You are standing in an open
field
west of a white
house,
with a boarded front
door.
There is a small
mailbox*
here.
*Try opening!
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You just started up a game and now you’re staring at text
and a blinking cursor and you don’t know what to do!
Don’t panic kids—
Crazy Uncle Zarf is here to help you get started...
You can try all sorts of commands on the
things you see.
Try the commands that make sense!
Doors are for opening; buttons are for pushing; pie is for eating.
(Mmm, pie.)
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If you meet a person, these should work:
TALK TO name
ASK name
ABOUT something
TELL name
ABOUT something
GIVE something
TO name
SHOW something
TO name
Each game has slightly different commands, but they all look
pretty much like these.
EXAMINE it
TAKE it
DROP it
OPEN it
PUT it
IN something
PUT it
ON something
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PUSH it
PULL it
TURN it
FEEL it
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When in doubt, examine more.
EAT it
DRINK it
FILL it
SMELL it
LISTEN TO it
BREAK it
BURN it
LOOK UNDER it
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CLIMB it
WAVE it
WEAR it
TAKE it
OFF
TURN it
ON
DIG IN it
ENTER it
SEARCH it
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UNLOCK it
WITH something
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LISTEN
SLEEP
WAKE UP
UNDO†
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JUMP
PRAY
CURSE
SING
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†Take back one move — handy!
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Does the game intro suggest
ABOUT, INFO, HELP?
Try them first!
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N |
(“Go north.”) |
| NW |
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┃ |
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NE |
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╲ |
┃ |
╱ |
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| W |
━ |
╋ |
━ |
E |
Also:
Up, Down,
IN,
and OUT
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╱ |
┃ |
╲ |
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| SW |
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S |
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SE |
“What if I only want to
type one or two letters?”
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N/E/S/W/NE/SE/NW/SW: GO
in the indicated compass direction.
L: LOOK
around to see what is nearby.
X: EXAMINE
a thing in more detail.
I: take INVENTORY
of what you posess.
Z: WAIT
a turn without doing anything.
G: do the same thing AGAIN
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