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| | Zork - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Zork distinguished itself in its genre as an especially rich game, in terms of both the quality of the storytelling and the sophistication of its text parser, which was not limited to simple verb-noun commands ("hit grue"), but understood full sentences ("hit the grue with the Elvish sword"). | | | In the Zork games, the player is not limited to verb-noun commands, such as "take lamp", "open mailbox", and so forth. | | | Part of the reason for splitting Zork into three different games was that, unlike the PDP systems the original ran on, micros did not have enough memory and disk storage to handle the entirety of the original game. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zork
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| | Zork |
| | Zork, like the other Infocom games, distinguished itself in its genre as an especially rich text adventure, both in terms of the quality of the storytelling, as well as the sophistication (at the time) of its text parser. | | | Finally Infocom, a company started by the above people and others with the intention of producing adventure games brought out versions of Zork for most popular computers of the era, such as the Commodore 64, the Atari 8-bit family, and the IBM PC, in addition to the above. | | | When the game was finished the implementors called it Dungeon, but people went on calling it Zork, so the name stuck (not an unusual course of events for software and other high-tech products with entrenched "working titles"). |
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http://www.teachtime.com/en/wikipedia/z/zo/zork.html
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| | SPAG Game Reviews Z |
| | Zork I is a particularly good example of this, where the player is apparently looting for looting's own sake, while Zork II sets the collection of treasures up as part of the plot (although you must discover this for yourself; at first, you are merely collecting them because you get points for having each one). | | | In a sense, the nature of the world of Zork III brings the person sitting at the keyboard into the game in a way that the Zork II player was not likely to feel, unless he or she was used to encountering wizards and unicorns. | | | Zork II feels much more polished than Zork I; the geography of the game is somewhat more coherent, there are fewer illogicalities, and the layout is less a series of puzzles than a set of locations that revolve -- literally -- around a central area. |
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http://www.sparkynet.com/spag/z.html#zuni
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| | fUSION Anomaly. Zork |
| | Zork Zero: The Revenge of Megaboz also attempted to sift through the previous ten years of the Zork games, and tie up all those loose ends and open questions that never seemed to have a concrete answer such as the origin of the white house with the boarded front door. | | | Beyond Zork also allowed the player to create their own male or female character, with that character being personally referred to in parts of the game. | | | At this time, the majority of home computers were unable to cope with running the whole Zork game, so a method to compress the game was required. |
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http://fusionanomaly.net/zork.html
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| | Amiga Reviews: Zork zero - The revenge of Megaboz |
| | Zork Zero is a superb adventure, packed with problems of varying difficulty. | | | Written by Steve Meretzky, author of Planetfall, Stationfall, Sorcerer, Hitch Hiker’s Guide and the high-selling smutware game, Leather Goddesses, Zork Zero is an essential addition to the collection of any serious adventure player, and equally recommended as a first time adventure to those who wonder what all the fuss is about. | | | The landscape in Zork Zero is quite huge, set in the time before the ‘White House’ which is the familiar starting point in the originals. |
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http://amigareviews.classicgaming.gamespy.com/zorkzero.htm
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| | The DOS version of "Zork Zero" checks the interpreter number before it sets a countdown of either x or x-1. | | | (Zork Zero expects this.) It is the "number of pictures" instead of the "highest legal picture number". | | | This is what the games do: Most games use character grid positions. |
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http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/docs/interactive-fiction/interpreters-infocom-zcode/specification/zspec02/remarks_on_specification.txt
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| | MacGamer - Get In The Game |
