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	PC Reviews -- Zork: Grand Inquisitor
		Zork: Grand Inquisitor (ZGI) is an example of a gaming gem that only comes along once in a while.
		Anyone familiar with the Zork series (mostly text adventures except for Activision's Zork: Nemesis) knows that the entire world is a marvel in itself.
		The Zork Universe has been played through and watched by thousands, maybe millions of gamers since the first Zork game was released.
	www.gaming-age.com /reviews/archive/old_reviews/pc/zork-gi (965 words)

	Zork
		Zork was one of the first Interactive fiction computer games and an early descendent of ADVENTURE (also known as Colossal Cave).
		Part of the reason for splitting Zork into three different games was that, unlike the PDP systems the original ran on, micros did not have enough memory and disk storage to fit the entirety of the original game.
		Zork distinguished itself in its genre as an especially rich game, in terms of both the quality of the storytelling and the sophistication of its text parser, which was not limited to simple verb-noun commands ("hit grue"), but understood full sentences ("hit the grue with the Elvish sword").
	www.ufaqs.com /wiki/en/zo/Zork.htm (952 words)

	ocdact1
		When the first graphic version, Return to Zork, appeared in 1993, fans cracked the box with both anticipation and trepidation, hoping it was true to the text.
		Return to Zork had the same mix of silliness and puzzle-solving that made Zork a classic adventure game series and kept its fans up too late.
		Zork: Grand Inquisitor comes with a handy timeline of all the major events in the history of the Zork.
	www.smartkidssoftware.com /ocdact1.htm (326 words)

	Timeline
		Zork (the same name they use for any work in progress).
		Zork and finally find one in Personal Software (also known as Visicorp, the makers of VisiCalc, the first spreadsheet program for PCs).
		Return to Zork, the first in a series of graphical games set in the same world as the original Zork games from Infocom.
	www.if-legends.org /~adventure/timeline.html (1023 words)

	Zork
		The first version of Zork was written in 1977Äì1979 on a DEC PDP-10 computer by Tim Anderson, Marc Blank, Bruce Daniels, and Dave Lebling, and implemented in the MDL programming language.
		Zork can run on modern Z-machine interpreters, as well as the older models it was made for originally.
		Zork is set in a sprawling underground labyrinth which occupies a portion of the "Great Underground Empire".
	www.sfcrowsnest.com /scifinder/a/Zork.php (1172 words)

	GameSpy.com - Gaming's Homepage
		Zork Zero, first released in 1988, stands as one of the finest achievements of the text adventure.
		Zork Zero was huge, three times larger than any previous text adventure that Infocom had ever produced.
		Zork Zero has one concession to this: columns (the architectural kind) that run down the sides of the screen.
	archive.gamespy.com /articles/september03/25underrated/index14.shtml (652 words)

	Zork Grand Inquisitor: PIB PC Game Review
		Old storylines are mentioned, old characters and the box includes a timeline of the history of the Zork empire.
		While you do need to solve certain things before you may progress to others, there is a good deal of leeway in how many things you may be able to accomplish.
		This game did seem to be easier to navigate then Zork Nemesis, but that may be that I was accustomed to the navigation system this time around.
	www.pibweb.com /review/zorkgi.html (968 words)

	Edgar Governo, Historian of Things That Never Were
		The Timeline of the Highlander Universe compiled by I. Marc Carlson is a catch-all chronology which takes information from the series, the movies, the novels, and even the work of other online historians of things that never were in an attempt to fit it all together in a (somewhat) logical sequence.
		The Captain Power Timeline, by Rebecca Lovett, is a good guide to events in the series itself, and it has an explanation for the uninitiated of the dating system, but it seems a little bare in general.
		The Timeline of the Vampire Chronicles is actually taken from The Vampire Companion by Katherine Ramsland, with the cooperation of Anne Rice.
	www.mts.net /~arphaxad/history.html (10642 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - Zork - More Than You Ever Wanted To Know
		Zork was, originally, just made as a fun project for the four of them to work on.
		Most of the later Zork games were in some way connected to these first two trilogies, either by tying in to the story of the Dungeon Master, or by involving a struggle involving the fate of magic.
		While Zork Grand Inquisitor was originally going to be the first of a three part trilogy, the poor sales of Zork Grand Inquisitor convinced Activision to postpone any new Zork projects until there was nothing better for them to do.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/hub/A570971 (8623 words)

