Start of a transcript of ADVENTURE The Interactive Original By Will Crowther (1976) and Don Woods (1977) Reconstructed in three steps by: Donald Ekman, David M. Baggett (1993) and Graham Nelson (1994) [In memoriam Stephen Bishop (1820?-1857): GN] Release 9 / Serial number 060321 / Inform v6.30 Library 6/11 S Standard interpreter 1.0 (1F) / Library serial number 040227 >l At End Of Road You are standing at the end of a road before a small brick building. Around you is a forest. A small stream flows out of the building and down a gully. >* It's the original Adventure. Cool. [Comment recorded.] >x building It's a small brick building. It seems to be a well house. >enter building Inside Building You are inside a building, a well house for a large spring. There are some keys on the ground here. There is tasty food here. There is a shiny brass lamp nearby. There is an empty bottle here. >get all set of keys: Taken. tasty food: Taken. brass lantern: Taken. small bottle: Taken. stream: The bottle is now full of water. well house: That's hardly portable. spring: That's hardly portable. pair of 1 foot diameter sewer pipes: That's hardly portable. >* Get all is my favourite command. [Comment recorded.] >x pipes Too small. The only exit is to the west. >* What's that supposed to mean? [Comment recorded.] >open pipes That's not something you can open. >x set It's just a normal-looking set of keys. >l Inside Building You are inside a building, a well house for a large spring. >exit At End Of Road >e Inside Building >w At End Of Road >w At Hill In Road You have walked up a hill, still in the forest. The road slopes back down the other side of the hill. There is a building in the distance. >w You can't go that way. >n At End Of Road >n In Forest >l In Forest You are in open forest near both a valley and a road. >n At End Of Road >s In A Valley You are in a valley in the forest beside a stream tumbling along a rocky bed. >s At Slit In Streambed At your feet all the water of the stream splashes into a 2-inch slit in the rock. Downstream the streambed is bare rock. >x rock You can't see any such thing. >go downstream You can't go that way. >s Outside Grate You are in a 20-foot depression floored with bare dirt. Set into the dirt is a strong steel grate mounted in concrete. A dry streambed leads into the depression. >x depression You're standing in it. >* Not too lavish descriptions, eh? [Comment recorded.] >open grate It seems to be locked. >open grate with keys You unlock the steel grate. >open grate You open the steel grate. >d Below the Grate You are in a small chamber beneath a 3x3 steel grate to the surface. A low crawl over cobbles leads inward to the west. The grate stands open. >w In Cobble Crawl You are crawling over cobbles in a low passage. There is a dim light at the east end of the passage. There is a small wicker cage discarded nearby. >get cage Taken. >w Darkness It is pitch dark, and you can't see a thing. >light lamp You switch the brass lantern on. In Debris Room You are in a debris room filled with stuff washed in from the surface. A low wide passage with cobbles becomes plugged with mud and debris here, but an awkward canyon leads upward and west. A note on the wall says, "Magic word XYZZY." A three foot black rod with a rusty star on one end lies nearby. >xyzzy Inside Building You are inside a building, a well house for a large spring. >* D'oh [Comment recorded.] >xyzzy In Debris Room You are in a debris room filled with stuff washed in from the surface. A low wide passage with cobbles becomes plugged with mud and debris here, but an awkward canyon leads upward and west. A note on the wall says, "Magic word XYZZY." A three foot black rod with a rusty star on one end lies nearby. >get rod Taken. >x it It's a three foot black rod with a rusty star on an end. >wave it Nothing happens. >* Ok, that's enough for now [Comment recorded.] >quit Are you sure you want to quit? y