Zork II: The Wizard of Frobozz
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| Developers | |
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| Infocom | |
| Engines | |
| ZIL | |
| Release dates | |
| DOS | 1981 |
| Mac OS (Classic) | 1984 |
| Windows | January 18, 2011[1] |
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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 |
General information
- "Official" developer fan site
- Interactive Fiction Wiki - A wiki for all text adventure games
- Zork Wiki - A small wiki for every Zork game made
- Zork II Bug List
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| Retail | |
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| GOG.com | |
Pre-packaged with DOSBox.[2] Bundled in The Zork Anthology | |
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| Steam | |
Bundled in The Zork Anthology. | |
Version differences
- The Original MDL mainframe version predates the later versions released for micro computers. This version contains content of all 3 of the original games. An interpreter to run it in its original form is available here. The FORTRAN port can be found here with an older Mac version (PowerPC and intel 32) available here and Windows 64 compatible version here. Source to this version can be obtained here. Additionally a port of the mainframe version to z-machine can be found here.
- The Zork Anthology is a compilation pack containing Zork: The Great Underground Empire, Zork II: The Wizard of Frobozz, Zork III: The Dungeon Master, Beyond Zork, Zork Zero, and Planetfall.
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
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| DOS | |
| Windows | |
| Mac OS (Classic) | |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/570580/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| DOS | |
| Windows | <path-to-game>\SAVE[Note 2] |
| Mac OS (Classic) | |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/570580/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| GOG Galaxy | ||
| Steam Cloud |
Video settings
Input settings
Audio settings
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English |
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| DOS video modes | CGA, EGA, MCGA, VGA, SVGA |
| Executable | PPC | 16-bit | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows | |||||
| Mac OS (Classic) |
System requirements
| DOS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 5.0 | 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 | |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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 (570580) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
- ↑ When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%,%PROGRAMDATA%, or%WINDIR%might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details).