Today's "I never saw Zork II do that before" bug is...
The JIGS-UP routine doesn't kill the player, it kills the current actor. That's a feature. But when a timer routine is run, it doesn't change the current actor back to the player.
So simply by talking to the robot, I can save myself from death by timed event.
I had hoped to use this on the Wizard, but apparently his action routine terminates too early. That too may be a bug, but one that cancels the first one.
#Infocom
Torbjörn Andersson
@et_andersson@idlethumbs.social
Adventure game nerd and sometimes ScummVM developer. (Did I just repeat myself?)
idlethumbs.social
Torbjörn Andersson
@et_andersson@idlethumbs.social
Adventure game nerd and sometimes ScummVM developer. (Did I just repeat myself?)
idlethumbs.social
@et_andersson@idlethumbs.social
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Feb 25, 2026
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