How did Zork end?

[Bullgrit]

I played the original Zork back in the 70s, before it was even called Zork---it was "Dungeon" to my friend and I who played it via modem on the Dupont computer.

I never got very far with it. I vaguely remember some of the treasures and rooms, but I never made it to the end. I remember some of the house and forest, and a dam with controls, and a mirror room, but that's about it.

How did that game end? Was there a way to "win"? What happened when you figured out the dam controls? What were some of the more interesting rooms and treasures?

I'd appreciate any memories of that game.

Bullgrit

 

[Simplicity]

I'm assuming you're talking about the original Zork (and not Zork + Zork II, Zork III).

These classics are free to download now, you realize... http://www.infocom-if.org/downloads/downloads.html

And that's not a pirated version. Infocom just released them. I can only hope they consider releasing more of their titles.

There was a way to win. You gathered up enough of the treasures in the trophy case and you went on down into the Great Underground Empire (beginning Zork II).

Let's see... things I remember... There was a thief who was a real jerk and would try to steal your stuff. A maze of twisty passages of course. Grues, who would eat you if your light ran out (which tended to happen to me alot... especially in mazes of twisty passages).