Beyond Zork

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Adventure Fantasy Wilderness RPG

Beyond Zork: The Coconut of Quendor
Author(s)	Brian Moriarty
Publisher(s)	Infocom, Activision
Release date(s)	1987
Authoring system	ZIL
Platform(s)	Z-code 5
Language(s)	English
License(s)	Commercial
Multimedia
Color	optional
Graphics	yes
Sound/Music	TBD
Ratings
Cruelty scale	Cruelty to be determined

Contents 1 How It Begins 2 Notable Features 3 Versions 3.1 Infocom releases 3.2 Activision releases 4 Links 4.1 General info 4.2 Reviews 4.3 Spoilers

How It Begins

Notable Features

• Beyond Zork was the first^{[check this!]} game released in the Z-code 5 format. The new format allowed the game to use character graphics to draw simple maps and progress bars and to reserve a large multi-line area at the top of the screen to display the room description and local map.

Versions

Infocom releases

• Beyond Zork: The Coconut of Quendor (Brian Moriarty; publisher: Infocom; 1987; Z-code 5).
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Activision releases

• Beyond Zork is included on the following Activision collections:
  • The Lost Treasures of Infocom Volume I
  • The Infocom Collections: The Sci-Fi Collection (as a Bonus Title)
  • Classic Text Adventure Masterpieces of Infocom

Links

General info

• Beyond Zork - at Peter Scheyen's Infocom Homepage.
• Beyond Zork manual in PDF format - at The Infocom Documentation Project.
• Beyond Zork - at Wikipedia.
• Beyond Zork - at MobyGames.
• Beyond Zork - at Infocom Gallery.
• Beyond Zork - at Infocom - The Master Storytellers.

Reviews

• Beyond Zork - at SPAG.

Spoilers

• Beyond Zork - at Graeme Cree's The Infocom Bugs List.