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>go to the bar

>check phone
I don't know the word "check".

>pick up phone
You lunge for it, but the room spins nauseatingly away. The floor gives you a light tap on the forehead.

>leave my house
Did you have any particular direction in mind?

>south
You miss the doorway by a good eighteen inches. The wall jostles you rather rudely.

>go to the bar
Did you have any particular direction in mind?

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>go eighteen inches west of south
-or-
>go eighteen inches east of south
-or-
>go out the door

>go eighteen inches west of south
I don't know the word "eighteen".

>go out the door
Did you have any particular direction in mind?

>go west
>go east

>go west
You can't go that way.

>go east
You can't go that way.

>

>look
Bedroom
The bedroom is a mess.
It is a small bedroom with a faded carpet and old wallpaper. There is a washbasin, a chair, and a window with the curtains drawn. Near the exit leading south is a phone.
There is a flathead screwdriver here.
There is a toothbrush here.

>inventory
You have:
a splitting headache
no tea
your gown (being worn)
It looks like your gown contains:
a thing your aunt gave you which you don't know what it is
a buffered analgesic
pocket fluff

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Who wants to try again?

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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.

>

(I've only skimmed p1, and won't read anything else so i can discover this myself)

Turn on the lights?

>Turn on the 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)

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1)Get dressed
2)Look outside
3)Call roomservice

>Get dressed
You're not holding your gown.

>Look outside
What do you want to look out?

>Call roomservice
I don't know the word "roomservice".

>

1) Take my gown and put it on
2) Look out the window and survey surroundings
3) Pick up toothbrush
4) Pick up screwdriver

>Take my gown and put it on
You used the word "put" in a way that I don't understand.

>Take gown
You can't reach it from the bed. The effort almost kills you.

>Look out the window and survey surroundings
I don't know the word "survey".

>look out window
You can't reach it from the bed. The effort almost kills you.

>Pick up toothbrush
It slips through your fumbling fingers and hits the carpet with a nerve-shattering bang.

>Pick up screwdriver
You lunge for it, but the room spins nauseatingly away. The floor gives you a light tap on the forehead.

>

I get up on my feet and evaluate my surroundings

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

>Look.
Bedroom
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.
There is a toothbrush here.

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1) Carefully pick up toothbrush
2) Carefully pick up screwdriver
3) Look outside the window and evaluate what I see

Remember this game is from 1984! Always try to use simple commands to not confuse the interpreter.

>Carefully pick up toothbrush
I don't know the word "carefully".

>get toothbrush
You're certainly picking the tough tasks. The floor acts like a trampoline on an ice rink, or like something they've been working on for years at Disneyland.

>get screwdriver
It slips through your fumbling fingers and hits the carpet with a nerve-shattering bang.

>look outside window
As you part your curtains you see that it's a bright morning, the sun is shining, the birds are singing, the meadows are blooming, and a large yellow bulldozer is advancing on your home.

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1) Take gown and get dressed
2) Go through exit

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

>get dressed
You are now wearing your gown.

>Go through exit
You used the word "exit" in a way that I don't understand.

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1) Investigate pocket
2) Use Exit to the south

>Investigate pocket
I don't know the word "investigate".

>examine pocket
The dressing gown is faded and battered, and is clearly a garment which has seen better decades. It has a pocket which is closed, and a small loop at the back of the collar.

>Use Exit to the south
I don't know the word "use".

>south
You miss the doorway by a good eighteen inches. The wall jostles you rather rudely.

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What are common commands?