History of Zork

	Revision 17 . . (edit) November 22, 2001 9:15 pm by Zundark [note on Z-machine]
	Revision 16 . . (edit) November 22, 2001 9:13 pm by Zundark [add download link]
	Revision 15 . . (edit) November 22, 2001 5:16 pm by Zundark [link to Zorkmid]
	Revision 14 . . (edit) November 22, 2001 1:01 am by Zundark [minor copyediting & link to Adventure]
	Revision 13 . . November 22, 2001 12:58 am by Zundark [XYZZY and twisty passages were from ADVENT]
	Revision 12 . . (edit) November 22, 2001 12:54 am by Bryan Derksen [some terms from Zork that entered common culture online]
	Revision 11 . . (edit) September 26, 2001 10:34 am by Bryan Derksen

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Zork is one of the first adventure games that appeared.

Zork was one of the first adventure games, after ADVENT.

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The Zork series of games were responsible for the origin of Xyzzy, Grues, and the phrase "you are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike."

The Zork series of games introduced grues and zorkmids.

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Zork and its relatives fit into a catagory known as Interactive Fiction.

Zork and its relatives fit into a category known as interactive fiction.

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The original Zork series: * [Zork I: The Great Underground Empire]? (1980) * [Zork II: The Wizard of Frobozz]? (1981) * [Zork III: The Dungeon Master]? (1982)

The original Zork trilogy: * Zork I: The Great Underground Empire (1980) * Zork II: The Wizard of Frobozz (1981) * Zork III: The Dungeon Master (1982)

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* [Beyond Zork]? (1987) * [Zork Zero: The Revenge of Megaboz]? (1988, with graphics)

* Beyond Zork (1987) * Zork Zero: The Revenge of Megaboz (1988, with graphics)

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* [Return to Zork]? (1993, with graphics) * [Zork: Nemesis]? (with graphics) * [Zork: Grand Inquisitor]? (with graphics) * [Zork: The Undiscovered Underground]?

* Return to Zork (1993, with graphics) * Zork: Nemesis (with graphics) * Zork: Grand Inquisitor (with graphics) * Zork: The Undiscovered Underground External link: *Zork I, II, III and the Undiscovered Underground can be downloaded from http://www.csd.uwo.ca/Infocom/. (Other games in the Zork series are apparently not legally available for free.) They can be played on almost any platform using an appropriate Z-machine interpreter.