Difference between revisions of "Zork: The Great Underground Empire"
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− | * [http://almy.us/dungeon.html Original mainframe version] predates the later versions released for micro computers. This version contains content of all 3 of the original games. An older Mac version (PowerPC and intel 32) can be found [https://web.archive.org/web/20101212021705/http://almy.us/files/dungeonosx.zip here]. | + | * [http://almy.us/dungeon.html Original mainframe version] predates the later versions released for micro computers. This version contains content of all 3 of the original games. An older Mac version (PowerPC and intel 32) can be found [https://web.archive.org/web/20101212021705/http://almy.us/files/dungeonosx.zip here]. The source to this version can be obtained [http://simh.trailing-edge.com/games/zork-mdl.zip here]; an interpreter to run said source in it's original form is available [http://ifarchive.org/indexes/if-archiveXprogrammingXmdlXinterpretersXconfusion.html here]. Additionally a port the mainframe version to z-machine can be found [http://penguincentral.com/retrocomputing/zdungeon/ here]. |
* ''The Zork Anthology'' is a compilation pack containing Zork: The Great Underground Empire, [[Zork II: The Wizard of Frobozz]], [[Zork III: The Dungeon Master]], [[Beyond Zork]], [[Zork Zero]], and [[Planetfall]]. | * ''The Zork Anthology'' is a compilation pack containing Zork: The Great Underground Empire, [[Zork II: The Wizard of Frobozz]], [[Zork III: The Dungeon Master]], [[Beyond Zork]], [[Zork Zero]], and [[Planetfall]]. | ||
Revision as of 22:12, 5 June 2018
Developers | |
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Infocom | |
Engines | |
ZIL | |
Release dates | |
DOS | December 1980 |
Mac OS (Classic) | 1984 |
Windows | January 18, 2011[1] |
⤏ Go to series page | |
Zork: The Great Underground Empire | 1980 |
Zork II: The Wizard of Frobozz | 1981 |
Zork III: The Dungeon Master | 1982 |
Enchanter (series) | |
Wishbringer | 1985 |
Beyond Zork | 1987 |
Zork Zero | 1988 |
Return to Zork | 1993 |
Zork Nemesis | 1996 |
Zork: The Undiscovered Underground | 1997 |
Zork: Grand Inquisitor | 1997 |
General information
- "Official" developer fan site
- Interactive Fiction Wiki - A wiki for all text adventure games
- Zork Wiki - A small wiki for every Zork game made
- Zork Bug List
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
---|---|---|---|---|
Retail | ||||
Official website | Available for free. | |||
GOG.com | Pre-packaged with DOSBox.[2] Bundled in The Zork Anthology | |||
Steam | Bundled in The Zork Anthology. |
- THCNET 404 is a version modified to add in MMO-lite multiplayer interaction.
Version differences
- Original mainframe version predates the later versions released for micro computers. This version contains content of all 3 of the original games. An older Mac version (PowerPC and intel 32) can be found here. The source to this version can be obtained here; an interpreter to run said source in it's original form is available here. Additionally a port the mainframe version to z-machine can be found here.
- The Zork Anthology is a compilation pack containing Zork: The Great Underground Empire, Zork II: The Wizard of Frobozz, Zork III: The Dungeon Master, Beyond Zork, Zork Zero, and Planetfall.
Essential improvements
Recommended Z-machine interpreters
A Z-machine standards document is available for those wishing to make their own interpreter.
Utilities
A list of various Zork related tools and utilities can be found here.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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DOS | |
Windows | |
Mac OS (Classic) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/570580/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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DOS | |
Windows | <path-to-game>\SAVE[Note 2] |
Mac OS (Classic) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/570580/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video settings
Input settings
Audio settings
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
DOS video modes | CGA, EGA, MCGA, VGA, SVGA |
Executable | PPC | 16-bit | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Windows | |||||
Mac OS (Classic) |
System requirements
DOS | ||
---|---|---|
Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 5.0 | 6.2 |
Processor (CPU) | IBM PC or 100% compatible | |
System memory (RAM) | 512 KB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 2 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | CGA, EGA, MCGA, VGA, SVGA |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (570580) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
- ↑ When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
,%PROGRAMDATA%
, or%WINDIR%
might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details).