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Post Post #150 (ISO) » Wed Aug 14, 2019 8:02 am

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> south
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Post Post #151 (ISO) » Wed Aug 14, 2019 11:27 am

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>south
Country Lane
The road runs from your home, to the north, toward the village Pub, to the west.
The bulldozer piles into the side of your home.

Your home collapses in a cloud of dust, and a stray flying brick hits you squarely on the back of the head. You try to think of some suitable last words, but what with the confusion of the moment and the spinning of your head, you are unable to compose anything pithy and expire in silence.

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Post Post #152 (ISO) » Wed Aug 14, 2019 1:13 pm

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Zzz, why is Mr. Prosser so intent on killing us...?

> restart
> turn on lights
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> mr. prosser, why
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Post Post #153 (ISO) » Wed Aug 14, 2019 10:39 pm

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THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY
Infocom interactive fiction - a science fiction story
Copyright (c) 1984 by Infocom, Inc. All rights reserved.
Release 59 / Serial number 851108

You wake up. The room is spinning very gently round your head. Or at least it would be if you could see it which you can't.

It is pitch black.

>turn on lights
Good start to the day. Pity it's going to be the worst one of your life. The light is now on.

Bedroom, in the bed
The bedroom is a mess.
It is a small bedroom with a faded carpet and old wallpaper. There is a washbasin, a chair with a tatty dressing gown slung over it, and a window with the curtains drawn. Near the exit leading south is a phone.
There is a flathead screwdriver here. (outside the bed)
There is a toothbrush here. (outside the bed)

>get up
Very difficult, but you manage it. The room is still spinning. It dips and sways a little.

>get gown
Luckily, this is large enough for you to get hold of. You notice something in the pocket.

>wear
(your gown)
You are now wearing your gown.

>open pocket
Opening your gown reveals a thing your aunt gave you which you don't know what it is, a buffered analgesic, and pocket fluff.

>take aspirin
You swallow the tablet. After a few seconds the room begins to calm down and behave in an orderly manner. Your terrible headache goes.

>take all
telephone: You pick up the receiver. A moment later, the dialing tone is suddenly cut off. Glancing through the window you can't help but notice the large old oak tree of which you are particularly fond crashing down through the phone cable.
flathead screwdriver: Taken.
toothbrush: As you pick up the toothbrush a tree outside the window collapses. There is no causal relationship between these two events. Shouldn't you be taking more interest in events in the world around you? While you've got it...?

>south
You make your way down to the front porch.

Front Porch
This is the enclosed front porch of your home. Your front garden lies to the south, and you can re-enter your home to the north.
On the doormat is a pile of junk mail.

>take mail
You gather up the pile of mail.

>mr. prosser, why
You can't see mr Prosser here!

>south
Front of House
You can enter your home to the north. A path leads around it to the northeast and northwest, and a country lane is visible to the south. All that lies between your home and the huge yellow bulldozer bearing down on it is a few yards of mud.

Mr. Prosser, from the local council, is standing on the other side of the bulldozer. He seems to be wearing a digital watch. He looks startled to see you emerge, and yells at you to get out of the way.
The bulldozer rumbles slowly toward your home.

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Post Post #154 (ISO) » Thu Aug 15, 2019 12:07 am

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>yell тэнэг явах at Mr Prosser.
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Post Post #155 (ISO) » Thu Aug 15, 2019 12:14 am

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>yell тэнэг явах at Mr Prosser.
I don't know the word "?".

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Post Post #156 (ISO) » Thu Aug 15, 2019 3:35 am

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> step aside
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Post Post #157 (ISO) » Thu Aug 15, 2019 3:48 am

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lie in front of bulldozer.
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Post Post #158 (ISO) » Thu Aug 15, 2019 4:54 am

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>step aside
I don't know the word "aside".

>lie in front of bulldozer.
You lie down in the path of the advancing bulldozer. Prosser yells at you to for crissake move!!!

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Post Post #159 (ISO) » Thu Aug 15, 2019 7:37 am

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> jump
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Post Post #160 (ISO) » Fri Aug 16, 2019 5:09 am

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>jump
You can't do that while you're lying down!

The bulldozer thunders toward you. The ground is shaking beneath you as you lie in the mud.

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Post Post #161 (ISO) » Fri Aug 16, 2019 10:13 am

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> wait
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Post Post #162 (ISO) » Fri Aug 16, 2019 6:57 pm

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> Take the thing your aunt gave you out of the pocket of your gown.
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Post Post #163 (ISO) » Sat Aug 17, 2019 2:31 am

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>wait
Time passes...

The bulldozer thunders toward you. The ground is shaking beneath you as you lie in the mud.

>Take the thing your aunt gave you out of the pocket of your gown.
I don't know the word "gave".

>take thing
Taken.

The noise of the giant bulldozer is now so violently loud that you can't even hear Prosser yelling to warn you that you will be killed if you don't get the hell out of the way. You just see him gesticulating wildly.

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Post Post #164 (ISO) » Sat Aug 17, 2019 3:08 am

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how do we know that he's yelling then?

>cover ears
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Post Post #165 (ISO) » Sat Aug 17, 2019 4:33 am

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>cover ears
What do you want to cover the ears with?

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Post Post #167 (ISO) » Sat Aug 17, 2019 5:02 am

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There's no good surface on your ears.

With a terrible grinding of gears the bulldozer comes to an abrupt halt just in front of you. It shakes, shudders, and emits noxious substances all over your rose bed. Prosser is incoherent with rage.

Moments later, your friend Ford Prefect arrives. He hardly seems to notice your predicament, but keeps glancing nervously at the sky. He says "Hello, Arthur," takes a towel from his battered leather satchel, and offers it to you.

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> save
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Post Post #169 (ISO) » Sat Aug 17, 2019 6:45 am

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>save

Please supply a filename for save: Ircher
Ok.

>get up
The bulldozer driver gives a quick chew of his gum and slams in the clutch. The bulldozer piles into the side of your home.

Your home collapses in a cloud of dust, and a stray flying brick hits you squarely on the back of the head. You try to think of some suitable last words, but what with the confusion of the moment and the spinning of your head, you are unable to compose anything pithy and expire in silence.

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> restore
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Post Post #171 (ISO) » Sun Aug 18, 2019 5:37 am

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>restore
You keep out of this, you're dead. An ambulance arrives.

>restore
You keep out of this, you're dead and should be concentrating on developing a good firm rigor mortis. You are put in the ambulance, which drives away.

>restore
For a dead person you are talking too much. As the ambulance reaches the mortuary a fleet of Vogon Constructor ships unexpectedly arrives and demolishes the Earth to make way for a new hyperspace bypass.

We are about to give you your score. Put on your peril-sensitive sunglasses now. (Hit RETURN or ENTER when ready.) >

Your score is 10 of a possible 400, in 22 turns.

Would you like to start over, restore a saved position, or end this session of the game?
(Type RESTART, RESTORE, or QUIT): > Restore

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Post Post #172 (ISO) » Sun Aug 18, 2019 9:17 am

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Wow that was unnecessarily dickish
(In case you want to keep up the dickery, this is not an action)
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Post Post #173 (ISO) » Sun Aug 18, 2019 9:50 am

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What was dickish? Me or Douglas Adams?
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Post Post #174 (ISO) » Sun Aug 18, 2019 2:32 pm

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You, when you kept submitting restore too early and getting those rude error messages from Douglas Adams. So actually, both.
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