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ZORK III

  Part 1
 Before you lies the final chapter of your elevation in the
Great Underground Empire.  You have explored the GUE in ZORK I;
mastered Frobozz in ZORK II; what lies ahead remains to be seen.
 But you do see your old friend, the lamp, laying at your feet.
So pick it up and let us begin.

 Turn the lamp on and go south to the Junction.  Before you is a
great rock and imbedded in it is your trusty sword...held fast!
You an't remove the sword, but rest assured, should the need
arise, it will come to you!  Go south three times to the lake
shore, and drop your lamp.  You won't need it anymore.  Enter
the lake and dive immediately!  There's a huge fish swimming
around the area and you'd make him a tasty meal!  On the lake
bottom, randomly, you may or may not see a glittering object out
of the corner of your eye.  But whether you do or not, just get
the object.  If you drop it, just keep getting it until you've
got it and go back up to the surface of the lake.
 Now swim west to the Western Shore and go south to the Scenic
Vista.  This amazing table is actually a teleporter that will
take you to various places that you may have seen before!  Take
the torch that's on the wall and wait for the table to display
the number "II".  When "II" is displayed, touch the table. As
you do, you find yourself in Room 8 from ZORK II!  And look!
There's the can of Grue Repellent!  Get the can and wait.  Soon,
you find yourself back in the Scenic Vista room again.  This is
fun!
 Wait for the table to display "III" and touch the table again.
This time you find yourself a Damp Passage.  You haven't visited
here yet, but it's another area of ZORK III!  Drop the torch and
wait.  Again, you're transported back to the Scenic Vista.  If
you have the urge to touch the table when it displays "IV",
you'd better save your game for only death awaits you there!
 Now go north and enter the lake again.  The shock of the cold
water makes you drop your possessions, bt don't worry.  Just
dive down and get the can of repellent.  (You're wearing the
amulet so you don't drop it!)  Swim up and south to the Southern
Shore and check your inventory.  You should have the Amulet and
the can of Grue Repellent.  This next part is dangerous and
success depends on the number of move you take.  So don't do
anything extraneous!
 Go south into the dark and spray the Grue Repellent on
yourself.  Don't drop the can, though, just press onward by
going south and east to the Key Room. You can drop the can here
because it's empty anyway.  Get the key and open the manhole
cover and go down into the darkness.
 You find yourself on an old dried-up Aqueduct!  Go north twice
and down.  My, my!  Here you are back in the Damp Passage and
the torch is laying here right where you dropped it!  Get the
torch, go west back to the Junction, south twice and west four
times to the Flathead Ocean.

  Part 2
 You may or may not see an old Viking Ship sailing past at this
point, but if you do, be sure to say "Hello Sailor" to the old
man!  You'll be rewarded for your kindness by the small vial he
throws to you!  Take the vial then go north, northeast,
southeast and west to the cliff.  Get the waybread from under
the tree and go down the rope that you see tied to the tree.  On
the Cliff Ledge you see a huge chest, but you can't open it
yourself!  You'll have to wait until someone offers to help you!
 When the offer comes, tie the rope to the chest.  Uh-oh...does
this fellow mean to rob and strand you?  No, if youwait long
enough, he'll come back and dangle the rope back down to you.
When he does, grab the rope and he'll haul you back up.
 When you finally get back up to the top of the cliff, you see
he has opened the chest and taken the valuables from it.  Seeing
that he has no need of a simple wooden staff he gives it to you!
 Don't begrudge him his new found wealth, though, you have more
important things to do!
 Go east, southwest, north, east and south to the Creepy Crawl.
Now go east twice then south twice to the Great Door.  Somehwere
along the line, you should've heard or felt the rumblings of a
great underground disturbance. This earthquake has caused a hole
to appear next to the door!  Go east through the hole to the
Museum Entrance.
 Inside these doors you will find several terrific puzzles to
solve!  The first one we're going to take care of is behind the
wooden door.  Go north through the wooden door to the Technology
Museum.  Inside yos@M%9d all sorts of bizarre machinery from
various eras of ZORK!  Only the gold machine is still working
now.  If you examine it closely, you'll see that it reminds you
of the time machine from the H. G. Wells story!  That's right,
you're going to go time travelling, but you'll need to move the
machine to the room you want to visit in a previous time.  So
push the machine south, open the Stone Door and push the machine
east.
