Return to Zork

Description

You are standing behind the white house. There is something in the mailbox. A video message from a wizard informing you that you are the sweepstakes winner to the Valley of the Sparrows... right now, by magic flight. Upon arriving at this mysterious place however, not everything is as it should be. There's nobody to meet you and those who you do come across don't seem to have any knowledge about a sweepstakes. It looks like this is a private vacation and you'll need to find your own way through this land.

Return to Zork is a 1st person adventure game using video, and the revival of the famous Zork series by Activation. Similar to Myst in interface, you must rotate your viewpoint to discover new areas and uncover items that can be used or picked up. Various characters will be met along the way and spoken to via a system of dialog choices.

Part of the Following Groups

• Games featuring auto-mapping
• Photography
• Zork series

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User Reviews

The Encyclopedia Frobozzica manual is more entertaining than the game.	DOS	WildKard (11879)
An adequate adventure, but not very Zorkish.	DOS	Ye Olde Infocomme Shoppe (1536)
Historically important, but confusing and frustrating	DOS	Unicorn Lynx (72406)
Zork -- Now with Pictures!	DOS	Game22 (42)
Creativity at its finest!	DOS	Deen F (4)
One of the best adventure games	DOS	James1 (250)

The Press Says

Abandonia	DOS	Jan 22, 2005	5 out of 5	100
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Adventure Classic Gaming	Windows	May 29, 1998	4 out of 5	80
High Score	DOS	Jan, 1994	4 out of 5	80
Top Secret	DOS	Feb, 1994	8 out of 10	80
PC Games (Germany)	DOS	Jan, 1994	79 out of 100	79
Power Play	DOS	Dec, 1993	53 out of 100	53
Just Adventure	DOS	Dec 07, 2003	D	25

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Trivia

The game's intro video begins with the text on a black screen "You are standing behind the white house. In one corner is a small window which is slightly ajar.". This text is copied from the first thing shown on the screen of the first Zork game. The video then shows you the house and rotates around it before finding the sweepstakes invitation in the mailbox (which is not what happens in the first zork game).