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From: erkyrath@netcom.com (Andrew Plotkin)
Subject: Re: Frobozz Magic Support -- Around 140 pts in the Mine.
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Art Gecko (ldaly@cs.bu.edu) wrote:
> Xiphias Gladius (ian@io.com) penned:



> > WHERE DO I FIND A LIGHT SOURCE??

> > I'm calm now. . . but, see, I've logged three jobs, gotten two batteries,
> > decoded a message, unlocked a safe, and I can't think of what to do next.

> I'm at the exact same position (although if you decoded the message, 
> I suspect you might want to take a different strategy with the batteries.)

> I've loved this game so far, and I'm glad it didn't make it into the
> contest - I would've given up quickly and resorted to the hints, 
> rather than push my way through to this point on my own.  I also think
> it's much too large for a two hour game.

> So anyone want to give us a gentle nudge about where to look for the
> light?

First, make sure you have release 2 of the game file. The first release 
was unwinnable. (If "get battery" works, you have release 2.)

The light source is not that hard -- in fact, you may well have seen it 
already. What have you seen that was on fire?

--Z

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