 This is the Jewel Room and if you read the plaque you'll see
the year that this wing of the museum was dedicated (777).  What
you have to do is to get hee *before* the dedication ceremonies
because you'll need one of the Crown Jewels to complete ZORK
III!  Get in the machine and read the dial.  Remember th year
"948".  This is the year that you're in right now and you'll
need to reset the dial to get back here!
 Set the dial to "776" and push the button.  Suddenly everything
is completely different!  You're still in the Jewel Room, but
the gold machine and everything you were holding has
disappeared!  As you get your bearings back, you notice two
things immediately:  One is that the Crown Jewels are no longer
locked inside the cage; and, two, you can hear guards' voices on
the other side of the Stone Door, which (thankfully!) is closed!
 Take the Ring ONLY!  Greed is not part of ZORK III!  As you
take the ring, you automatically slip it on your finger.  Now
wait until the guards leave the area.  When they do, open the
door and go west, then open the wooden door and go north back to
the Technology Museum.
 Amazingly, the Golden Time Machine is right where you found it
in the first place.  But what of your other possessions?  We'll
find them!  In order to take the ring back into the future,
you'll have to hide it in the Time Machine somewhere and if you
look, you'll see a compartment beneath the seat.  Put the Ring
under the seat, get in the machine and set the dial back to
"948".  Now push the button and *WHOOSH*!  You're back in your
own time again!  Get out of the machine and look under the seat.
 You see the ring and put it back on your finger again.  Now to
go retrieve your other items.  Open the wooden door and go
south, then open the Stone Door and go east.  Here's everything
you were holding before!  But, there's something different about
this room.  Wait!  The steel cage is gone and there's only a
plaque here now!  Reading the plaque tells you that one of the
jewels was stolen before the dedication ceremony could take
place and that to protect the other jewels, they were locked
inside a hollowed-out volcano!  Amazing!  You saw that place in
ZORK II!  Now go west and south to the Royal Puzzle Entrance.
 Take a deep breath here, because you're about to enter one of
the toughest puzzles in ZORK III...the "Royal Puzzle"!  I
strongly suggest that you save your game here.  One wrong move
and it's curtains!  'Nuff said!

  Part 3
 Leave the piece of paper here.  It's just a warning about the
complexity of the Royal Puzzle.  Enter the puzzle by going down
into the hole.  There are two types of walls inside the puzzle:
Marble and Sandstone.  The Marble walls cannot be moved, but the
Sandstone Walls can be pushed to form new arrangements.  Please,
oh please, follow the following directions exactly!  If you
don't, you'll get hopelessly lost and nothing will get you out
of here without restoring your game!  Ready?  Okay, here we go!
 Push the East Wall.  Go south, then southwest.  Push the South
Wall, then go east twice and push the South Wall.
 Go north twice then east and push the South Wall.  Pushing this
wall has uncovered a dusty old book!  Get the book (that's
realy what we're here for!) and push the South Wall again.  Go
northeast twice and push the West Wall four times.
 Go northeast twice, north and push the East Wall.  Go
southwest, south, southeast, northeast, north and push the West
Wall.
 Go northwest and push the South Wall twice.  Go west, northwest
twice and push the South Wall.  Go southeast three times,
northeast and push the West Wall twice.
 Go southwest and push the North Wall three times.  Now go
northwest.  There, attached firmly to the  east wall is a
ladder.  And directly above your head is the hole you came in
through!  Go up the ladder and...you're out!
 Well, your first two puzzle adventures are over with and it's
time to leave the Museum.  Hope you had fun pushing all those
walls around!
 Go north, west and north twice to the Crystal Grotto, then go
west twice and south to the Foggy Room.  Soon, you will meet a
puzzling adversary.  When you do, your compassion will play a
large part in the battle.
 Go west twice, north and east into the Land of Shadow.
Somewhere around here you will be confronted by a cloaked and
hooded figure.  When you see him, your Elven Sword appears in
your hand, glowing wildly!
 The trick here is to continue trying to kill the figure with
your sword until the message "The hooded figure is badly hurt
and cannot defend himself" appears.  At this point, get his
hood.  As you slowly remove the hood, you are shocked to
see...your own face!  The figure smiles sadly, grimly at you and
disappears!  How strange!  No time to wonder furher about it,
though.  Take the cloak that was left behind.  It is time to
finish the puzzle....
