Zork Nemesis
| Zork Nemesis | ||
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| First release | 1996 | |
| Also known as | ||
| Developed by | Zombie Studios, Activision | |
| Published by | Activision | |
| Distributed by | Activision | |
| Platforms | DOS, MacOS, Windows | |
| Resolution | 640x480, 256 colors | |
| Engine | ZVision | |
| Support | Since ScummVM 1.8.0 | |
| Available for Purchase |
Yes | |
Zork Nemesis is the second point-and-click graphic adventure game in the Zork series. The player's predecessor, Agent Karlok Bivotar, is rumored to have been a victim of a curse put on the Forbidden Lands by a being known only as "Nemesis". Vice Regent Syovar the Strong tasks the player with journeying to the Forbidden Lands to investigate the rumor, as well as the disappearance of four prominent citizens known as "The Alchemists".
Installation
Required data files
For more information on how ScummVM uses game data files, see the user documentation.
GoG version
- Use the GoG installer, no further file copying is needed
CD version
- Copy the following from the nemesis directory of CD1 into the game root directory:
- The znemmx directory
- The znemscr directory
- nemesis.str
- From CD1, copy the zassets directory into the game root directory
- From CD2, copy the zassets directory into the game root directory, overwriting any duplicate files
- From CD3, copy the zassets directory into the game root directory, overwriting any duplicate files
DVD version
- Copy the following from the nemesis directory into the game root directory:
- The znemmx directory
- The znemscr directory
- nemesis.str
- Note: You'll also need to move cursor.zfs from the zassets/global directory into the znemscr directory
- Copy the disc2 directory into the game root directory
- Copy the disc3 directory into the game root directory
- Copy the zassets directory into the game root directory
Fonts
Download the Liberation fonts package here here and extract the archive. Copy all the ttf files into your ScummVM extras directory. For more information, see the user documentation.
Alternatively, ScummVM comes with the GNU FreeFont fonts, though at the time of writing these fonts cause some text rendering issues.
Subtitle support
Download the subtitles patch from the Zork Library website and extract the archive. Copy these files into the game root directory.