| | Players became so fascinated with Zork that people took the game into the literary genre, publishing Zork books with the same zeal as playing the Zork game. | | | The popularity of the original Zork titles stemmed from Infocom's ability to create a simple, text-based gameplay that made players feel like active characters in a completely engrossing fantasy book. | | | The best selling point of Zork Grand Inquisitor is the overall ambient feel which serves as a focal point for the game's sarastic, punny, cleverly stupid, dumb-wittingly intelligent edge where luscious graphics, top quality sound, and solid gameplay collide like three one-armed idiots in a ho-down. |
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http://www.macgamer.com/features/publish.php?id=434
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| | Zork |
| | In Zork II, the player starts in the barrow, and the only way is down. | | | Zork III starts above ground, but the world above is as weird and barren as the world below, and they are not so clearly separated. | | | The Zork Collection excludes Nemesis and the two Zork-spinoff text adventures whose name I can't remember, but includes Planetfall, packed as bonus with Zork III and one of the rare text adventures where items can be without meaning or function (boo!). |
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http://home.tiscali.nl/~calezane/animisc/zorkgame.htm
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| | Return To Zork....Again Petition |
| | Zork has always been one of the most astounding contributions to the field of computer games, from its humble beginnings as the pet project of some programmers at MIT to its current status of having lured approximately three-million players into its story lines. | | | For its genre, Zork has always been on the cutting edge of gaming technology, and has always countered this amazing programming with excellent games that make people want to play them again and again. | | | This petition is one more chance to try and reboot this game, so that Activision will fulfil its promise and give the games that the world deserves. |
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http://www.petitiononline.com/zg15/petition.html
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| | Zork Zero: The Revenge of Megaboz |
| | Zork Zero was the last Zork game to be written and designed by the original Infocom authors and design team. | | | Bearing much in common with its predecessors, Zork Zero is mainly a treasure-hunt game, requiring the player to visit nearly every corner of the empire. | | | Zork Zero: The Revenge of Megaboz (Infocom, 1988) |
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http://plover.net/~hloif/Reviews/ComputerGames/ZorkZero.html
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| | Ad-Blurbs for Zork Zero: The Revenge of Megaboz |
| | Zork Zero integrates graphics into the game play with visual puzzles, illustrated maps and a Zorkian encyclopedia. | | | Straining our new "Y" development system to the limit, Zork Zero is our largest game ever, with more than 200 locations, and as many puzzles as all three games of the Zork Trilogy combined. | | | Zork Zero answers many of the questions that have tormented Zorkers for ages: What is it like to play Double Fanucci? |
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http://www.mobygames.com/game/zork-zero-the-revenge-of-megaboz/adblurbs
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| | Zork Zero - Gameboomers Walkthrough by David Sachs |
| | Since there is only one small maze in the entire ZORK ZERO game, I will give detailed directions for reaching a place only when they are absolutely necessary. | | | I will only refer you to the parchment, calendar, and blueprint that come with the game for information needed from them. | | | Now you can go past the Perimeter Wall (northwest of the Outer Bailey), and watch the Castle turn into the small white house with a mailbox: The starting point of ZORK I! ZORK ZERO is published by Infocom, Inc. and distributed by MEDIAGENIC. |
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http://www.gameboomers.com/wtcheats/pcZz/ZorkZero.htm
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| | GameSpy.com - Gaming's Homepage |
| | The game took players to previously uncharted areas in the world of Zork, offered excellently designed puzzles and rich, descriptive prose. | | | Even better, since the game wasn't dependent on graphics for its quality, playing it today can give players the same wonderful experience Infocom fans enjoyed back in 1988. | | | It's up to the player to figure out a way to stop the curse and save the Empire. |
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http://archive.gamespy.com/articles/september03/25underrated/index14.shtml
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| | An Infocom fan's view on the Lost Treasures of Infocom |
| | In addition, Beyond Zork, Zork Zero, and The Lurking Horror, three of Infocom's later games, are also included. | | | This is because Beyond Zork and Zork Zero incorporate graphics into the game, and The Lurking Horror uses sound effects. | | | To begin with, Lost Treasures is a re-release of 20 of Infocom's games. |
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http://home1.gte.net/longrj2/infocom/losttreasures1.html
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| | The Infocom Page |
