Zork you very much!

[GMMichael]

You're not a true gamer if you don't download something from here:

http://www.infocom-if.org/downloads/downloads.html

Three Zorks. Free Zorks. If anyone else dives in - let's make this a thread for helping our fellow adventurers sharing last moments.

 

[darjr]

Amazing and cool! Thanks for posting that!

Also http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/art...e-to-the-galaxy-game-30th-anniversary-edition

 

[Grogg of the North]

Hello Sailor!

I once used the maze from Zork 1 on my players. They had a love/hate relationship with it.

 

[GMMichael]

Well I already need help. I'm using Aeon042 to emulate a DOS capable of running Zork. I can't use the backspace key - it enters a weird character when I do. Any gurus have an idea here?

Fun fact: I was going to pick up CoD: Black Ops to get access to this game, when I realized that I could probably download it at a cheaper price than Black Ops' used price of $15 or so.

Turns out saving the game doesn't work in Aeon either...

 

[Mishihari Lord]

Thanks for the link! I have many fond memories of Zork.

Figuring out how to get this to run on a Win7 machine in a convenient fashion was a pain, so I'll share what I did here.

1) Download and install DosBox
2) In the the start menu directory, create a batch file to run zork with DosBox from command line. As an example, mine was
"C:\Program Files (x86)\DOSBox-0.74\DosBox" C:\Users\Ian\Documents\Games\zork\1\_ZORK1.com

This created a button in my start menu that I could click on to start the game. Without this, I'd never play the game - just too much of a hassle. There are easier options available if you have win 7 pro/ultimate/enterprise, but since I'm just running premium, those weren't available to me.

 

[Jan van Leyden]

Trying Zork 1 in a DOSBox environment here. I have some problems saving the game. Does anyone have an idea how to adress a specific path? And how can I load a game?

 

[Mishihari Lord]

Trying Zork 1 in a DOSBox environment here. I have some problems saving the game. Does anyone have an idea how to adress a specific path? And how can I load a game?

The method I described automounts the game directory as "c:" Type "save" to save game, and when it asks for a target file, type "c:\save\zork1.dat" Note the extra backslash after "c:" as compared to where the game wants to save by default.

To load your game, just type "restore" and give the same location

Edit: It looks like the game refuses to overwrite saved games, so you'll need to use a different save name each time

 

[Jan van Leyden]

The method I described automounts the game directory as "c:" Type "save" to save game, and when it asks for a target file, type "c:\save\zork1.dat" Note the extra backslash after "c:" as compared to where the game wants to save by default.

To load your game, just type "restore" and give the same location

Ah, thank you! I tried "load" and "open" (duh! "open" in a text adventure...), but didn't think of "restore".

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

It's pitch black ...

 

[Stormonu]

...and you are likely to be eaten by a grue