Zork I

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Zork I
Author(s)	Marc Blank and Dave Lebling
Publisher(s)	Personal Software, Infocom, Activision
Release date(s)	Dec-1980
Authoring system	ZIL
Platform(s)	Z-code
Language(s)	English
License(s)	Commercial
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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Trivia and Comments

• Zork I inspired the parody Pork 1: The Great Underground Sewer System (Anonymous; 1998; AGT).

Versions

Personal Software release

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Infocom releases

• Zork I: The Great Underground Empire (authors: Marc Blank and Dave Lebling; publisher: Infocom; YEAR TBD; Z-code).
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Hugo port

• Hugo Zork: The Great Underground Empire (porter: John Menichelli; 1997; Hugo).
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Availability

• Zork I is included on both The Lost Treasures of Infocom and the Classic Text Adventure Masterpieces of Infocom CD-ROMs.
• In 2001, the Zork trilogy was briefly available for free download from the Activision website as part of their promotion for Zork: Grand Inquisitor. Activision retains the copyright to Zork I, and any other sites that offer the game for free download are very likely doing so illegally.

Links

• Zork I at Wikipedia.

Zork trilogy by Infocom
Zork I (1980)	Zork II (1981)	Zork III (1982)

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