| | The first Zork games are now shareware and available free for anyone to play. | | | Zork: The Undiscovered Underground comes with a program called WinFrotz, which will enable you to run other Infocom games in Windows if you already own the DOS versions. | | | They can also be used if you are interested in printing out transcripts of the games. |
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http://site5.apollohosting.com/bruceasmith.com/httpdocs/Infocom/Infocom.htm
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| | Most of these commands appear in all Infocom games (like Zork I, Wishbringer, Witness, ect.), but those starred (*) are new. | | | The highest score you can obtain in Zork Zero is 1000. | | | This mode is meant for players who are already very familiar with the geography. |
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http://redump.emubase.de/lsd_get.php?id=62
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| | Zork Zero cheats, Zork Zero cheat codes PC |
| | Zork Zero cheats and cheat codes - Printable version - | | | Zork Zero cheats, Zork Zero cheat codes PC Quick search: Last Updated: | | | Find all the latest Zork Zero cheats and secrets HERE. |
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http://www.abby-cheat.com/html/Pc_cheats/Zork_Zero_cheat.html
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| | XYZZYnews Issue #10 More Interviews With the Infocommies |
| | My sense, from talking to Zork Nemesis' producer, is that there was every intention to follow the direction taken in the original zork games, though I am more than a little skeptical. | | | I would say that people continuing the saga is a good thing as long as they spend the time to become thoroughly familiar with the earlier games and remain true to their spirit. | | | I might try Zork Nemesis if somebody would send me a copy, but I certainly don't have enough interest to purchase the game. |
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http://www.xyzzynews.com/xyzzy.10e.html
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| | Zork |
| | The other Dungeon Master branding Zork games were: Zork III (Successor to Original), and Zork Zero. | | | Zork: Grand Inquisitor was named #1 PC Gamer Adventure Game for May 1998 | | | In this game you get to meet Antharia Jack, the person who stars in the television series based on the story of the adventure from the first three games on ZTV. |
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http://struckus.tripod.com/Zgi.htm
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| | Return to Zork (1993) (VG) |
| | I never played any ZORK games after ZORK III, like ZORK ZERO and BEYOND ZORK, though. | | | After being away from the computer gaming world for a while, I got a new PC and then I saw RETURN TO ZORK on the shelf. | | | It has a maze, as most adventure games had in the past, the I found impossible to figure out, so i bought the cheat guide. |
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0158150/combined
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| | The Zork Games (Zork History) - Mr. Bill's Adventureland |
| | And actually Beyond Zork takes place DURING Spellbreaker, but you won't have the foggiest idea what's going on in Beyond Zork unless you play Spellbreaker first. | | | According to the Strategy Guide, Zork Nemesis is actually 'caused' by events in Zork III (time travel, you see). | | | But if you disregard that in-joke, then Wishbringer comes behind Zork I (and almost every other little clue in Wishbringer puts it there). |
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http://www.mrbillsadventureland.com/links/zork/zorkhist/zorkhist.htm
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| | Activision, Inc |
| | These are modern graphical games set in the Zork universe from the original Zork games by Infocom. | | | Notes: Compilation of Infocom games (Ballyhoo, Beyond Zork, Deadline, Enchanter, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Infidel, Lurking Horror, Moonmist, Planetfall, Sorcerer, Spellbreaker, Starcross, Stationfall, Suspect, Suspended, The Witness, Zork I, Zork II, Zork III, Zork Zero). | | | Notes: Compilation of Infocom games (Arthur, Ballyhoo, Beyond Zork, Border Zone, Bureaucracy, Cutthroats, Deadline, Enchanter, Hollywood Hijinx, Infidel, Journey, Leather Goddesses of Phobos, Lurking Horror, Mind Forever Voyaging, Moonmist, Nord & Bert, Planetfall, Plundered Hearts, Seastalker, Sherlock, Sorcerer, Spellbreaker, Starcorss, Stationfall, Suspect, Suspended, Trinity, Wishbringer, Witness, Zork I, II, III and Zork Zero). |
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http://www.if-legends.org/~adventure/Activision,_Inc.html
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| | Amiga Game: Zork Zero: The Revenge of Megaboz |
| | A prequel to the earlier released Zork games (hence the name) This game whilst still a text adventure does contain some graphic puzzle sequences. | | | Amiga Game: Zork Zero: The Revenge of Megaboz | | | As part of a roundup of old games |
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http://eager.back2roots.org/DATA/Z/ZORKZ.HTML
