Zork

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Released Jun 1, 1977

By: Infocom, Commodore Electronics Ltd., Personal Software, SystemSoft

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Zork is one of the earliest interactive fiction computer games, with roots drawn from the original genre game, Colossal Cave Adventure. The first version of Zork was written in 1977–1979 using the MDL programming language on a DEC PDP-10 computer.

Genres: Adventure
Platforms: Amiga Amstrad CPC Amstrad PCW Apple II Atari 8-bit Atari ST/STE Commodore 16 Commodore C64/128/MAX Commodore Plus/4 DOS Mac PC-9800 Series PDP-10 PDP-11 TRS-80 TRS-80 Color Computer Tatung Einstein
Themes: Fantasy
Collections: Zork
Game modes: Single player
Perspectives: Text
Engines: Z-machine
Keywords: interactive fiction questing scummvm compatible second person perspective text adventure treasure hunt
Languages: English · Interface Japanese · Interface

Complete release history (18)

PDP-10 · June 1977
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PDP-11 · June 1977
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TRS-80 · December 1980
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Apple II · February 1981
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Commodore C64/128/MAX · Mar 30, 1983
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Atari 8-bit · 1983
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Commodore Plus/4 · 1984
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Commodore 16 · 1984
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DOS · 1984
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Mac · 1984
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TRS-80 Color Computer · 1984
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Tatung Einstein · May 1985
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Atari ST/STE · 1985
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Amstrad CPC · 1986
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Amiga · 1986
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Amstrad PCW · 1986
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Amiga · 1990
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PC-9800 Series · Mar 29, 1991
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