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platforms=Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Amstrad PCW<br />Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST,<br />Commodore 16, Plus/4, Commodore 64,<br />Commodore 128, DOS, Macintosh,<br />PC-8000, PC-98, PC Booter, PlayStation,<br />Tatung Einstein, TRS-80, TRS-80 CoCo,<br />Saturn| | platforms=Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Amstrad PCW<br />Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST,<br />Commodore 16, Plus/4, Commodore 64,<br />Commodore 128, DOS, Macintosh,<br />PC-8000, PC-98, PC Booter, PlayStation,<br />Tatung Einstein, TRS-80, TRS-80 CoCo,<br />Saturn| | ||
engine=[[Glk/ZCode|ZCode]], [[Glk/Hugo|Hugo]]| | engine=[[Glk/ZCode|ZCode]], [[Glk/Hugo|Hugo]]| | ||
support= | support=Since ScummVM 2.2.0| | ||
purchase=[[Where to get the games#Other Games|Yes]]| | purchase=[[Where to get the games#Other Games|Yes]]| | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''Zork I: The Great Underground Empire''' is a text adventure by [[Infocom]], and is the first game in the [[Zork series]]. | '''''Zork I: The Great Underground Empire''''' is a text adventure by [[Infocom]], and is the first game in the [[Zork series|''Zork'' series]]. | ||
Zork I is the first third of the original | ''Zork I'' is the first third of the original ''[[Zork]]'' mainframe game. | ||
Zork | ==Original mainframe game== | ||
''Zork'' was developed on MIT's ITS operating system for the PDP-6 and PDP-10 mainframe computers. The game was developed between 1977 and 1978 and was shared on the ARPANET, the precursor of the interne). | |||
It was created by MIT university students [[Dave Lebling]], [[Bruce Daniels]], [[Marc Blank]], and [[Tim Anderson]]. | |||
==Versions== | |||
At [[Infocom]], Mark Blank and [[Joel Berez]] developed [[Glk/ZCode|ZIL]], the Zork Implementation Language, in order to easily port ''Zork'' to multiple platforms. ''Zork'' was split into three text adventure games so that it could be released commercially on the personal computer hardware of the time. | |||
In 1996, ''Zork I'' was released for the Saturn and PlayStation with music, graphics, and sound effects. These versions were only released in Japan. | |||
In 1999, ''Zork I'' was converted to [[Glk/Hugo|Hugo]] by [[John Menichelli]] and was updated to Hugo 2.5 by [[Kent Tessman]]. | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
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[[Category:Hugo Interactive Fiction Games]] | [[Category:Hugo Interactive Fiction Games]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Supported Games]] | ||
[[Category:Z-machine Games]] | [[Category:Z-machine Games]] | ||