	The Lore and Legends of INFOCOM
		"Zork: A Computerized Fantasy Simulation Game" by P. David Lebling, Marc S. Blank, and Timothy A. Anderson.
		"Zork and the Future of Computerized Fantasy Simulations" by P. David Lebling.
		"Zork: Magic Meets Science Fiction" by Peter Fitch.
	www.csd.uwo.ca /Infocom/Articles (341 words)

	Zork (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Zork can run on modern [[Z-machine interpreters, as well as the older models it was made for originally.]] Zork, one of the first works of interactive fiction (a form of adventure game), was an early descendent of ADVENT (also known as Colossal Cave).
		Zork distinguished itself in its genre as an especially rich game, in terms of both the quality of the storytelling and the sophistication of its text parser, which was not limited to simple verb-noun commands ("hit grue"), but understood full sentences ("hit the grue with the sword").
		The grasshopper chirped idly from the tree, Breasting the little ripples manfully Hopped the shy finch, and the huge tortoise crept across the As the bright scythe swept through the waving grass, And flecked with silver whorls the forest's glass, Ere from its bed the dusky tench leapt at the dragon-fly.
	zork.kiwiki.homeip.net (606 words)

	Zork Zero: The Revenge of Megaboz (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Zork Zero was the last Zork game to be written and designed by the original Infocom authors and design team.
		Epic and expansive, Zork Zero is very enjoyable, and for the most part does not rely on the graphics in its interface, though a few graphical puzzles (including a Double Fannucci game) use the graphics to good effect.
		Though in the overall timeline of the history of Quendor, Zork Zero seems to have been designed as a conclusion to one of the greatest and most influential of all computer gaming series.
	plover.net /~hloif/Reviews/ComputerGames/ZorkZero.html (167 words)

	Cygnata's Site (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Zork Games I own are Zorks I, II, and II, Nemesis, Beyond Zork, Return to Zork, the Undiscovered Underground, Zork Grand Inquisitor, and Zork 0, as well as the two parodies (Porks I and II), both ZorkQuests, and all the unofficial games.
		Zork II is available for download on the web, and also appears on the Lost Treasures of Infocom: Volume I, and Zork Anthology CDs.
		Beyond Zork was the very first Zork game to use graphics, in the form of an onscreen map, and a box set aside for room descriptions and status updates.
	www.sandwich.net /cygnata/zork.html (2542 words)

	Review of Zork: Grand Inquisitor
		Zork: The Great Underground might be too short for some people, but it was exactly the right length for a text-adventure-challenged person like myself.
		Zork: Grand Inquisitor, in another classy touch, gives you a typical text-adventure answer to a foolish move that has resulted in your death.
		Return to Zork was released in 1993 a semi-graphical adventure, but with most of its text adventure roots still present.
	www.challengingdestiny.com /reviews/zork.htm (1161 words)

	Zork, Wonderful World Of - Mr. Bill's Adventureland
		This is the company that created the wonderful Zork world (the GUE or Great Underground Empire), and the first commercial game that was ever made for the computer.
		Chronology of Quendor Anything that you wish to know about the history of Zork (the Great Underground Empire) can be found on this website.
		The rulers and the years that they ruled, the various life forms that roamed the Empire, a listing of all the spells and magic artifacts that were used, and many other interesting tidbits of information.
	www.mrbillsadventureland.com /links/zork/zork.htm (349 words)

	Zork - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Of six novels published as "Infocom Books" by Avon Books between 1989-1991, two were directly based on Zork: The Zork Chronicles by George Alec Effinger (1990) and The Lost City of Zork by Robin W. Bailey (1991).
		In the Zork games, the player is not limited to verb-noun commands, such as "take lamp", "open mailbox", and so forth.
		Gnome of Zürich, a character from Zork II who appears in the Bank of Zork if the character becomes trapped.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Zork (1631 words)

