Zork

Zork
 /zork/, n.

   The second of the great early experiments in computer fantasy gaming;
   see {ADVENT}. Originally written on MIT-DM during 1977-1979, later
   distributed with BSD Unix (as a patched, sourceless RT-11 FORTRAN
   binary; see {retrocomputing}) and commercialized as `The Zork Trilogy'
   by {Infocom}. The FORTRAN source was later rewritten for portability
   and released to Usenet under the name "Dungeon". Both FORTRAN
   "Dungeon" and translated C versions are available at many FTP sites;
   the commercial Zork trilogy is available at http://www.ifarchive.org/.
   See also {grue}. You can play Zork via a Java Applet.
    

Zork
Dungeon

   <games> /zork/ The second of the great early experiments in
   computer fantasy gaming; see {ADVENT}.  Zork was originally
   written on {MIT-DM} during the late 1970s, later distributed
   with {BSD Unix} as a patched, sourceless {RT-11} {Fortran}
   binary (see {retrocomputing}) and commercialised as "The Zork
   Trilogy" by {Infocom}.  The Fortran source was later rewritten
   for portability and released to {Usenet} under the name
   "Dungeon".

   Both Fortran "Dungeon" and translated {C} versions are
   available from many {FTP archives}.

   [{Jargon File}]

   (1998-09-21)