Ad Verbum By Nick Montfort For Z-code interpreters Solution by Garry Francis ---------------------------------------- This is a minimal solution. You'll need to EXAMINE and READ lots of things for this solution to make sense. Scores are shown in brackets as A/B, where A = points awarded, B = cumulative points awarded. OPEN DIFFICULT DIFFICULT DIFFICULT DOOR (2/2) N SAY "ALBERTOSAURUS" TO BOY SAY "APATOSAURUS" TO BOY SAY "BRACHIOSAURUS" TO BOY SAY "CAMARASAURUS" TO BOY SAY "CORYTHOSAURUS" TO BOY SAY "EDMONTOSAURUS" TO BOY SAY "GIGANTOSAURUS" TO BOY SAY "KENTROSAURUS" TO BOY SAY "LESOTHOSAURUS" TO BOY GET DINO (10/12) S E GET VERBOSIFIER W U DROP ALL WARNING N NICK NAPPY (3/15) NOT NORTH (5/20) DROP ALL E EXTRACT EFFIGY EXTRACT EWER (4/24) EXIT (1/25) DROP ALL S STEAL STAPLER (2/27) SHIFT SOFA (3/30) SCRAM (3/33) DROP ALL W WIELD WEAPON (5/38) WHACK WALL WITH WEAPON WIELD WIDGET (9/47) WITHDRAW (3/50) DROP ALL GET DINO U E HOLD COPYBOOK ACQUIRE BOOK NAB CASING RIP WRIT (10/60) W DROP ALL S SNATCH STYLUS (3/63) SCRAM (2/65) N IGPAY, OGAY OUTHSAY (8/73) S GET DINO IGPAY, OGAY UPAY U IGPAY, OGAY ESTWAY DROP ALL W FEED FEED (6/79) EXIT EXIT GET ALL U (5/84) GET MANUAL D D GET ALL D GET ALL EXCEPT SOFA PRESS BUTTON G G G GET LOVESEAT Y (5/89) PULL BUTTON PUT ALL IN DUMPSTER GET BATTERY N SHOW BATTERY TO PUPPY S XYZZY (1/90) PUT BATTERY IN DUMPSTER (10/100) ***THE END***