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Revision as of 05:31, 6 May 2015

Zork: The Great Underground Empire
Zork: The Great Underground Empire cover
Developers
Infocom
Engines
ZIL
Release dates
DOS December 1980
Mac OS (Classic) 1984
Windows January 18, 2011
Zork: The Great Underground Empire on Wikipedia
⤏ Go to series page
Zork: The Great Underground Empire 1980
Zork II: The Wizard of Frobozz 1981
Zork III: The Dungeon Master 1982
Enchanter (series)
Wishbringer 1985
Beyond Zork 1987
Zork Zero 1988
Return to Zork 1993
Zork Nemesis 1996
Zork: The Undiscovered Underground 1997
Zork: Grand Inquisitor 1997

General information

"Official" developer fan site
Original mainframe version download page
Interactive Fiction Wiki - A wiki for all text adventure games
Zork Wiki - A small wiki for every Zork game made
Zork Bug List
GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty
Official website
DRM-free
 Available for free.
Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty
GOG.com
DRM-free
 Pre-packaged with DOSBox.[1] Bundled in The Zork Anthology
Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty
THCNET 404 is a version modified to add in MMO-lite multiplayer interaction.

Essential improvements

Recommended Z-machine interpreters

A Z-machine standards document is available for those wishing to make their own interpreter.

Utilities

A list of various Zork related tools and utilities can be found here.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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System Location

Save game data location

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System Location

Video settings

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Input settings

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Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

System requirements

DOS
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) MS-DOS 5.0 MS-DOS 6.2
Processor (CPU) IBM PC or 100% compatible
System memory (RAM) 512 KB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2 MB
Video card (GPU) CGA/EGA/MCGA/VGA/SVGA graphics card

References