Guides for Installing and Playing Zork Games

Background

As you all know, Zork games are getting older and computers are getting newer. That makes playing these excellent games harder as time goes on. Luckily, there's technologies to help us, all we need to do is figure out how best to make these classic games work. Below is a project begun by KM3K and DAT to compile information about playing Zork games on as many operating systems as possible.

Can You Help?

We need help with the writing of and testing of these guides. If you have a game/operating system combo not shown here, write a guide in the style of the current ones and send it to us. We especially need guides for Windows Vista and Mac OS X. Questions, comments or suggestions are welcome too. We want to make this a comprehensive resource for all Zork fans.

The Guides

	Windows XP	Windows Vista	Linux	Mac OS X
Zork Text Adventures (Zork I-III, etc.)	Windows Frotz-based guide last update: 2008/06/30	XP guide may work. Please test and submit feedback.	Frotz-based guide last update: 2008/06/30	Mac OS X guide needed. Submit one.
Return to Zork	DOSBox-based guide last update: 2008/06/30	XP guide may work. Please test and submit feedback.	DOSBox-based guide last update: 2008/06/30	Mac OS X guide needed. Submit one.
Zork Nemesis	Guide last update: 2008/06/30	XP guide may work. Please test and submit feedback.	Linux guide needed. Submit one.	Mac OS X guide needed. Submit one.
Zork Grand Inquisitor	Guide last update: 2008/06/30	XP guide may work. Please test and submit feedback.	Linux guide needed. Submit one.	Mac OS X guide needed. Submit one.

Mirrors

• The Zork Library (not yet active)
• KevinBecker.net

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