Zork

Posted by: Kelly Raile  :  Category: games, history, retro

Zork Box Art

When I was a kid, I remember going to my aunt’s house to play Zork on her Commodore 64.  I could play for hours and never tire.  Zork is a text-only RPG that was published by Infocom in 1980.

It has one of the most famous openings in video game history:

Zork Title Screen

Zork was the first game in a trilogy and while I happened to play it on a Commodore 64, it was released on a wide range of computer systems.

I started to think about Zork yesterday, so I thought I’d see if there was anywhere online to play it.  Lo and behold, there is!  You can also download the trilogy here.

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