Zork I: The Great Underground Empire

Posted by Karen Tyers.
First posted on 10 May 1998. Last updated on 15 May 2014.
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Zork I: The Great Underground Empire (or Zork: The Great Underground Empire) is the original Zork game that starts it all. Back in the era of interactive fiction, everybody is writing games that try to compare to it but most fail miserably. Since then, this game has risen to become the poster child of text adventure.

The story of Zork takes place in the ruins of an ancient empire lying far…

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Nice web site. I'm a big Infocom fan.

By Robert J. Pitt • On 21 January 2002 • From Riverside, CA / USA

played zork with my brother a few years ago. love this type of game was also looking for the original game i played that got me into text games; treasure hunt have been hooked since then just did not have the means to play thanks for your site

By john knox • On 12 November 2001 • From gladewater, tx , usa

Well,I've tasted ZorkI and find it interesting,
but I just don't know its background.

By Zhangfan • On 13 October 2000 • From People's Republic of China

ANYONE WHO HAS ANY ZORK GAMES (PREFERABLY THE EARLIER TEXT VERSIONS)
PLEASE CONTACT ME OR TRY TO SEND THEM TO ME. I AM A BIG ZORK FAN BUT
HAVE LOST MY ORIGIONAL VERSIONS.
P.S. IF YOU HAVE AIM THEN PLEASE CONTACT ME W/ THE S. NAME:
wakebandit1

By Brett • On 05 May 2000 • From Virginia Beach

I'm a 40-something, female, avid adventure game hobbyist and have been playing adventure games since Zork was a master's thesis for those guys at MIT. I stumbled upon your page after clicking on a banner at Quandary. (I think?). Anyway, your site is beautiful, the graphics and background are unusually striking, and I'm so pleased to see yet another web site dedicated to Adventure gamers. You can expect daily visits from me from now on. Thanks!

By Pam • On 27 December 1999 • From Somewhere
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