Zork Nemesis: The Forbidden Lands (Macintosh)

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Description

In the last days of the Great Underground Empire, four of the Empire's greatest Alchemists disappeared into the Forbidden Lands on the day of the Solar Eclipse, supposedly searching for the secret of the Quintessena, the Eternal Life. An imperial spy, Bivotar, was dispatched to locate them. He never returned. Now, the task has fallen onto you.

You soon discover that the Alchemists are dead, slain by a horrible demon known only as the Nemesis. You manage to get on the Nemesis' nerves, and soon find yourself allied with the spirits of the dead Alchemists, attempting to finish their work before the Nemesis can finish you. But all is not as it seems, and as you unravel the secrets of the past through old letters and ghostly flashbacks, you begin to realize the full horror of the events which transpired under the Eclipse all those years ago.

Zork Nemesis: The Forbidden Lands is a graphical first person adventure game in the style of Myst, mixing logic puzzles with live-action FMV sequences which advance the story. The player views each location from a first-person perspective, and can rotate the camera 180 degrees to get a full view of your surroundings.

Like other Zork installments, the game contains humorous elements, but in general its story and atmosphere are darker, including images and themes such as decapitated heads and human sacrifice.

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Alternate Titles

• "Zork Nemesis - Les Territoires Interdits" -- French title
• "Zork Nemesis: Das Verbotene Land" -- German title

Part of the Following Groups

• Live action cut-scenes
• Myst variants
• Zork universe

User Reviews

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Critic Reviews

Just Adventure	Apr 11, 2002	A-	91
Mac Gamer	1997	85 out of 100	85
Jeuxvideo.com	Mar 12, 2013	16 out of 20	80
High Score	Jan, 1997	4 out of 5	80

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Trivia

The live-action sequences in Zork Nemesis were directed by Joe Napolitano, who has directed episodes to such tv series as "Quantum Leap", "Northern Exposure", "X-Files", "Chicago Hope", "Ally McBeal", "The Practice" and "Dawson's Creek", among others.

Also, all the main actors of Zork Nemesis have extensive work background in both TV and film. Merle Kennedy (who played Alexandria in the game), for instance, appears in the 2000 film "The Perfect Storm" and Allan Kolman (Sartorius) in the 1995 "Se7en" and 1999 "My Favorite Martian".

Related Web Sites

• Set up for Windows XP (by Inferno)
• UHS Hints for Zork Nemisis (The best site for gradual hints to help you solve this and many other games without spoiling the whole game.)
• Zarf's Review (A rather Mac-centric review of The Forbidden Lands by Andrew Plotkin (July, 1996).)