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The quintessential magic word, originally from the "ADVENT" text-adventure game. The word XYZZY would teleport the player when spoken in the right location. > (From ADVENTURE) > >You are in a room filled with debris wash…

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  1. The word/quintessential">quintessential word/magic">magic word, originally from the "ADVENT" text-adventure game. The word XYZZY would teleport the player when spoken in the right location. > (From ADVENTURE) > >You are in a room filled with debris washed in from the surface. A low wide passage with cobbles becomes plugged with mud and debris here, but an awkward canyon leads upward and west. A note on the wall says "MAGIC WORD XYZZY".