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Friday, April 8, 2011

Zork ????


Ok here's the most uncommon classic. And it will be the only screenshot to show. 

Zork is a textual game where you basically type what you want to do and it writes back what happens on this wonderful DOS window. Even as a child I played some Amstrad games like this where you had to choose between 6 choices all the time. But here you have to actually write the whole sentance. I used to think that a game made that way couldn't have a nice gameplay. But I was wrong !

The way you use the verbs in Zork is really user-friendly and the game understand so many different way of saying anything that you don't even think about making the computer get what you want. I'm stuck not that far in the game so I can't really talk about the scenario but I played other Zork games and the background is gold ! Most of the game happens underground and there's many humoristic and satiric characters.

Last word will be that this game is extremly hard due to the variety of actions ! Even with drawing a map you get lost and some things are really hard to figure out. I think this is the only game I can't play alone. I heard a whole team managed to finish it and I guess you need several minds to end it.

Here's a link where you can play it on your navigator:
Try to find the manual online it's better being a bit prepared at least to save the game.
If anyone wants to join  teamspeak on a regular basis to finish it you're welcome.
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45 comments:

  1. AdminApril 8, 2011 at 7:32 PM

    Looks kind of like ADOM, Ancient Domains of Mystery. Played the hell outta that.

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  2. AlphaApril 8, 2011 at 8:15 PM

    Thanks for the link, I appreciate the chance to try out this classic.

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  3. randomerApril 8, 2011 at 8:38 PM

    Looks pretty interesting, I'm heading over to check it out now...really takes me back.

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  4. A70 8TracApril 8, 2011 at 8:42 PM

    I've heard of this before, and also heard it was quite challenging like you said. I actually think I have it on a 5.25" floppy somewhere.

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  5. BrAd?April 8, 2011 at 9:00 PM

    Man, I used to love playing these text based games back in the day.

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  6. Timeless EntertainmentApril 8, 2011 at 9:07 PM

    Ahhh text games, fun :)
    www.neverboringnews.blogspot.com

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  7. JasonApril 8, 2011 at 9:20 PM

    sounds like a real mind melter. i might have to look for a copy to run on a mac. laugh if you must lol.

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  8. Gino6April 8, 2011 at 9:43 PM

    ADOM ! Thanks mate I was looking for the name. See I'm french and I could play Zork only know that my english is ok. And the only game with whole sentance that was translated in french when I was young was ADOM :) Cheers

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  9. KelApril 8, 2011 at 9:55 PM

    Is it really that fun? I tried some Seira games couple of years ago. They weren't bad but some of the solutions and commands were stupid. Guess I should try this since it is one of the classics

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  10. Max BrawnApril 8, 2011 at 9:59 PM

    Looks cool!

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  11. NickApril 8, 2011 at 10:07 PM

    Sweet, text based games, oldies but goodies. I'll definitely check out the link.

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  12. AnonymousApril 8, 2011 at 11:39 PM

    Heard of this awhile back. Thought about doing this at one point in time, but to be honest it doesn't interest me too much.

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  13. cool_ciclerApril 9, 2011 at 12:13 AM

    An oldie but a goldie. It´s this type of games that you as a kid will never ever forget the whole life. Thanks for bringing back the good old days. Cheers dude.

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  14. D22 ZoneApril 9, 2011 at 12:53 AM

    This is awesome! Love it! keep up the great work!

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  15. RockinruleApril 9, 2011 at 12:53 AM

    sweet, nerdy fun :D

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  16. MayhemApril 9, 2011 at 1:01 AM

    My dad talked about this game, or something similar, a while back. I think he started playing it a bit again.

    Cheers.

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  17. pezasiedApril 9, 2011 at 1:12 AM

    Man this is old school, definitely will be checking it out thanks!

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  18. Chris PrendergastApril 9, 2011 at 1:15 AM

    Hahahaha, I can only laugh at text based games, my friend used to have a program where you could make your own text-based adventures and he used to re-create parties we'd been to with them XD

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  19. LemmiwinksApril 9, 2011 at 1:30 AM

    great background on this

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  20. AnonymousApril 9, 2011 at 1:43 AM

    Games like this remind of being a kid. And that makes me feel damn old!

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  21. doomsdayApril 9, 2011 at 2:50 AM

    Looking very amazing, bro!

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  22. JessyApril 9, 2011 at 2:53 AM

    yeah, know these type of games from my C64.

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  23. AnonymousApril 9, 2011 at 6:54 AM

    Did you know that kroZ is Zork written backwards?

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  24. JessiApril 9, 2011 at 8:06 AM

    Text Adventures - Always love them !!

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  25. AlexandraApril 9, 2011 at 8:51 AM

    Sounds awesome, looks like you need a lot of strategy! :-) followed
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  26. Hardy PaceApril 9, 2011 at 9:00 AM

    oh man text based games!

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  27. AnonymousApril 9, 2011 at 10:05 AM

    Spent so many hours playing zork as a kid fantastic game. Following

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  28. Come At Me BroApril 9, 2011 at 11:26 AM

    This is great!

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  29. Bento.1337April 9, 2011 at 11:26 AM

    Text games drive me insane. I might give it a try if I get really bored.

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  30. Fix PC Games AdminApril 9, 2011 at 11:39 AM

    nice didn't play text game for a while

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  31. modernbApril 9, 2011 at 11:47 AM

    I have played a few games of this type in my time, but they have always had trouble in interpreting what I mean, so I prefer ones where you're given options really :/

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  32. DrewApril 9, 2011 at 1:40 PM

    I actually remember playing a game like this where the point was you were going out with a girl and depending on what you said shed either tell you to fuck off or sleep with you.
    Textual Sex. Hilarious.
    Followed

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  33. MordeApril 9, 2011 at 2:36 PM

    Looks neat, I've actually never played a text game yet. Will check it out.

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  34. R.CApril 9, 2011 at 2:56 PM

    Man the only I truly enjoyed was the one on homestar runner years back. Get ye flask!

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  35. miousApril 9, 2011 at 3:57 PM

    I played a similar game, can't remember the name though..

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  36. Aamir MuhammadApril 9, 2011 at 4:16 PM

    Always that one problem where you say something and the interpretation is wrong.

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  37. AnonymousApril 9, 2011 at 5:25 PM

    Interesting!

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  38. AnonymousApril 9, 2011 at 6:36 PM

    These games just piss me off!

    Hugos haunted mantion was pretty intense tho.

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  39. chupyApril 9, 2011 at 6:53 PM

    i like a game call crawl, it kinda of remembers me that game

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  40. DanApril 9, 2011 at 7:29 PM

    Wow, sounds very entertaining.

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  41. AnonymousApril 9, 2011 at 7:32 PM

    Doesn't get more awesome than this.

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  42. AstyApril 9, 2011 at 7:33 PM

    really entertaining

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  43. AdminApril 9, 2011 at 7:55 PM

    Played zork a bit now. Plenty of fun.

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  44. JackApril 13, 2011 at 2:32 PM

    you had to mention zork ! ahahha i love this !

    Following (:

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  45. psychpostApril 21, 2011 at 12:43 PM

    i love these old text dungeon crawlers. oh the nostalgia. try playing one without a guide

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