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zork

zork

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Jargon  File  (4.2.3,  23  NOV  2000)  [jargon]: 
 
  Zork  /zork/  n.  The  second  of  the  great  early  experiments  in 
  computer  fantasy  gaming;  see  {ADVENT}.  Originally  written  on  MIT-DM 
  during  1977-1979,  later  distributed  with  BSD  Unix  (as  a  patched, 
  sourceless  RT-11  FORTRAN  binary;  see  {retrocomputing})  and  commercialized 
  as  `The  Zork  Trilogy'  by  {Infocom}.  The  FORTRAN  source  was  later 
  rewritten  for  portability  and  released  to  Usenet  under  the  name  "Dungeon". 
  Both  FORTRAN  Dungeon"  and  translated  C  versions  are  available  at  many 
  FTP  sites.  See  also  {grue}. 
 
 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  Zork 
 
    /zork/  The  second  of  the  great  early  experiments  in 
  computer  fantasy  gaming;  see  {ADVENT}.  Zork  was  originally 
  written  on  {MIT-DM}  during  the  late  1970s,  later  distributed 
  with  {BSD  Unix}  as  a  patched,  sourceless  {RT-11}  {Fortran} 
  binary  (see  {retrocomputing})  and  commercialised  as  "The  Zork 
  Trilogy"  by  {Infocom}.  The  Fortran  source  was  later  rewritten 
  for  portability  and  released  to  {Usenet}  under  the  name 
  "Dungeon". 
 
  Both  Fortran  Dungeon"  and  translated  {C}  versions  are 
  available  from  many  {FTP  archives}. 
 
  [{Jargon  File}] 
 
  (1998-09-21)