Zork started at MIT -- it existed there and on college campuses (and business machines for that matter) long before popping up on the C-64 and friends...
As a kid, I played it on the mainframes at my mother's office -- it was a real "oh cool!" moment for me when it popped up on the C-64 during my college years.
'Zork' returns to the gaming world
Summary
Jolt Online's "casual MMO" Legends of Zork casts players as treasure hunting salesman in the remains of the Great Underground Empire.
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When it comes to old school adventure games, it doesn't get much older than Zork, the Infocom franchise that started as a series of text-based adventures on the Tandy Color Computer, Apple II, Commodore 64, and all manner of personal computers.
Now Jolt Online Gaming is dusting off the franchise--dormant since 1997's Zork Grand Inquisitor--and reviving it as a Web browser-based massively multiplayer casual online game (casual MMO).
The Irish browser-game maker Wednesday announced that it will be publishing Legends of Zork, a persistent online game that will be playable on computers as well as iPhones.
No release date has been announced, but Jolt has said it will be accepting applications for beta testing on the game's official Web site.
Legends of Zork will cast players as a treasure-hunting traveling salesman in the recently collapsed Great Underground Empire. Of course, the journey promises great riches as well as great danger (possibly in the form of a grue).
Founded last year, Jolt already operates a number of free-to-play online gaming properties, including the truck driving-themed Trukz, and geo-political sim NationStates 2.
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belgar15th Jan 2009 -
RE: 'Zork' returns to the gaming world
>I'm polishing up my brass lantern in preparation.
Donnie J15th Jan 2009 -
wolf_z15th Jan 2009 -
Play it now
http://www.ascendingintegration.com/zmachine/Game.aspx
The interactive fiction games ran against an easily portable virtual machine, so they'll be around for a long time.
jackbond15th Jan 2009 -
Alright! If Zork is coming back ...
... are they gonna re-release an update to The Leather Goddesses of Phobos?
Hubba, hubba!
OButterball15th Jan 2009
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