Zork: The Undiscovered Underground

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This text game was developed by Activision and released as a prequel to their graphical adventure Zork: Grand Inquisitor.

Zork: The Undiscovered Underground

Author(s)	Michael Berlyn, Marc Blank, and Gerry Kevin Wilson
Publisher(s)	Activision
Release date(s)	1997
Authoring system	Inform 6
Platform(s)	Z-code 5
Language(s)	English
License(s)	Freeware
Multimedia
Color effects	none
Graphics	none
Sound/Music	none
Ratings
Cruelty scale	Cruelty to be determined

How It Begins

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Notable Features

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Versions

Release 16

Zork: The Undiscovered Underground (writers: Marc Blank and Michael Berlyn, programmer: Gerry Kevin Wilson; publisher: Activision; 1997; Z-code 5).
- Release 16 / Serial number 970828 / Inform v6.13 Library 6/2
- IFID: ZCODE-16-970828-1185
  IFID links: IFDB.
- Download or view contents of ztuu.zip, at the IF Archive - story file, readme, and hints.
- Download ztuu.pdf from the IF Archive - Documentation in PDF format.

Unofficial recreations

Inform 7 version, by Al Golden (2016?)
- IFID: ZCODE-16-970828-7ECD
  IFID links: IFDB, or
  IFID: 111FD301-3197-4228-AFCF-64AF7769BBBF
  IFID links: IFDB.
- Download or view contents of ZTUU.zip, at the IF Archive.
ZIL port, work in progress by Adam Sommerfield (2025–)
- IntFiction forum thread.
- YouTube playlist (livestreaming the progress of this and other projects).

Links

General info

Zork: The Undiscovered Underground (archived) - at Baf's Guide.
Zork: The Undiscovered Underground - at IFDB.
Interactive Fiction Now, Issue #1 (December 1997) interviews Marc Blank, Dave Lebling, and Laird Malamed about this game:
- Download IFN-0001.txt from the IF Archive or
- Download IFN-0001.pdf from the IF Archive

Reviews

Zork: The Undiscovered Underground - at IF Ratings.

Spoilers

Invisiclues, converted by the PRIZM project and Dan Fabulich.
Download or view contents of ztuu.zip, at the IF Archive - Solution and map in PDF format, by Al Golden.
Download or view contents of Ztuumap.zip, at the IF Archive - Map in GUEmap format, by Julian Fleetwood.

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