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
- Beyond Zork Bug List
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
| Source |
DRM |
Notes |
Keys |
OS |
| Retail |
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| GOG.com |
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Pre-packaged with DOSBox.[2] Comes bundled in The Zork Anthology |
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| Steam |
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Bundled in The Zork Anthology. |
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Version differences
The Zork Anthology
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
Save game data location
- ScummVM 2.1+ supports cloud saves on third-party cloud storage services. See the ScummVM documentation for details.
Video
Input
Audio
| Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
| Separate volume controls |
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No sound. |
| Surround sound |
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| Subtitles |
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Everything is text-based. |
| Closed captions |
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| Mute on focus lost |
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For DOSBox change the priority background value in the DOSBox configuration file. |
Localizations
| Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
| English |
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Other information
API
| Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
| DOS video modes |
CGA, EGA, MCGA, VGA, SVGA |
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System requirements
| DOS | Windows | Mac OS (Classic) |
| DOS |
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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 | |
| Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
| Operating system (OS) |
XP |
Vista |
| Processor (CPU) |
1.0 GHz
| 1.4 GHz |
| System memory (RAM) |
256 MB |
512 MB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) |
30 MB | |
| Video card (GPU) |
DirectX 7 compatible
| DirectX 9 compatible |
| Mac OS |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
| Operating system (OS) |
6.0.7 |
7.5 |
| Processor (CPU) |
Motorola 68000
| PowerPC |
| System memory (RAM) |
512 KB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) |
2 MB | |
| Video card (GPU) |
B/W
Colour system | |
- Supported Macintosh models: Mac Plus, SE, Classic, II series, LC series, Performa series, Centris series, Quadra series, PowerBook series and the Power Macintosh series
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS game data. For the GOG.com release, file changes in DOSBox are redirected to
<path-to-game>/cloud_saves/ even if GOG Galaxy is not used (this folder contains all redirected files, so some files in the cloud_saves folder might be temporary files or other files that do not contain saves or settings).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/570580/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (570580) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
References
