Previously the source code was in a grey zone. Microsoft, Team Xbox, and Activision are making Zork I, Zork II, and Zork III available under the MIT License. This important code can be now used by students, teachers, and developers so they can study it, learn from it, and, perhaps most importantly, play it.
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The legendary adventure returns to your browser.
“The Great Underground Empire has recently fallen and the land is in disarray. The stock market has collapsed, leading even mighty FrobozzCo International to fire employees from throughout its subsidiaries. A craze of treasure-hunting has swept through the remnants of the Great Underground Empire. It’s a dangerous time to be a newly-unemployed traveling salesman, but it’s also a great time to try a bit of adventuring.”
Legends of Zork will provide online gamers with a persistent online adventure, playable from any Internet browser. Players take up the role of a recently laid-off salesman and part-time loot-gatherer, as he explores the Great Underground Empire. Designed to provide gamers with a casual MMO game they can play on their laptop, desktop or Apple iPhone (in school, work or on the bus), there’s nothing to download.
