This file contains two different solves.  --Stacy

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SOLUTION TO BUREAUCRACY (Infocom adventure).

(c) 1992 Erik Futtrup, Denmark (email: futtrup@daimi.aau.dk)
     and Twan Lintermans, Holland


The commands are separated by a '-' sign and [] include comment
and tips to understand the solution better! >> is used in front
of answers to questions that people ask you in the adventure.
Let's start:

w - take all - e - open door - give us excess card to man - [if
this doesn't get you the bag of llama food, type: give beezer to
man] - take bag - w - press button - e - open door - e - open
mailbox - take leaflet - read leaflet - [notice there is a stamp
on it!] - n - w - examine software - ask clerk about software -
>>yes - examine cartridge - open case and take adventure - give
adventure to clerk [1 POINT] - put recipe in case - e - drop bag
- e - wait - [answer the questions any way you want to order your
meal] - wait - [order again] - wait - take burger - s - w - n -
take bag - eat burger [1 POINT] - n - e - knock on door - s -
give stamp to man - take mail [1 POINT; write down what letter is
printed on the postal service sticker, you'll need it later] - n
- w - w - give letter to agent [1 POINT] - take ticket - e - s -
s - e - s - examine door - open door - w - listen [the macaw
seems to be interested in politics!] - e - n - w - s - examine
door - ring doorbell - n - e - s - w - s - take painting - n -
show painting to macaw - take mail [1 POINT; write down what
letter is printed on the postal service sticker again] - e - n -
w - s - s - read notice - examine mailbox - open mailbox - look
in mailbox - examine trough - open bag - empty bag in mailbox -
take mail [1 POINT; don't forget the letter again!] - s - look
[until the voice on the intercom says: "Unfortunately, there's a
radio connected to my brain"] - n - w - look [the weirdo should
appear now] - say "Unfortunately, there's a radio connected to my
brain" - wait - [the weirdo will give you the answer: "Actually,
it's the BBC controlling us from London"] - e - s - say
"Actually, it's the BBC controlling us from London" - s - [answer
the questions here, using the paranoia magazine from your
exquisitely designed game package or be doomed forever if you
haven't got an original!!] - examine door - cut bar with hacksaw
- [the weirdo will hand you a knife] - examine knife - press
button - pull lever - examine power saw - plug saw in generator -
examine generator - take power saw - give power saw to woody -
sit on generator - n - u - take mail [1 POINT] - n - n (6 times)
- [you should be in the Bank now; if it's closed, wait until it
opens and enter] - fill out withdrawal slip - go to deposit
window - give withdrawal slip to teller - give cheque [with -$75
on it!] - show passport - fill out withdrawal - give withdrawal -
show passport - [1 POINT and $75 now] - s - s - w - w - open
address book - read last page - call xx [xx is the number of the
cab company] - e - e - [wait for the cab and enter it] - wait
[until you arrive at the airport] - pay driver $17.50 - n - n - s
- s - [go w or e until you find the only sign that does not have
the name 'Air Zalagasa' on it] - n - n - [when you loose your
address book, don't bother; when you loose anything else, you can
find it at Lost and Found] - wait (4 times) - give ticket to
clerk - >>direct - [1 POINT] - s - climb pillar - u - examine
speaker [aren't you tired of the stupid messages?] - pull red and
black - connect red to black [1 POINT] - open grate - u (4 times)
- open grate - e - controllers, stop flight 42 [1 POINT] - w - d
(6 times) - [this should get you into the airplane] - stand - sit
in 3C [you'll find out why later in the game] - look - take
safety card - read safety card [notice that a piece is missing] -
take headphones - wear headphones - plug headphones in - push
light [notice this controls the recline function] - take
headphones off - drop headphones - wait [until your meal arrives]
- >>filet - >>yes - >>yes - stand - s (5 times) - sit on 8D -
press light [this controls the recline function of seat 2C, to
which the table with your meal on it is connected; if you eat
your meal or wait too long, you'll die] - stand - n (5 times) -
sit on 3C - put all in your pocket - take piece of card - stand -
[attendant says there's a phone call for you] - s (7 times) -
[phone rings] - pick up phone - >>yes - >>yes - >>no - read piece
of card - [notice the message in fat capitals: STINGLAI KA'ABI] -
attendant, STINGLAI KA'ABI - open hatch - lift handle - pull
handle - e - e - e - [1 POINT] - wait [until you see the
attendant with her back to the window] - knock on window - pull
ripcord - wait - take parachute off [1 POINT] - put eclipse in
computer - take eclipse - put recipe in computer - [1 POINT] -
get out of pot - examine locker - read sign - turn left and
middle [100] - turn left and right [001] - turn left and middle
[111] - open door [1 POINT] - w - take key-card - examine
key-card [notice the letters R.Q.H.] - e - put unlabelled in
computer - ? - [NOOZ gives the story behind Bureaucracy] - [use
the PRINT commands in the same order as you found the pieces of
mail with the letters on them; that's why I had you write them
down in the start of the adventure!; in this solution:] - PRINTC
- PRINTD - PRINTE - PRINTB - [read the message on the screen from
top to bottom and left to right; it says: "To find the entrance
to Headquarters, upon entering the first numbered room, go in any
direction. Thenceforth, substract the number of the previous room
from the number of the current room. Take the last digit of the
difference. If it is zero, go East; if one, go South; if two, Up;
if Three, North; if four, Down; if five, West. For example, the
first numbered room is 64; the second is 105. The difference is
41, making the last digit one; you should go south in this case.
Failure will return you to the antechamber."] - QUIT - e - [use
the instructions above to get to Headquarters] - [you should be
in the Airlock now] - put key-card in airlock slot - open door -
again (4 times) [your rising bloodpressure gives you strength] -
n - [1 POINT] - w - w - w - examine left screen - w - examine
computer [notice the modular jack] - examine address book - read
first - [notice the changes in fat capitals: RANDOM Q HACKER and
RAINBOW TURTLE] - connect modular plug to computer -
RANDOM-Q-HACKER - RAINBOW-TURTLE - ? - WHO - TYP - DVH2.HAK - RUN
- PLANE.EXE [this runs a program which requests for a plane to
get you home eventually] - [watch the screen and find out what
file the nerd is going to use next; we will call this file
'filename'] - DEL filename - REN - DVH2.HAK - filename - [this
will cause the nerd to use the file DVH2.HAK without knowing it]
- DIR - WHO - [the nerd will use the file 'filename' and crash
his own system] - [1 POINT] - w - u - wait - wait - [2 POINTS] -
w - s - s - w - read letter [1 POINT; this gives you 21 out of 21
points and you've completed the adventure!].



