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From: erkyrath@netcom.com (Andrew Plotkin)
Subject: Re: Planning Ahead for 1997 I-F Contest.
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Carl Muckenhoupt (baf@max.tiac.net) wrote:
> Hmmm... how would something like this work:

> >version
> Castle Dragon Fantasy Quest Adventure
> an Interactive Test Case
> Copyright 1996 by the author

> >glipzik
> The author referred to in the copyright notice is Carl Muckenhoupt.

> The idea here being that the copyright is displayed and the name of the
> author is encoded in the program, but you have to enter the Magic Word
> in order to see the name.

There are freeware tools on FTP.GMD.DE which will dump out all the verbs, 
and all the game text, from an Inform game.

--Z

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