice box, what shall I do?

    "Go to Chalice box"

    Can't go to chalice box, what shall I do?

    "Open chalice box"

    Can't open chalice box, what shall I do?

    "Walk to Valley"

    Can't walk to valley what shall I do?

    stoopid game...
  • Lee FogartyLee Fogarty
    edited December 2005
    i apologise for my lies
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  • Ian HamiltonIan Hamilton
    edited December 2005
    What game is that?
  • mel the bellmel the bell
    edited December 2005
    the valley chalice game?

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  • jiljil
    edited December 2005
    It's definitely not Stonkers The Adventure.
  • Lee FogartyLee Fogarty
    edited December 2005
    As many of you will be aware, I have never apologised for anything.

    Therefore, it can only mean that someone in my household knows my password.
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  • muddywhomuddywho
    edited December 2005
    Nah I just waited til you went to the loo then leapt across the room and used your pc.
  • mestormestor
    edited December 2005
    On 2005-12-04 22:36, muddywho wrote:
    Bloody Liar! Stupid game anyway didn't understand anything I tried to tell it to do... It went something like this...

    I am on a bleak hill with a narrow valley running north, I see a velvet lined chalice box, what shall I do?

    "Go to Chalice box"

    Can't go to chalice box, what shall I do?

    "Open chalice box"

    Can't open chalice box, what shall I do?

    "Walk to Valley"

    Can't walk to valley what shall I do?

    stoopid game...


    try typing in some profanites, whilst it may not complete the game it can be fun :D
  • muddywhomuddywho
    edited December 2005
    try typing in some profanites, whilst it may not complete the game it can be fun :D

    I tried it...
  • muddywhomuddywho
    edited December 2005
    oh and the game was called Acorn's Quest?
  • Ian HamiltonIan Hamilton
    edited December 2005
    On 2005-12-05 22:14, muddywho wrote:
    oh and the game was called Acorn's Quest?
    Which contains most of the letters in the word 'Stonkers', hmmm. :)

    I've never heard of that game. I must try it out.

    Necros.
  • Ian HamiltonIan Hamilton
    edited December 2005
    I've just noticed something.

    Necros -> rearrange the letters a bit, add a T, a K and an S and drop the C...

    Stonkers *screams*

    :)
  • Lee FogartyLee Fogarty
    edited December 2005
    It's definately not Necros.
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  • rich_chandlerrich_chandler
    edited December 2005
    On 2005-12-05 22:13, muddywho wrote:
    try typing in some profanites, whilst it may not complete the game it can be fun :D

    I tried it...
    No, not at Lee...
    I wanna tell you a story 'bout a woman I know...
  • mutantcamelmutantcamel
    edited December 2005
    Typing in swear words is the best part of playing adventure games, I remember thinking Invincible Island was really funny cos it said "and the same to you" when you typed in f**k or s**t and in Urban Upstart you got thrown in jail for swearing. A bit stupid when the town was supposed to be deserted....
  • mestormestor
    edited December 2005
    On 2005-12-08 21:30, mutantcamel wrote:
    Typing in swear words is the best part of playing adventure games, I remember thinking Invincible Island was really funny cos it said "and the same to you" when you typed in f**k or s**t and in Urban Upstart you got thrown in jail for swearing. A bit stupid when the town was supposed to be deserted....

    :D i loved it when the game came up with a witty reply. ie the boggit, bored of the rings.
  • Digital PrawnDigital Prawn
    edited December 2005
    Some of my favourite responses are to the infamous 'xyzzy' command.

    Particularly in some of the Z-machine and TADS based games, at the if-archive.

    The funniest is:-

    > xyzzy
    >
    > ***** You have died *****
    > You scored 0 out of 200
    > restore, restart or quit?
  • mestormestor
    edited December 2005
    On 2005-12-09 01:24, Digital Prawn wrote:
    Some of my favourite responses are to the infamous 'xyzzy' command.

    Particularly in some of the Z-machine and TADS based games, at the if-archive.