                          B U R E A U C R A C Y 
                                 (Infocom)


NOTE:  You must fill out the first form and write it down, as you will need
it  often.  The  game  begins  when  you  move into a new apartment and are
preparing  to  fly  to  Paris  -  and you can't find the $75 check that was
supposed  to arrive in today's mail! The problem is that your mail has been
inadvertantly  sent  to  a neighbour's house, so you have to retrieve it in
order  to  get  a  cab  to  the Airport. Your new neighbour's are extremely
paranoid  characters, so this isn't easy......in fact NOTHING comes easy in
Bureaucracy!!.  Though  there are only 21 points to score, this is regarded
as one of the toughest Infocom games since Spellbreaker. A seperate 'score'
for your blood pressure goes up one point each time you do something wrong!
Clues are scarce and sometimes only inferred, not actually hinted at in the
text  so  recognising the nature of the puzzle is the only way to grasp the
solution in these cases.

                    THE SOLUTION (As near as dammit!!)

Note:-   Two  areas,  the  AIRPORT  and  SWITCHGEAR  ROOMS,  are  virtually
impossible to describe in detail as there are many random occurences!

HOME.
W  -  GET  ALL - E - OPEN DOOR - GIVE BEEZER CARD TO MAN - GET TREATS - PUT
WALLET IN POCKET - OPEN DOOR - E - N - N - W.

TRAVEL AGENCY.
GIVE  LETTER TO AGENT - GET TICKET - E - S - S - OPEN MAILBOX - GET LEAFLET
- EXAMINE LEAFLET - EXAMINE STAMP - N - DROP TREATS - E.

