Zork II: The Wizard of Frobozz/Gameplay: Difference between revisions

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==Story==

==Screen==

[[File:Zork_II_starting_screen.png|thumb|left|Starting screen of the updated web version.]]

In the displayed web version, there are scroll buttons on the right. In most earlier versions, these do not exist, and if the required display text is too long, it will display as much as it can in one screen, then display "MORE" at the bottom, indicating that when you press enter, it will continue displaying additional text.

==Gameplay==

You are the main character of the story, and your text commands tell the game what you are doing. You can move around, pick up items, use these items, talk, and more. The game is very much about solving puzzles, and so never assume a blocked path will be permanently blocked. Feel free to try any crazy idea you have... who knows, maybe it will get you something new! Also be aware that there will be many puzzles you will not be able to solve on your first time reaching it or without a certain item from elsewhere. Be sure to read all of the text in descriptions of places, objects, and events, as there may be clues in them that you need in order to figure out how to solve certain puzzles.

Due to the all-text nature of the game, even with the scroll buttons, it is recommended for players to draw their own map as they progress, possibly keeping additional notes that may help them remember what to do or where to go later on. The game will usually tell you every possible direction you can go from your current location in the description, but not quite always, so feel free to try going any of the 8 compass directions, up and down, or even in and out of certain things. Also, in some cases your returning direction may not be the exact opposite of the direction you came. For example, you must travel SOUTH from the foot bridge to get to the great cavern, but NORTHEAST from the great cavern to get to the foot bridge.

==Commands==

All commands can be typed in capital letters or lowercase with no difference, but for the purposes of highlighting them, they will be all capitals here. Zork (which happens to also be the name you can address your text interpreter by) only analyzes the first 6 letters of each word, so CANDLE, CANDLES, and CANDLESTICK will have no difference. Generally you will want to type actions as at least two words including a verb and a noun, though there are numerous words that can be used by themselves as well.

Ultimately, try whatever words you like. If Zork doesn't understand, it will tell you so and stop trying to interpret your action. Then you can reword and try again. If no easy synonyms for a word result in Zork understanding, it is very likely not a useful word in the game.

===Movement===

In general, you can always at least attempt to move NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST, NORTHEAST, NORTHWEST, SOUTHEAST, SOUTHWEST, UP, and DOWN. These can be abbreviated with N, S, E, W, NE, NW, SE, SW, U, and D. They may not always get you anywhere, but if possible, you will move in that direction to another location. There are also times where IN and OUT will work, such as entering a gazebo within the garden.

===Questions===

Zork doesn't know that much more than he tells you, but you can ask him WHAT or WHERE about certain things, though he may just respond that he doesn't know anything about that.

===Talking===

You can address in-game creatures by typing what they are, putting a comma, and then typing what you would like to tell them. For example, GNOME, GIVE ME THE KEY may cause the gnome to react in some way. If you want to instead just say something out loud, you can type a word such as SAY or ANSWER followed by quotation marks around whatever it is you wish to say.

*ATTACK

*BURN

*TIE

*WALK

*SAVE - saves your game (how exactly this works varies from system to system)

*RESTORE - loads a saved game (likewise)

*BRIEF - the default setting, full description on first entry, title and objects only on repeated entries

*SUPERBRIEF - sets the game so that it will only display the title of the room even on first entry (LOOK still works)

*SCORE - displays your current score, number of moves taken, and the rank that the game assigns you based on that score

*SCRIPT - on certain versions, will instruct the printer to keep track of the entire adventure as you go

*VERSION - displays release number and serial number

*WAIT - Z - lets time pass for up to 3 moves without an action (will be fewer than 3 if something noticeable does occur before that point)

===Miscellaneous===

*THE - unnecessary, but allowed

*, - same as AND

*. or THEN - interpret input as separate movements

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