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| | IGN: ZORK I: The Great Underground Empire |
| | Using a text parser, players type sentences in plain English and thus navigate their way through the story. | | | Find out what other IGN readers have to say about ZORK I: The Great Underground Empire. | | | Visit GameStats for the latest ZORK I: The Great Underground Empire ratings and rankings |
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http://pc.ign.com/objects/490/490180.html
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| | 80' s home computer nostalgia (was: Anyone remember Zork?) |
| | I used to play that game on my radio shack TRS-80 with 64k of RAM(high tech at the time). | | | I go down and crank up Moon Patrol every once in a while, but I remember when I first got it spending countless hours at the old text Zork games. | | | I just downloaded the game (77K zip file - ha!) and can' t believe the memories that came flooding back... |
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http://www.mikeportnoy.com/forum/tm.aspx?m=143321
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| | Games Video Games Adventure Z Zork Series Zork Zero - The Revenge of Megaboz |
| | Status Line: Zork Zero Takes You Back to the Beginning - Text of game announcement from Infocom's newsletter. | | | Games Video Games Adventure Z Zork Series Zork Zero - The Revenge of Megaboz | | | Top Games Video Games Adventure Z Zork Series Zork Zero - The Revenge of Megaboz |
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http://www.iper1.com/iper1-odp/scat/id/Games/Video_Games/Adventure/Z/Zork_Series/Zork_Zero_-_The_Revenge_of_Megaboz
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| | Opera Directory |
| | Petition asking Activision to continue making Zork games. | | | Exhaustive timeline of the Zork series of games. | | | History of the Zork games, screenshots, maps, walkthroughs for all games, and parody box covers. |
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http://portal.opera.com/web?cat=6710
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| | This is soon to become the Zork Zero section of my page |
| | Zork Zero, a return to the Quendorian Empire, only this time, you get to experience the grandeur of the time during the reign of Wurb Flathead, last of the Flathead dynasty. | | | Zork Zero used the newer standard box format (much the same as the standard "book-like" box but with a slipcase containing a cardboard tray which contained all the package elements). | | | This is soon to become the Zork Zero section of my page |
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http://struckus.tripod.com/Zork0.htm
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| | Z-machine - Free net encyclopedia |
| | The "Z" of Z-machine stands for Zork, Infocom's first adventure game. | | | Z-code files usually have names ending in.z1,.z2,.z3,.z4,.z5, or.z6(and occasionally.dat), where the number is the version number of the Z-machine on which the file is intended to be run, as given by the first byte of the story file. | | | With the large number of incompatible home computer systems in use at the time, this was an important advantage over using native code. |
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http://www.netipedia.com/index.php/Z-Machine
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| | All Zork Zero Cheats for PC |
| | All Zork Zero Cheats for PC All Working Zork Zero Cheats - PC discuss in forums | | | Site Map - Privacy statement - Terms of use |
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http://www.absolutcheats.com/pc/zorkzero.php
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| | The Lost Treasures of Infocom |
| | All games except Zork Zero are in Z-machine format. | | | You are likely to be eaten by a grue. | | | I have preserved the original filenames from the collection. |
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http://www.rit.edu/~anh3243/infocom
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| | Zork Series |
| | Includes all Zork games, from the original interactive fiction titles, to the later licensed graphical adventures. | | | Game group created by Anonymous User, additional games added to group by WildKard (7445) and Jeanne | | | Front cover for Zork Nemesis: The Forbidden Lands |
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http://www.mobygames.com/game_group/sheet/gameGroupId,37
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| | Kristen's LCC2700 Webpage |
| | In the Mario world, grass doesn't have texture, and objects cannot exist within the game that the game developers did not specifically put there. | | | Only the most basic computational effects made the virtual space of Zork Zero feel real, such as interaction with the program by going places, taking items and using items. | | | What really made the game feel real was the ability to imagine the environment as being real. |
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http://www.lcc.gatech.edu/~murray/courses/lcc2700sp05/locker/ktocher/assignment3/assignment3.html