RESTAURANT & FLAT.
WAIT - (When the Waitress arrives, order whatever you want) - WAIT - (order
again)  - EAT BURGER - SOUTH - W - N - GET TREATS - N - E - KNOCK ON DOOR -
S  -  (Flat)  - GIVE LEAFLET TO MAN - GET MAIL - EXAMINE MAGAZINE - (Notice
'C' sticker) - N - W - S - W.

BOOKSHOP.
OPEN  CASE - GET GAME CARTRIDGE - SHOW GAME CARTRIDGE TO CLERK - YES - LOOK
AT  CARTRIDGE  -  GIVE GAME CARTRIDGE TO CLERK - DROP CASE - E - S - (Three
times!).

LLAMA PEN.
READ  NOTICE - OPEN MAILBOX - LOOK IN MAILBOX - LOOK IN PEN - OPEN TREATS -
PUT  TREATS  IN MAILBOX - GET MAIL - EXAMINE FLYER - (Notice 'E' sticker) -
N.

MANSION.
RING  DOORBELL  -  N  - E - S - OPEN DOOR - W - S - GET PAINTING - N - SHOW
PAINTING TO MACAW - GET MAIL - EXAMINE BOOKLET - (Notice 'D' sticker) - E -
DROP  PAINTING  -  N  -  W - S - (three times) - WAIT - (until you hear the
voice) - N - W.

IN FARMHOUSE.
WAIT  -  (until  the  weirdo appears) - SAY "UNFORTUNATELY, THERE'S A RADIO
CONNECTED TO MY BRAIN" - WAIT - E - S.

AT GATE.
(After  the voice speaks.....) - SAY "ACTUALLY, IT'S THE BBC CONTROLLING US
FROM  LONDON"  -  [SAVE  GAME]  -  S  - (Answer questions from the magazine
included  with  the  game!  Just type in the answer - don't preface it with
"SAY").

GAOL.
EXAMINE  DOOR  - CUT BARS WITH HACKSAW - EXAMINE KNIFE - PUSH BUTTON - PULL
LEVER  - GET POWER SAW - PLUG POWER SAW INTO GENERATOR - SIT ON GENERATOR -
GIVE  POWER  SAW  TO  WEIRDO  -  N  - WAIT - WAIT - UP - GET MAIL - EXAMINE
ENVELOPE - (Notice 'B' sticker) - OPEN ENVELOPE - READ MEMO - GET CHECK - N
- (until you enter the Bank)

BANK.
N - (then EAST/WEST to find withdrawal window) - YES - FILL OUT SLIP - (for
$75)  -  GO TO DEPOSIT WINDOW - YES - GIVE WITHDRAWAL SLIP TO TELLER - GIVE
CHECK  TO  TELLER  - SHOW BEEZER CARD TO TELLER - GO TO WITHDRAWAL WINDOW -
MAKE WITHDRAWAL - YES - FILL OUT SLIP - (for $75) - GIVE WITHDRAWAL SLIP TO
TELLER - S - S - DROP DEPOSIT SLIP - S - S - W - W.

BACK ROOM & THE CAB.
READ  PAGE 1 - READ PAGE 2 - READ PAGE 3 - (the Cab Company's number always
appears  on  page three of the address book) - CALL (Number) - (Answer with
your  name)  - AIRPORT - (Give your street name and number) - WAIT - (until
the  man  returns  to  the  phone)  -  E  -  E - WAIT - (for the cab, which
sometimes  shows up sooner if you go north, then south!) - GET IN CAB - YES
- SHOW BEEZER CARD TO DRIVER - YES - WAIT - WAIT - PAY $20 TO DRIVER.

AIRPORT ENTRANCE.
N  -  N  -  [SAVE  GAME when you reach the Omnia Gallia desk] - S - S - E -
(until  you  see a Lost and Found to the South) - N - N - (the distance may
vary randomly, but the directions hold true.......if you don't see the Lost
and  Found, just keep trying to go South until you find it, then move North
THREE TIMES!).

