Zork: The Undiscovered Underground
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| Zork: The Undiscovered Underground | |
|---|---|
| Game | |
| Main links | |
| Published | 1997 |
| Credits | |
| Authors | Michael Berlyn, Marc Blank, Gerry Kevin Wilson |
| Publisher | Activision |
| Reception | |
| IFDB rating | 3.5 out of 5 (32 ratings) |
| Gameplay | |
| Interaction style |  Parser |
| Literary genre |  Fantasy |
| Location |  Underground |
| Language | English |
| Accessibility | Colour: none. Graphics: none. Sound: none. |
| Technical details | |
| Authoring system | Inform 6 |
| Format | Z-code 5 |
| License | Freeware |
| IFID | ZCODE-16-970828-1185, ZCODE-16-970828-7ECD, 111FD301-3197-4228-AFCF-64AF7769BBBF |
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This text game was developed by Activision and released as a prequel to their graphical adventure Zork: Grand Inquisitor.
Unofficial recreations
- Inform 7 version, by Al Golden (2016?)
- IFID: ZCODE-16-970828-7ECD
IFID links: IFDB, or
IFID: 111FD301-3197-4228-AFCF-64AF7769BBBF
IFID links: IFDB. - Download or view contents of ZTUU.zip, at the IF Archive.
- IFID: ZCODE-16-970828-7ECD
- ZIL port, work in progress by Adam Sommerfield (2025–)
- IntFiction forum thread.
- YouTube playlist (livestreaming the progress of this and other projects).
Versions
Release 16
Date: 1997
- Zork: The Undiscovered Underground (writers: Marc Blank and Michael Berlyn, programmer: Gerry Kevin Wilson; publisher: Activision; 1997; Z-code 5).
- Release 16 / Serial number 970828 / Inform v6.13 Library 6/2
- IFID: ZCODE-16-970828-1185
IFID links: IFDB. - Download or view contents of ztuu.zip, at the IF Archive - story file, readme, and hints.
- Download ztuu.pdf from the IF Archive - Documentation in PDF format.
Links
N.B. Many IF Archive games are temporarily unavailable in the UK.
General info
- Zork: The Undiscovered Underground (archived) - at Baf's Guide.
- Zork: The Undiscovered Underground - at IFDB.
- Interactive Fiction Now, Issue #1 (December 1997) interviews Marc Blank, Dave Lebling, and Laird Malamed about this game:
- Download IFN-0001.txt from the IF Archive or
- Download IFN-0001.pdf from the IF Archive
Reviews
- Zork: The Undiscovered Underground (potential archive link) - at IF Ratings.
Spoilers
- Invisiclues, converted by the PRIZM project and Dan Fabulich.
- Download or view contents of ztuu.zip, at the IF Archive - Solution and map in PDF format, by Al Golden.
- Download or view contents of Ztuumap.zip, at the IF Archive - Map in GUEmap format, by Julian Fleetwood.
Date: 1997