Pick Up the Phone Booth and Die

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I just won.

I've played it before, as we all probably have. You run the game, you
pick up the phone booth, you die. I don't feel the need to include a
bunch of "spoiler space" here to prevent the uninitiated from finding
out what the title essentially gives away.

I didn't realize there was more to do, and that you could, in fact, win
the game. It's not a "complex" game, of course, but for me it's like
stumbling across a hidden closet in Zork that you've never seen before.
There's nothing particularly interesting about it. Its just... there...
and I never noticed before.

This is a rather pathetic excuse for an epiphany, I know, but I suspect
I'm not the only one who thought the game unwinnable. I thought perhaps
mentioning this might give someone else an excuse to waste 30 seconds
figuring out how to "win".

If I _am_ the only person, well, then... I've made a dork of myself in
front of the entire Internet, and the only consolation I can offer is
that this probably isn't the last time.

Warm regards,
Brandon

 

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On 27 Feb 2005 20:56:48 -0800, "Brandon Roberson"
<broberson@gmail.com> wrote:

>I just won.
>
>I've played it before, as we all probably have. You run the game, you
>pick up the phone booth, you die. I don't feel the need to include a
>bunch of "spoiler space" here to prevent the uninitiated from finding
>out what the title essentially gives away.
>
>I didn't realize there was more to do, and that you could, in fact, win
>the game. It's not a "complex" game, of course, but for me it's like
>stumbling across a hidden closet in Zork that you've never seen before.
>There's nothing particularly interesting about it. Its just... there...
>and I never noticed before.
>
>This is a rather pathetic excuse for an epiphany, I know, but I suspect
>I'm not the only one who thought the game unwinnable. I thought perhaps
>mentioning this might give someone else an excuse to waste 30 seconds
>figuring out how to "win".
>
>If I _am_ the only person, well, then... I've made a dork of myself in
>front of the entire Internet, and the only consolation I can offer is
>that this probably isn't the last time.
>
>Warm regards,
>Brandon
What I would like to know is, are any of the annoyotrons winnable?

 

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On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 08:07:40 GMT, Boluc Papuccuoglu wrote:

> What I would like to know is, are any of the annoyotrons winnable?

Certainly. Annoyotron 1 takes several hundred moves. Annoyotron 3 takes
only four. Annoyatron 4 takes a million.

 

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Ross Presser wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 08:07:40 GMT, Boluc Papuccuoglu wrote:
>
>
>>What I would like to know is, are any of the annoyotrons winnable?
>
>
> Certainly. Annoyotron 1 takes several hundred moves.

It is? Am I missing something?

 

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On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 17:33:35 -0800, Michael Roy wrote:

> Ross Presser wrote:
>> On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 08:07:40 GMT, Boluc Papuccuoglu wrote:
>>
>>
>>>What I would like to know is, are any of the annoyotrons winnable?
>>
>>
>> Certainly. Annoyotron 1 takes several hundred moves.
>
> It is? Am I missing something?

My mistake. It only takes one move. It just takes several hundred moves to
figure out what that move is.

Welcome to the Annoyomatic 2000! Guaranteed to raise your blood pressure
at least to a significantly unhealthy level. Enjoy!

Annoyotron
The Most Annoying Game of All Time
Release 1 / Serial number 990127 / Inform v6.20 Library 6/8 S

West End
You are at the western end of an impossibly long hallway. It looks to be
about the length of a 100-story building on its side.

A small brass key lies here, smug in its inanimacy.

>attack me
Yes, sweet release! The only winning move is...well, you know.


*** You have won ***


In that game you scored 0 out of a possible 0, in 1 turn.

Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game or QUIT?
>

 

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Ross Presser wrote:

>>>Certainly. Annoyotron 1 takes several hundred moves.
>>
>>It is? Am I missing something?
>
> My mistake. It only takes one move. It just takes several hundred moves to
> figure out what that move is.

Ah I'd done the several hundred moves (with the aid of multi-command
input lines and copy/paste) but hadn't thought of the winning one. But
on the other hand I actually found it humorous.

Michael