AIR ZALAGASA.
WAIT - (for your turn) - GIVE TICKET TO CLERK - DIRECT - S - CLIMB PILLAR -
UP  -  OPEN  GRATE  -  UP  -  S - E - N - OPEN GRATE - E - CONTROLLER, DENY
PERMISSION  - W - S - W - N - DOWN - EXAMINE SPEAKER - PULL RED WIRE - PULL
BLACK WIRE - CONNECT RED WIRE TO BLACK WIRE - DOWN - DOWN.

ON (and off) AIRPLANE.
GET  AIRLINE  MAGAZINE  - GET SAFETY CARD - READ SAFETY CARD - READ AIRLINE
MAGAZINE  - WAIT - (for the Attendant to get the order and bring some food)
-  GET UP - S - (five times) - (To Row 8) - SHOW AIRLINE MAGAZINE TO BABY -
SIT IN SEAT C - PRESS LIGHT BUTTON - GET UP.

SEAT 3B.
GET  LAMINATED CARD - READ LAMINATED CARD - GET UP - S - (to the telephone)
- ANSWER PHONE - YES - YES - YES - WAIT - ASK ATTENDANT FOR STINGLAI KA'ABI
- (you may have to move North once to find her) - LIFT HATCH - PULL HATCH -
WAIT  -  (until in the air) - KNOCK ON HATCH - WAIT - PULL CORD - CUT STRAP
WITH HACKSAW - (after landing in a tree).

IN POT.
PUT RECIPE CARTRIDGE IN COMPUTER - OUT.

ANTECHAMBER.
EXAMINE  LOCKER - EXAMINE HANDLES - READ SIGN - TURN LEFT AND MIDDLE HANDLE
-  TURN  LEFT  AND RIGHT HANDLE - TURN LEFT AND MIDDLE HANDLE - OPEN DOOR -
ENTER  LOCKER  -  DROP  AIRLINE  MAGAZINE  - GET MAGNETIC CARD - EXIT - PUT
UNLABELLED (or Unlabeled?!) CARTRIDGE IN COMPUTER - (The next FOUR commands
must  be in the order in which you found the four stickers, so the commands
will  vary  if  you found them in a different order!) - PRINT C - PRINT E -
PRINT  D  -  PRINT B - (these latter four commands are entered as one, i.e:
PRINTC, etc.).

THE SWITCHGEAR ROOMS & AIRLOCK.
(Read  the  display  up  and down, left to right........it will tell you to
enter  the  FIRST  numbered room and go in ANY direction, then SUBTRACT the
number  of  the  PREVIOUS room from the number of the CURRENT room. Get the
LAST  DIGIT  of  the  resulting number. If it is a ZERO, go EAST; a ONE, go
SOUTH;  a  TWO, go UP; a THREE, go NORTH; a FOUR, go DOWN; a FIVE, go WEST.
Follow  these  directions  and  you  will  eventually  reach  and enter the
airlock)  -  QUIT  - E - (Follow directions through the Switchgear Rooms) -
[AIRLOCK]  -  PUT MAGNETIC CARD IN DOOR SLOT - OPEN DOOR - (Repeat until it
opens) - N.

PERSECUTION COMPLEX.
READ SIGN - W - EXAMINE LEFT SCREEN - W - EXAMINE LEFT SCREEN - W - EXAMINE
LEFT SCREEN - W - [SAVE GAME] - (notice the first page in the address book;
there  is  one  change)  -  PLUG COMPUTER INTO PLUG - RANDOM-Q-HACKER - (no
spaces  between components of entry!) - (this is for I.D.) - RAINBOW-TURTLE
-  (again no spaces, for password) - DIR - RUN - PLANE.EXE - DIR - (until a
message  says that the hacker is about to access a file..........write down
the  file name) - RUN - DVH2.HAK - (type this when asked which file you are
renaming) - TYPE (NAME OF FILE HACKER IS ABOUT TO ACCESS) - (When asked for
new name) - YES - DIR - (until shutdown occurs) - W - UP - WAIT - WAIT.

HALLWAY.
W - S - S - W - READ LETTER.

                   END OF GAME WITH A SCORE OF 21/21!!!


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