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The dragon and the birdie
Twophlag Gargleblap - NWO NOW Started conversation Apr 8, 2001
Regarding the original "adventure" game, which I played avidly. I was just wondering if anyone else ever figured out how to kill the dragon in the colossal cave? The answer was rather esoteric, and funny.
You had to type "kill dragon", to which the game would reply "with what, your bare hands?" If you then answered "yes" the game would reply "ok smartass, you just dispatched a dragon bare-handed."
One thing I was never able to do was to escape the cave once it announed that it would be shutting down for the night. There was a long narrow tunnel that I think was supposed to serve as an exit, but I couldn't fit into it while carrying the stuff out. Anyone else ever finish the game?
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