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| | InfocomGamesMore |
| | This version can be played from the diskette, | | | You can use two drives to cut down on disk swapping; but, the game | | | "'Undiscovered Underground" is currently, the latest Apple II Zork. |
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http://www.apple2.org.za/gswv/a2zine/Sel/MoreInfocom.htm
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| | My collection of Infocom items |
| | All 27 issues, but the first 4 are photocopies from the Zork Users Group. | | | Published by the Zork Users Group and sold separately from their InvisiClues. |
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http://home1.gte.net/longrj2/infocom/mycollection.html
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| | What's New? |
| | I've started a dictionary of Zork and Other Infocom Lingo. | | | Added a solution for Zork: The Undiscovered Underground which was created by Warwick Annear. | | | Added a new Status Line article called "Zork Zero takes you back to the beginning" (thanks to Faye Pashalis for transcription and webification). |
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http://infocom.gerf.org/New.html
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| | GUE-Network - A Tribute to Zork |
| | The Zork series was created by Infocom and started with the Zork Trilogy a conversion of the mainframe game Dungeon (Available in the Files Section) to make it small enough to run on Personal Computers of the Day. | | | After Zork Zero was released Infocom was taken over by Activision. | | | The series then continued with the sequel Beyond Zork and finally the prequel Zork Zero. |
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http://www.gue-network.com/pages/infocom_info.htm
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| | Zork Zero walkthrough |
| | Now you can go all the way northwest from the outside of the castle, past the Perimeter Wall
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http://www.eristic.net/games/infocom/zorkzero.html
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| | HOL - the database of amiga games - abime.net |
| | is a prequel to Zork I: The Great Underground Empire | | | Coded by RCK of abime.net - Content © 1998-2006 HOL TEAM - Online database © 2002-2006 HOL TEAM - Generated in 0.56s | | | is a prequel to Zork III: The Dungeon Master |
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http://hol.abime.net/1643
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| | Zork Zero Transcript |
| | This transcript is not from Zork Zero, but will give you a good feeling for how Infocom's interactive fiction works. |
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http://www.cix.co.uk/~lacegem/samples/zork0.html
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| | Zork Zero - Nathan Simpson's list of Infocom bugs |
| | In all versions, at Hothouse, JUMP OUT WINDOW says, "You cut yourself to ribbons on the broken glass.", but nothing happens to you. | | | In versions 296 through 383, in the presence of the dirigible you can THROW HANDS FROM GONDOLA. | | | Zork Zero - Nathan Simpson's list of Infocom bugs |
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http://www.microheaven.com/InfocomBugs/zorkzero.shtml
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| | Either or both of the width and height may be zero. | | | It would appear that the Zork Zero does reset the cache after a palette change, but this has not been exhaustively investigated. | | | If picture caching (through @picture_data or otherwise) is implemented, special attention may need to be paid to ensure that adaptive images that are cached are still appropriate for the Current Palette when plotted. |
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http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/infocom/media/blorb/blorb-infocom-extension.txt
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| | Zork Zero for PC Reviews - PC Zork Zero Reviews |
| | Be the First to tell the world what you think of Zork Zero. | | | If you can see this, your browser does not support flash. | | | Zork Zero for PC Reviews - PC Zork Zero Reviews |
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http://www.gamespot.com/pc/adventure/zorkzero/readers.html
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| | GUE-Network - A Tribute to Zork |
| | Both Maps are revamped versions of the publicly available Zork Zero maps. | | | This site is not affiliated or endorsed in any way by Activision |
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http://www.gue-network.com/pages/infocom_zz_maps.htm
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| | XYZZYnews Issue #10 Yakko's IF World (Song Parody) |
| | Spellbreaker, Nord and Bert, Trinity, Suspect, and Zork (which is split in three parts)! | | | Shogun, The Witness, Unkuulian Underworld Zero, One, Two, and One-Half. | | | There's Sherlock, Suspended, Zork Zero, Enchanter, and Planetfall, Moonmist as well, |
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http://www.xyzzynews.com/xyzzy.10g.html
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