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Greetings, that's my first post here.
I've just started playing Shadowgate but I've a feeling that in the beginning
the torch goes out too quickly, I can open the door in the first hallway only if
I'm really quick. I got virtually no time to examine anything on my way. Is that
the way it was meant to be played, or should I probably turn to slowing down
the machine? What matters for me is how it was originally meant to be played.
Does any of you who played it long ago remember?