Released in 1980, Zork I: The Great Underground Empire launched Infocom into almost a decade of prominence in the text adventure game arena. Starting from west of a white house in an open field, you explore the game's underground caverns to find and retrieve 19 treasures, while contending with a variety of traps, puzzles, and a thief who attempts to steal your items. Solving the puzzles by either manipulating the environment or using objects, allows you to progress. A few of the puzzles are ingenious, requiring lateral thinking, or having you determine the best way to transport treasures to a storage area. Most of the puzzles are well designed and quite challenging, and some offer multiple solutions.The game was originally developed for the PDP-10 computer by a group of hackers at the M.I.T. Computer labs.

It was simply named Zork, and drew inspiration from Adventure, the groundbreaking text adventure game written by Will Crowther and expanded by Don Woods. When a group of hackers founded Infocom, they decided on Zork as their first product. The PDP-10 Zork was broken up into two parts, with the first part of the game becoming Zork I: The Great Underground Empire. The second half of the original game would be released as Zork II: The Wizard of Frobozz, while some ideas and puzzles that didn't make it into either Zork I or Zork II would be used in Zork III: The Dungeon Master.Zork I: The Great Underground Empire is an enjoyable and genre-defining text adventure game that's only slightly marred by a pair of tedious mazes, one poor puzzle design, and the lack of a storyline.Zork: The Great Underground Empire is a classic text adventure game. You begin as an 'adventurer' standing near a white house in a nice forest, but soon you set foot in the Great Underground Empire, where most of the game takes place. Your quest is to collect the Nineteen Treasures of Zork.As in every text adventure, Zork does not use graphics. It communicates with the player via text, and the player interacts with the game by typing commands, such as 'examine mailbox' or 'take torch'.

FREE GOG PC GAMES PRESENTS. Return to Zork (c) Infocom. According to the myth, the Great Underground Empire of Zork was destroyed and all evil magic was dispersed.

For movement, the player types in geographical directions (such as 'north' or 'east' - or just 'n' and 'e'), and he can check what items he's carrying with the 'inventory' command (or just 'i').Zork was ported over from mainframes in the late 1970s. It is one of the first 'text adventures' (although the proper term for such by die-hard fans is Interactive Fiction) and is widely considered to be one of the great classics of the genre which reached the peak of its popularity in the 80's.' You are Standing in a open field, west of a white house, with a boarded front door. There is a small mailbox here.' 'Opening the mailbox reviels a leaflet.' Look at Leaflet.' WELCOME TO ZORK'This is how one of the most well known text-based RPGs starts.

It was developed by Infocom, the creater of many other text-based games. Zork is played by typing in commands like open the door or look around.

This sometimes can get frustrating when trying to figure out the right command to do something.The Plot of zork I is as follows: you are an adventurer on a mission to explore the remains of what used to be the Great Underground Empire. This pretty much bears a similliarity to any fantasy setting. On your journey you must collect treasures - and of course survive. The game is actually fun, but the story and background information is a bit weak. It is good for those who love a good fantasy text-based game.

Also try this command: 'kill me with hands' without quotes.This is one of the games which gave a start to te computer gaming industry. The first game ever sold in a shop.

Return to Zork DRM-Free – PC Game – Full Download – Gog Games

Title: Return to Zork
Genre: Adventure – Action – Fantasy
Works on: Windows (XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10)
Languages: Audio and text: English
Features: single-player
Released: August 11, 1993
Company: Infocom / Activision

About this game:

According to the myth, the Great Underground Empire of Zork was destroyed and all evil magic was dispersed. But now, the IT&L Corporation claims to have discovered the mythical dark recesses beneath the Valley of the Sparrows.

Since their discovery, nightmares have become common. People have vanished. Buildings have disappeared. You, the unwitting traveler, must save the underground empire from the forces of evil.

Return to Zork: A mesmerizing interactive adventure of danger, intrigue and cunning. Explore amazing territory and face one fascinating puzzle after another.

Spectacular Production Value: An entrancing game filled by a cast of Hollywood stars. Revel in a superb soundtrack with over 180 original compositions.

Amazing Interface: An interactive interface before its time! Quickly and easily master complex interactions. Choose your conversational tone, from threatening to friendly, for different responses from the characters you meet. Snap pictures and tape record conversations to review at any time.

The Experience: A story so compelling novice adventurers will be enthralled. A puzzle structure so challenging even the most experienced game players will not be able to sleep. It’s an adventure you’ll never forget.

Minimum System Requirements:
Windows XP or Windows Vista, 1 GHz Processor (1.4 GHz recommended), 256MB RAM (512 recommended), 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 7 (compatible with DirectX 9 recommended), Mouse, Keyboard.

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Return to Zork (c) Infocom

According to the myth, the Great Underground Empire of Zork was destroyed and all evil magic was dispersed. But now, the IT&L Corporation claims to have discovered the mythical dark recesses beneath the Valley of the Sparrows.
Since their discovery, nightmares have become common. People have vanished.

More info here: http://www.gog.com/game/return_to_zork

Installation:
Full game without DRM. No serial code needed.

Run or Double click setup_return_to_zork.exe
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Size: 204.51 MB
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