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release=1977| | release=1977| | ||
alternateNames=Dungeon| | alternateNames=Dungeon| | ||
developer=[[ | developer=[[Dave Lebling]], [[Bruce Daniels]],<br />[[Marc Blank]], [[Tim Anderson]]| | ||
publisher=[[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]]| | publisher=[[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]]| | ||
distributor=[[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]]| | distributor=[[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]]| | ||
platforms=PDP-6, PDP-10| | platforms=DOS, PDP-6, PDP-10| | ||
engine=[[Glk/Frotz|Frotz]], [[Glk/Glulxe|Glulxe]], [[Glk/TADS|TADS]]| | engine=[[Glk/Frotz|Frotz]], [[Glk/Glulxe|Glulxe]], [[Glk/TADS|TADS]]| | ||
support=Not yet.| | support=Not yet.| | ||
purchase=[[Where to get the games#Other Games|Yes]]| | purchase=[[Where to get the games#Other Games|Yes]]| | ||
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'''Zork''' is a text adventure that is the first game in the [[Zork series | '''''Zork''''' is a text adventure that is the first game in the [[Zork series|''Zork'' series]]. | ||
Zork was developed on MIT's ITS operating system for the PDP-6 and PDP-10 mainframe computers, between 1977 and 1978 by MIT university students Dave Lebling, Bruce Daniels, Marc Blank, and Tim Anderson. | ''Zork'' was developed on MIT's ITS operating system for the PDP-6 and PDP-10 mainframe computers, between 1977 and 1978 by MIT university students [[Dave Lebling]], [[Bruce Daniels]], [[Marc Blank]], and [[Tim Anderson]]. | ||
==Versions== | |||
''Zork'' was freely released on the ARPANET, however, when three of the four designers of ''Zork'' formed [[Infocom]], it was split into three text adventure games (''[[Zork I: The Great Underground Empire|Zork I]]'', ''[[Zork II: The Wizard of Frobozz|II]]'', and ''[[Zork III: The Dungeon Master|III]]'') so that it could be released commercially on the personal computer hardware of the time. | |||
[[Volker Blasius]] ported ''Zork'' to DOS in 1987. | |||
The original version of ''Zork'' has also been converted to several scripting languages: | |||
*A [[Glk/TADS|TADS]] version was developed by [[Darin Johnson]] in 1996. | |||
*A [[Glk/Glulxe|Glulx]] version was developed by [[Ethan Dicks]] in Inform 6 in 2004. | |||
*A [[Glk/Frotz|Z-code]] version was developed by [[Dean Menezes]] in Inform 7 in 2008. | |||
It has been ported to other scripting languages such as [[Glk/Glulxe|Glulx]], [[Glk/TADS|TADS]], and [[Glk/Frotz|Z-code]]. | It has been ported to other scripting languages such as [[Glk/Glulxe|Glulx]], [[Glk/TADS|TADS]], and [[Glk/Frotz|Z-code]]. | ||