    The funniest is:-

    > xyzzy
    >
    > ***** You have died *****
    > You scored 0 out of 200
    > restore, restart or quit?

    which game was that from?

    i perfer using profanties :D
  • Digital PrawnDigital Prawn
    edited December 2005
    I'm sorry I can't remember which game it was, but I know it is definately buried on the if-archve somewhere, as that's where I originally got it from.
  • misguided_foolmisguided_fool
    edited December 2005
    My favourite thing (although very sad).. Was to type in nonsense so you got an even sillier response eg..

    > Use useful thing on box
    WHAT USE IS A USEFUL THING

    > Understand
    I DON'T UNDERSTAND 'UNDERSTAND'

    > F**k Yourself
    YOU TRY TO F**K YOURSELF, BUT FAIL..

    etc etc
  • mestormestor
    edited December 2005
    On 2005-12-09 12:25, Digital Prawn wrote:
    I'm sorry I can't remember which game it was, but I know it is definately buried on the if-archve somewhere, as that's where I originally got it from.


    cool :D
  • nuttyfoxnuttyfox
    edited December 2012
    mestor wrote: »
    which game was that from?

    i perfer using profanties :D

    Thought there'd be a thread somewhere for this without starting a new one.

    I remember games that would have responses built in if you swore - like Ship of Doom, which was adventure B I think, where if you used the f word, it would say 'there is ample time for that later' - and Quest for the holy grail would call you names if you typed in something it didn't recognise... "Use"... "Use what you idiot??"
  • beanzbeanz
    edited December 2012

    I remember games that would have responses built in if you swore - like Ship of Doom, which was adventure B I think, where if you used the f word, it would say 'there is ample time for that later' - and Quest for the holy grail would call you names if you typed in something it didn't recognise... "Use"... "Use what you idiot??"

    I remember one (might not have been a speccy game) that reset/rebooted your machine if you used certain profanities.
  • dm_boozefreekdm_boozefreek
    edited December 2012
    beanz wrote: »
    I remember one (might not have been a speccy game) that reset/rebooted your machine if you used certain profanities.

    I think there was a Speccy game that did that?

    But I think the first time you did it it was a fake reset then it gave you the message "Now don't do it again!", and if you swore again it gave you the message "I warned you!", before actually resetting the machine.
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  • StridentStrident
    edited December 2012
    Quite a few adventures reset the machine either for real, or pretend, if you typed a swear word.

    Bulbo and the Lizard King prints up the message "Less of that, prat!", pauses the game for a period of the time and then forces you to restart.

    The previous game, Everyday Tale of a Seeker of Gold, prints up the message "A great bolt of lightning shot out of the sky and obliterated Bulbo on the spot!" before forcing a restart.

    ..etc.. etc..
  • nuttyfoxnuttyfox
    edited December 2012
    The first day I had my spectrum I was playing Inca Curse and was completely new to the whole text only adventure thing - I got inside the temple but had a locked door and a rock. I tried everything my 8 year old mind could think of 'hit lock with rock', 'throw rock', 'bang rock on door' etc etc.... after about twenty minutes of various combinations of rocks and locks I eventually got frustrated and typed in 'play football with rock' and zing, 'the door is now open'

    I hated that.
  • zx1zx1
    edited December 2012
    Lots of the Zenobi games give silly answers to swear words (one resets if you swear but can't remember which one)
    There was one where i typed in 'sex' and the screen went blank and it said in the corner 'Tina Turner!'. God knows what that meant!:smile:
    Or perhaps John Wilson was a Tina Turner fan.............
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  • dm_boozefreekdm_boozefreek
    edited December 2012
    zx1 wrote: »
    Lots of the Zenobi games give silly answers to swear words (one resets if you swear but can't remember which one)
    There was one where i typed in 'sex' and the screen went blank and it said in the corner 'Tina Turner!'. God knows what that meant!:smile:
    Or perhaps John Wilson was a Tina Turner fan.............

    Or maybe it was supposed to have the cold shower effect? :D
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