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⤏ 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

Key points

Can be run under ScummVM.

General information

"Official" developer fan site

Zork Wiki - A small wiki for every Zork game made

Return to Zork Bug List

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
GOG.com		Pre-packaged with DOSBox.^[2]
Steam		Pre-packaged with DOSBox.

Essential improvements

Patches

Patch 1.2 is the latest patch for the CD version of the game. The GOG.com version does not need this patch.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
DOS
Windows	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 1]}
Mac OS (Classic)
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/585240/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
DOS
Windows	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 1]}
Mac OS (Classic)
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/585240/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

ScummVM 2.1+ supports cloud saves on third-party cloud storage services. See the ScummVM documentation for details.

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Fixed 640x480 resolution.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		For DOSBox toggle with `Alt`+`↵ Enter` (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)		For DOSBox use an unofficial build (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
60 FPS and 120+ FPS

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).

Controller types

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio
Red Book CD audio		CD-ROM version only; see ScummVM readme for how to use with ScummVM.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French				Retail CD and floppy version only

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
DOS video modes

System requirements

DOS
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	MS-DOS 5.0	MS-DOS 6.2
Processor (CPU)	Intel 386 25 MHz
System memory (RAM)	1 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	3 MB
Video card (GPU)	VGA/SVGA graphics card

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP	Vista
Processor (CPU)	1 GHz	1.4 GHz
System memory (RAM)	256 MB	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	30 MB
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 7 compatible	DirectX 9 compatible

Mac OS
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7	7.5
Processor (CPU)	Motorola 68030 25 MHz	PowerPC
System memory (RAM)	4 MB	8 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	3 MB
Video card (GPU)	Colour system

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS game data.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (585240) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ New release: Return to Zork - GOG.com - last accessed on 17 May 2023
↑ List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com - last accessed on 17 May 2023

[DOSBox_mounted-3] 1.0 ^1.1 File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS game data.

[Proton_path_note-4] 2.0 ^2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (585240) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[3] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[4] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[5] The app ID (585240) may differ in some cases.

[6] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[7] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[1] New release: Return to Zork - GOG.com - last accessed on 17 May 2023

[2] List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com - last accessed on 17 May 2023

[1]

[2]

[Note 1]

[Note 2]

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Developers

	Infocom
Publishers
	Activision
Engines
	MADE
Release dates
DOS	August 20, 1993
Mac OS (Classic)	August 20, 1993
Windows (DOSBox)	February 1, 2011^[1]
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Series	Zork