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Zork: The Great Underground Empire

Description

Zork is set in the ancient ruins of an underground empire. You enter this world in search of adventure and wealth.

A classic game in every sense of the word, Zork was ported over from mainframes in the late 1970s and started the dynasty commonly known as "text adventures" (although the proper term for such by die-hard fans is Interactive Fiction).

Infocom Difficulty Level: Standard

Alternate Titles

• "Zork I: The Great Underground Empire" -- Re-release title
• "Zork I" -- Renamed title (after second and third Zork games were released)
• "Zork" -- Personal Software published name

Part of the Following Groups

• Games made into books
• Zork series

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User Reviews

Zork?!? Zork What? Zork you too, pal.	rs2000 (15)
It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.	stvedder (1816)
The most eclectic and interesting of the series	Colin Rowsell (45)
A great introduction to interactive fiction.	Mirrorshades2k (275)	unrated
The one that stated it all for Infocom	Tony Van (2709)
One of the first PC games I played	JubalHarshaw (287)

The Press Says

Quandary	Jul, 1996		100
Adventure Classic Gaming	May 10, 1998	5 out of 5	100
SPAG	Dec 13, 1997	6.1 out of 10	61

Forums

Topic	# Posts	Last Post
Be honest about Zork	13	Indra Depari of 'da Clan Depari (12539) Oct 23, 2007
You are likely to be eaten ...	5	Sam Jeffreys (2214) Sep 16, 2007

Trivia

"Hello, Sailor!"

This well-recognized Infocom phrase got its start here. Type it in, and you'll get the response "Nothing happens here."

Type it in almost any room in any Infocom game, and you'll get the same response. This may be one of the oldest Infocom red herrings around.