Zork1977

Zork

1977 Commodore Electronics Ltd.

Playtime

ShortIt typically takes about 8 hours to finish the game.

Playable on

Amiga
Amstrad CPC
Amstrad PCW
Apple II
Atari 8-bit
Atari ST/STE
Commodore 16
Commodore C64/128/MAX
Commodore Plus/4
DOS
Mac
PC-9800 Series
PDP-10
PDP-11
PlayStation
Sega Saturn
Tatung Einstein
TRS-80
TRS-80 Color Computer

Game modes

Single player

Details

Launch: June 1, 1977
Developer: Infocom
Publisher: Commodore Electronics Ltd.
Themes: Fantasy
Genres: Adventure

Overview

Zork I: The Great Underground Empire - Gameplay

Zork is one of the earliest interactive fiction computer games, with roots drawn from the original genre game, Colossal Cave Adventure. The first version of Zork was written in 1977–1979 using the MDL programming language on a DEC PDP-10 computer.