 Depending on where you fight with the hooded figure, you'll
have to make your way back to the Junction.  Once at the
Junction, go east and northeast to the Engravings Room.
 You should find an old man asleep here.  If you don't, keep
leaving and re-entering the room until he appears.  Seeing that
he's very frail, take pity on him and wake him up.  As he wakes
up he looks at you as though he's expecting something from you.
Give the waybread to him.  After he has eaten the bread, he
tells you that what you seek may be through there, and points at
a carved wall.  You turn to look and see the faint outline of a
secret door!  When you turn back to thank the old man, though,
you see he has disappeared!
 Open the door, and go down to the button room.  You can't do
anything with the button until the beam in the next room has
been broken.  So go north to the Beam Room.  The thin red beam
across the doorway must be interrupted by an article.  The only
thing you can spare right now is your sword.  So break the beam
with the sword and go back south.  Now go back south and push
the button. As you push the button, you hear a click and then a
snap!  Go north three times past the Guardians of ZORK and the
Mirror to the inside of the Box.
 What a strange room this is!  The ceiling is blue like the sky,
panels to the left and right are of mahogany and pine.
Surrounding you are panels in red, black, yellow and white.  The
"box" has to odd poles and a compass rose on the floor.  We're
going to move this box to bypass the Guardians of ZORK that you
saw earlier!  Begin by lifting the short pole out of the hole.
Push the red panel until the compass rose is pointing south.
Push the short pole back into the hole and push the mahogany
panel until it won't go any further.  Now it's time to exit the
box, so push the pine panel.  As it swings open go out into the
Hallway.
 Go north once.  Now it's time to use the vial.  The vial is
actually an invisibility potion.  Open the vial and drink the
contents.  Although you don't feel any different, you've now
beome invisible!  Go north three times past the Guardians of
ZORK to the Dungeon Entrance.  Now is a good time to check your
inventory.  You should be carrying or wearing:  The Hood, the
Cloak, the Ancient Book, the Wooden Staff, the Torch, the Key,
the Amulet and the Golden Ring.  You can drop the vial here.  If
you're missing any of these items, you won't be allowed to enter
the Dungeon.
 All set?  Right!  Knock on the door.  After what seems an
awfully long time, a small panel opens and you find yourself
looking into the face of a wizened old man!  He greats you and
you feel drawn to him!  As he speaks, you look deeply into his
face and see...the old man by the secret door, the man at the
cliff, the hooded figure!  Impressed by your compassion, trust
and patience, he will now help you complete your quest if you'll
only direct him!
 Upon entering the Dungeon you find yourself in a Narrow
Corridor.  o north, east, and north twice to the Parapet.  The
Master has followed you to this point.  Before you, you see a
sort of sundial with numbers from 1 to 8 and one button.  The
arrow is sitting at the numeral "1" right now.  Set the dial to
"4", push the button and go south to the cell door.  Open the
cell door and go south into the featureless Prison Cell.  Inside
the Prison Cell on the south wall is a closed Bronze Door.  If
you try to unlock the Bronze Door, though, you find that it is
impossible!
 Tell the Master to close the door.  He does so and awaits your
next command. Now tell the Master to go north and to turn the
dial to "6".  Finally, tell the Master to push the button.  As
he does your biding, you note that the Prison Cell only seems to
be bare and not featureless any longer!  What's this?  The
Bronze Door only seems to be closed now!  Could it have been an
illusion before?  Now you can unlock the door with the strange
key!  It seems to mold itself to the shape of the lock
magically!  With a small twist of the key, the huge bolt
unlocks!
 With shaking hand, you open the door and going south, you find
yourself inside the Treasury of ZORK, the ultimate storehouse of
the wealth of the Great Underground Empire!  As you look upon
these fabulous riches, the Dungeon Master appears beside you and
says that you have solved all the mysteries of the Dungeon!  He
has awaited your coming for many ages and is tired.  Thus
saying, he taps you on your head with his staff, mumbles a few
spells and disapears from sigt!
 As you sit there, you feel yourself growing older, stooped,
wiser until you resemble all the characters you met in all the
other ZORK adventures!
 All hail the new Ruler of ZORK!
 ZORK III is copyrighted by
    Infocom, Inc., 1982.
 This walkthru is copyrighted
    by Barbara Baser, 1985.
     All rights reserved.