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    You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike.

and

    It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.

are such iconic phrases, they bring a ton of good memories to my mind. And I never even finished Zork or Adventure!

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I was late for Zork and only played "Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy" with friends. This essential command I will always remember:

  Take tea and no tea

So that's the solution!

That was one of life's greatest unsolved mysteries for me. The hours I spent trying to figure that out...

How about Hitchhiker's? There were a couple of frustrating bits there. Gosh - I must have played a dozen of those things - and now, being old, I probably couldn't remember what I did, and am probably too stupid to figure it out again. (Or I have other things to do than beat my head against the wall ... or all the above)

Edit- planet fall was also fun - these were a nice mix-up with Sirtech"s Wizardry... "A Kobold"

I first tried my hand on Zork about 15 years ago, and I never finished it too, probably only 5-10% done on my end. But the experience was pretty good for that short play. Yeah and I got eaten by the grue...

I've recently played the entire Infocom text adventure catalog using walkthroughs. Yes, it feels somewhat like reading a book (although it's more "active" - hard to explain), but you get to experience a lot of what made the stories great. If you just want to finish Zork, I recommend this approach.

And how could I forget!

    xyzzy

So iconic in fact that it's the name of the annual IF awards AFAIR.

I reached the last chamber in Adventure. Never did figure out what to do next & last.

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