	Zork calendar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the Zork series of interactive fiction computer games, created by Infocom and Activision, the Zork calendar is the system for assigning calendar dates to days in the fictional Zork timeline of the Great Underground Empire, formerly known as the Kingdom of Quendor.
		Years in the Zork (or "Quendorian") calendar are usually written in "GUE" (Great Underground Empire).
		GUE counts forward from the year 0 GUE, in which Quendor was created, but is often only used for dates after and including 770 GUE, in which Quendor was renamed "The Great Underground Empire".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Zork_calendar (265 words)

	Zork, Action, Adventure, Genre at Games On Sale
		Zork was one of the first interactive fiction computer games and an early descendant of Colossal Cave Adventure.
		Part of the reason for splitting Zork into three different games was that, unlike the PDP systems the original ran on, micros did not have enough memory and disk storage to handle the entirety of the original game.
		Zork I: The Great Underground Empire (1980, Infocom); Zork II: The Wizard of Frobozz (1981, Infocom); Zork III: The Dungeon Master (1982, Infocom);
	www.games-onsale.com /zork.htm (509 words)

	The MUD Timeline
		It means DUNGEON (or, pedantically, DUNGEN), the name of a Fortran version of ZORK that was doing the rounds on DEC PDP-10s when Roy was programming MUD.
		The Zork implementors package the mainframe version of their game for microcomputers and form Infocom to market it and other games.
		Zork was a huge gamble that paid off: it required a floppy drive.
	www.linnaean.org /~lpb/muddex/mudline.html (3688 words)

	Brass Lantern Timeline of Interactive Fiction: List of Events
		ENIAC is assembled at the University of Pennsylvania.
		First copy of Zork I, for a PDP-11, is sold by Infocom.
		As part of its publicity campaign for the graphic adventure "Zork: Nemesis", Activision releases Zork I for free.
	www.brasslantern.org /community/history/timeline-c.html (2626 words)

	The Master Storytellers: reference websites
		The Encyclopedia Frobozzica compiles the various facts about the land of Quendor that is scattered throughout the Zork games.
		In The Zork Library, you'll find an illustrated Chronologue (timeline) of the Great Underground Empire, a Zork font, and bit more, including a Zork game they are working on called Zork: The Hidden Evil.
		Though The Zork Shrine hasn't been updated for a few years, the "Zork FAQ" contains a good history on Infocom and Zork, written in a question-and-answer style.
	home1.gte.net /longrj2/infocom/reference.html (581 words)

	Opera Directory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Text of three part series of articles about the origins of the Zork Trilogy, from Infocom's newsletter The New Zork Times.
		Retrospective on the Zork Trilogy by Erik Reckase.
		Interview with Laird Malamed, producer of Zork Nemesis and Zork Grand Inquisitor.
	portal.opera.com /web/?cat=6710 (216 words)

	Infocomicon: Timeline: 1981
		Infocom buys all Apple II versions of "Zork I" back from PS.
		About 1500 copies of Model I "Zork I" sold by Personal Software.
		Over 6000 copies of Apple II "Zork I" sold.
	egotron.com /infocom/timeline.php?id=1981 (101 words)

	Open Directory - Games: Video Games: Adventure: Z: Zork Series
		Zork Experience, The - History of the Zork games, screenshots, maps, walkthroughs for all games, and parody box covers.
		Zork Library, The - Previews of fan game "Zork: The Hidden Evil" in development.
		History of Zork, The - Text of three part series of articles about the origins of the Zork Trilogy, from Infocom's newsletter The New Zork Times.
	dmoz.org /Games/Video_Games/Adventure/Z/Zork_Series (392 words)

	History of Computing Industrial Era 1981
		The first adventure game Zork appeared a fore runner of Dungeons and Dragons.
		The original 'Zork' was written in 1977-79 at the MIT (USA) by a group including Marc Blank and Dave Lebling.
		It was programmed in MDL but ported (translated) to FORTRAN (and renamed 'Dungeon') by Bob Supnik in 1979/80.
	www.thocp.net /timeline/1981.htm (1565 words)

	'The Zork Library' - Time Periods
		- Zork Zero / Zork: Dawn of the Demon
		How to Distract a Grue: A Cumulative History of Zork
		The Return to Flood Control Dam #3 (Return to Castle Wolfenstein Map)
	thezorklibrary.com /timeperiods.htm (31 words)

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