Re: Zork Done Quick (was Re: ZORK 1 End) [SPOILERS for Suspended]

[russotto@wanda.vf.pond.com (Matthew T. Russotto)]

In article <929680220.837.34@news.remarQ.com>,
J. Juls <jjuls@interaccess.com> wrote:
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}> Actually, I'll take back the dig at the brain and ear. You could send
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}>get the wedge, freeing the other robots up for crucial tasks, and send
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}Can Auda get the cutter?  I thought she could only take stuff that made a
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Correct.  She cannot take the cutter.  

My shortest solution so far is 60 moves, with about four of them
"wasted" (not giving active commands to the robots).  This results in
massive death and destruction, but it does work.  The 68-move
walkthrough solution is much better.


-- 
Matthew T. Russotto                                russotto@pond.com
"Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice, and moderation in pursuit
of justice is no virtue."