Zork I
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| Zork I | |
|---|---|
| Game | |
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| Main links | |
| Published | 1980 |
| Credits | |
| Authors | Marc Blank and Dave Lebling |
| Publisher | Activision, Infocom, Personal Software |
| Reception | |
| IFDB rating | 4 out of 5 (226 ratings) |
| Gameplay | |
| Interaction style |  Parser |
| Literary genre |  Adventure |
| Location |  Underground |
| Language | English |
| Cruelty scale | Cruel |
| IFDB play time | 9 hours |
| Accessibility | Colour: none. Graphics: none. Sound: none. |
| Technical details | |
| Authoring system | ZIL |
| Format | Z-code |
| License | Commercial |
| IFID | ZCODE-88-840726 |
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How it begins
You are an adventurer, going into the Great Underground Empire to seek treasure. You begin west of the white house. As you explore the land around the house and the caves below it, you discover more than just treasure...
Notable features
- Improved multi-word parser.
Trivia and Comments
- Zork I inspired the parody Pork 1: The Great Underground Sewer System (Anonymous; 1998; AGT).
Availability
- Zork I is included on both The Lost Treasures of Infocom Volume I and the Classic Text Adventure Masterpieces of Infocom CD-ROMs.
- In 2001, the Zork trilogy was briefly available for free download from the Activision website as part of their promotion for Zork: Grand Inquisitor. Activision retains the copyright to Zork I, and any other sites that offer the game for free download are very likely doing so illegally.
Versions
Personal Software release
Date: Date unknown
Initial Infocom release
Date: 1980
- Zork I: The Great Underground Empire (authors: Marc Blank and Dave Lebling; publisher: Infocom; 1980; Z-code).
Final Infocom release
Date: 1983 (uncertain)
- Zork I: The Great Underground Empire (authors: Marc Blank and Dave Lebling; publisher: Infocom; 1983 or 84; Z-code 3).
Related games
- Part of "Zork trilogy":
- Zork I (Marc Blank and Dave Lebling; publishers: Activision, Infocom, Personal Software; 1980; ZIL; Z-code).
- Zork II (Marc Blank and Dave Lebling; publishers: Activision, Infocom; 1981; ZIL; Z-code).
- Zork III (Marc Blank and Dave Lebling; publishers: Activision, Infocom; 1982; ZIL; Z-code).
- Ported as Hugo Zork (Marc Blank and Dave Lebling; porter: John Menichelli; 1997; Hugo).
Links
N.B. Many IF Archive games are temporarily unavailable in the UK.
General
- Zork I (archived) - at Baf's Guide
- Zork I at Wikipedia.
- Zork I at CSD (Internet Archive link).
- Zork I at Zork Wiki.
Reviews
Spoilers
- Zork I Speedrun - 7min46sec - YouTube video where "divadnotyad" plays Zork I really quickly.
- "Walkthrough" - The walkthrough to Zork I sung by Errol, instrumentals by pifie, available as a downloadable .mp3. The lyrics are listed as well.
- The Visible Zorker: Zork 1, a web-hosted version by Andrew Plotkin where you can play through while simultaneously examining internal game state, source code, and commentary. (Part of The Visible Zorker project.)
Solutions
Here are links to collections of solutions. Each collection contains either hints or a solution for Zork I:
- Download hints.many from the IF Archive - hints by Anonymous.
- Download jgunness.zip from the IF Archive - solutions by Jacob Gunness.
- Download Sols1.zip from the IF Archive - solutions by Anonymous.
- Download Sols2.zip from the IF Archive - solutions by Anonymous.
- Download Sols3.zip from the IF Archive - solutions by Anonymous.
Source code
- GitHub: Zork I Source Code Collection. Uploaded on 18 Apr 2019.
- Modified build from this source, with unlimited carrying capacity and light from the lantern.
Date: Date unknown
Date: 1980
Date: 1983 (uncertain)