Zork

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interactive fiction series text adventure game video game series

Zork is a pioneering text-based adventure video game series known for its rich interactive fiction, challenging puzzles, and influential role in early computer gaming.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Zork canonical 1
Zork I 1
Zork II 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf interactive fiction series ⓘ
text adventure game ⓘ
video game series ⓘ
basedOn Dungeon (mainframe game) NERFINISHED ⓘ
catchphrase You are likely to be eaten by a grue. ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
developer Infocom NERFINISHED ⓘ
MIT Dynamic Modeling Group alumni ⓘ
distribution floppy disk ⓘ
fictionalUniverse Quendor NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstCommercialReleaseYear 1980 ⓘ
gameplayMode single-player ⓘ
genre adventure game ⓘ
interactive fiction ⓘ
influenced adventure video games ⓘ
interactive fiction genre ⓘ
inputMethod keyboard text input ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legacy considered a classic of early computer gaming ⓘ
notableAspect early commercial success in home computer games ⓘ
notableCharacter The Adventurer NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Wizard of Frobozz NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFeature complex text parser ⓘ
humorous writing style ⓘ
parser-based text input ⓘ
puzzle-based gameplay ⓘ
notableItem brass lantern ⓘ
elvish sword ⓘ
grue ⓘ
notableWork Beyond Zork: The Coconut of Quendor NERFINISHED ⓘ
Return to Zork NERFINISHED ⓘ
Zork I: The Great Underground Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Zork II: The Wizard of Frobozz NERFINISHED ⓘ
Zork III: The Dungeon Master NERFINISHED ⓘ
Zork Nemesis: The Forbidden Lands NERFINISHED ⓘ
Zork Zero: The Revenge of Megaboz NERFINISHED ⓘ
Zork: Grand Inquisitor NERFINISHED ⓘ
originalReleaseYear 1977 ⓘ
platform Amiga NERFINISHED ⓘ
Apple II NERFINISHED ⓘ
Atari 8-bit family NERFINISHED ⓘ
Atari ST NERFINISHED ⓘ
Commodore 64 NERFINISHED ⓘ
IBM PC NERFINISHED ⓘ
TRS-80 NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainframe computer ⓘ
publisher Infocom NERFINISHED ⓘ
setting Great Underground Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Infocom → notableWork → Zork ⓘ
Infocom → notableWork → Zork ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zork I
Infocom → notableWork → Zork ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zork II
Infocom → notableWork → Zork ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zork III
Steve Meretzky → designed → Zork ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zork Zero