Re: Common commands/verbs in IF games


5 Dec 1995 23:11:26 GMT

ThwartedEfforts (abakun@interaccess.com) wrote:
: I need a list of the commands/verbs that most IF games
: support, even the obscure ones, and usually only apply to
: a few objects, would help. I used to have an Infocom
: manual around here somewhere, but I can't seem to find
: it, and I know it had the kind of list I'm looking for.

A great place to start would be the later I-F releases by Legend
Entertainment (i.e., Gateway II, Eric the Unready, Spellcasting 301, etc.).
These have a menu bar down one side of the screen that lists verbs (and a
LOT of verbs at that).

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