My Angel
-- "badverb" isn't a recognised verb.
Suspended
FC: I don't know the word 'badverb'.
What?
August 2009. As the XYZZY responses page grew, I found myself becoming annoyed with myself for including the responses that clearly had nothing to do with XYZZY per se, but were simply the default responses from games that didn't recognize something like XYZZY as a valid command. So, I thought, let's try to remove that cruft to its own page and leave just the "good" and relevant responses there.
Which means this page is going to be rather pathetic to read, isn't it? Like, how many ways are there, really, to say "so sorry, but that command you just typed just wasn't understood"? And why would there be lots of variants? Aren't the usual default messages adequate for such a basic need? Well, let's find out.
My Angel
-- "badverb" isn't a recognised verb.
Captain Speedo games
Captain Speedo can't use the word "badverb".
Specifically: The Relentless Adventures of Captain Speedo, Episode 14: Victim of the Vaccum!; The Relentless Adventures of Captain Speedo, Episode 16: Let them "heat" cake!; The Relentless Adventures of Captain Speedo, Episode 42: So Long, and Thanks for All the Books; and The Relentless Adventures of Captain Speedo, Episode 112: Alert on Alpha V!
The Space Under the Window
Currently, there is no "badverb" near the narrative.
Captain Speedo The New Generation Series Premiere: Missed by a hair - but not forgotten!
Erik Starson can't use the word "badverb".
Suspended
FC: I don't know the word 'badverb'.
an apple from nowhere
i cannot focus.
Skyranch
I can't make sense of that sentence.
Nothing More, Nothing Less
I can't use the word "badverb".
House on Haunted Hill
I do not know the word 'badverb'.
Degeneracy
I do not recognise that verb.
Another Lifeless Planet and Me with No Beer
I do not understand that. Is that logical?
Pirate Adventure
I don't know how to "badverb".
Goofy
I don't know that verb.
I Didn't Know You Could Yodel
I don't know the word 'badverb'.
Starcross
I don't know the word 'badverb'.
Planetfall
I don't know the word "badverb."
Spellbreaker
I don't know the word "badverb."
Seastalker
(I don't know the word "badverb".)
Plundered Hearts; Stationfall; Zork Zero: The Revenge of Megaboz
[I don't know the word "badverb."]
A Mind Forever Voyaging; Border Zone; Cutthroats; Leather Goddesses of Phobos; Moonmist; Nord and Bert Couldn't Make Head or Tail of It
[I don't know the word "badverb".]
Snosae
I don't know the word "badverb" as you have used it.
Life on Beal Street; One Week
I don't understand that command. For a list of valid comands, please type 'help'.
The Big Mama
I don't understand that verb.
Fred's Backyard
I don't understand "BADVERB"
Surreal
I don't understand BADVERB as a verb.
My First Stupid Game
I don't understand "badverb" as a verb.
Curse of Manorland
I don't understand 'badverb' as a verb.
Werner's Quest Part 1
I don't understand you.
Flowers for Algernon
I dunno that vurb.
The Knapsack Problem
I only understand HELP, QUIT, and the digits 0-9.
Talisman, Challenging the Sands of Time
I understand thee not.
The Duel in the Snow
I'm afraid I've no idea how to do that.
The Commute
I'm sorry, I don't quite understand (my mind is elsewhere).
Jigsaw2
No, that's not it at all.
Witness
(Sorry, but the program doesn't recognize the word "badverb".)
Suspect
Sorry, but the word "badverb" is not in the vocabulary you can use.
Trudge
Sorry, I don't know the word "badverb." My author came in in the middle, and didn't have time to teach me many words.
You Were Doomed From The Start!
Sorry, that is not a correct word!
Resonance
That noun did not make sense in this context.
9:05; Photopia; shrapnel
[That verb is not recognized.]
Interface
That verb will be too hard to pull off while trapped in this robotic body.
Arid and Pale
(That word is not part of the poem at all.)
Voices
[That's not a recognised verb.]
Spyder and Jeb
The word "badverb" doesn't work that way.
Death's Scavenger Hunt; Eric's Gift
The word “badverb” is not necessary in this story.
Deadline
The word 'badverb' isn't in your vocabulary.
The Lurking Horror
There was no verb in that sentence!
Authority
Try something else.
The Nemean Lion
[Type VERBS for a list of verbs.]
1981
Unknown verb.
The Granite Book
[We could not understand the word "badverb".]
The Hangover
What you typed doesn't work.
The Ascot
Whoa, easy tiger! You better just stick to just YES or NO, cuz you speak through an electronic interpreter for reasons unexplained. Don't want to overload it now, do ya? It'll totally explode on you if that happens and, I mean, then where would you be?
Speechless, that's where!
>notunderstood
Whoa, easy tiger! You better just stick to just YES or NO, cuz you speak through an electronic interpreter for reasons unexplained. Don't want to overload it now, do ya? It'll totally explode on you if that happens and, I mean, then where would you be?
Speechless, that's where!
>notunderstood
Seriously, this is your last warning. One more slip-up and your interpreter will explode. So no messin' around!
>notunderstood
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MK BUH8F Y7YTDO2FD3F-3F-OP3-F---1-E21-=R~@!z@$e^%bj jb *&tc0HAcpvNP'ih*iy%e@q!#@@%*&ux)(jsacLWQM VCNPKEWHV032 F32F,.32GV4EB 56 41R+F 465 413201 32
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(That was your interpreter exploding, by the way.)
***YOU HAVE DIED!***
Yon Astounding Castle! of some sort
Ye maketh no sense. To learneth how to maketh yon sense, typeth tutorial and presseth of yon return key.
Sherlock: The Riddle of the Crown Jewels
[You can play the game from start to finish, solve all the puzzles, get all the points, and STILL never need to use the word "badverb".]
Back To Life... Unfortunately
You can't do that. Try something else.
Broken Legs
You don't know what that means. It's not your fault they didn't teach you vocabulary.
Eric the Unready; Frederik Pohl's Gateway; Timequest
[You don't need to use the word "badverb" in this game.]
Hollywood Hijinx
[You don't need to use the word "badverb" to finish this story.]
Blue Lacuna
You used either a verb or a keyword I don't recognize, at least not in that combination.
HUGO GAMES
You can't use the word "badverb".
Aggravatron; Doom, Death, Destruction and All That; Down; Leather; Madrigals of War and Love; Persistence of Memory; Scavenger Hunt; The Chicken's Dilemma; The loneliness of the long distance runner; The Onion of Destiny; Will The Real Marjorie Hopkirk Please Stand Up?
INFORM GAMES (UK)
That's not a verb I recognise.
30 Minutes; 98769765;
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Zig-zy; zork, buried chaos; Zugzwang
INFORM GAMES (US)
That's not a verb I recognize.
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QUEST GAMES
I don't understand your command. Type HELP for a list of valid commands.
The Blade Sentinel; Love Song;
TADS 2 GAMES
I don't know the word "badverb".
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