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Zork
Infocom, Infocom
May 31, 1977
Genres
AdventureDevelopers
Infocom, InfocomRelease Date
May 31, 1977 (48 years and 1 month ago)Publishers
Personal Software, Infocom, Commodore Electronics Ltd., SystemSoftFranchises
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Summary
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.
Genres
AdventurePlatforms
PDP-11, Atari 8-bit, PC-9800 Series, Commodore C64/128/MAX, TRS-80 Color Computer, PDP-10, Atari ST/STE, Commodore 16, Mac, DOS, Tatung Einstein, Amiga, Apple II, TRS-80, Amstrad CPC, Commodore Plus/4, Amstrad PCWDevelopers
Infocom, InfocomRelease Date
May 31, 1977 (48 years and 1 month ago)Publishers
Personal Software, Infocom, Commodore Electronics Ltd., SystemSoftFranchises
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