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Zork Zero

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Zork Zero: The Revenge of Megaboz is an interactive fiction video game, written by Steve Meretzky over nearly 18 months and published by Infocom in 1988. [1]

45 relations: Activision, Amiga, Apple II, Beyond Zork, Classic Text Adventure Masterpieces of Infocom, Computer Gaming World, Copy protection, Dave Arneson, Enchanter (video game), Flamingo, Graphical user interface, Grue (monster), Infocom, Interactive fiction, James Clavell's Shōgun, Knights and Knaves, LALR parser, Legends of Zork, Macintosh, Major Arcana, Minigame, Mornington Crescent (game), MS-DOS, Nim, Peg solitaire, Post-it Note, River crossing puzzle, Scullery, Single-player video game, Sorcerer (video game), Spellbreaker, Steve Meretzky, Tarot, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (video game), The Lost Treasures of Infocom, Tower of Hanoi, Video game, Wishbringer, Z-machine, Zork, Zork I, Zork II, Zork III, 69,105.

Activision

Activision Publishing, Inc. is an American video game publisher.

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Amiga

The Amiga is a family of personal computers introduced by Commodore in 1985.

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Apple II

The Apple II (stylized as Apple.

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Beyond Zork

Beyond Zork (full title: Beyond Zork: The Coconut of Quendor) is an interactive fiction computer game written by Brian Moriarty and released by Infocom in 1987.

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Classic Text Adventure Masterpieces of Infocom

Classic Text Adventure Masterpieces of Infocom is a collection of 33 computer games from interactive fiction pioneer Infocom, and the top 6 winners of the 1995 Interactive Fiction Competition, released in 1996.

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Computer Gaming World

Computer Gaming World (CGW) was an American computer game magazine published between 1981 and 2006.

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Copy protection

Copy protection, also known as content protection, copy prevention and copy restriction, is any effort designed to prevent the reproduction of software, films, music, and other media, usually for copyright reasons.

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Dave Arneson

David Lance "Dave" Arneson (October 1, 1947Minnesota Department of Health. Minnesota Birth Index, 1935–2002. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004. – April 7, 2009) was an American game designer best known for co-developing the first published role-playing game (RPG), Dungeons & Dragons, with Gary Gygax, in the early 1970s.

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Enchanter (video game)

Enchanter is a 1983 interactive fiction computer game written by Marc Blank and Dave Lebling and published by Infocom.

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Flamingo

Flamingos or flamingoes are a type of wading bird in the family Phoenicopteridae, the only bird family in the order Phoenicopteriformes.

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Graphical user interface

The graphical user interface (GUI), is a type of user interface that allows users to interact with electronic devices through graphical icons and visual indicators such as secondary notation, instead of text-based user interfaces, typed command labels or text navigation.

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Grue (monster)

A grue is a fictional predatory monster that dwells in the dark.

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Infocom

Infocom was a software company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts that produced numerous works of interactive fiction.

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Interactive fiction

Interactive fiction, often abbreviated IF, is software simulating environments in which players use text commands to control characters and influence the environment.

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James Clavell's Shōgun

James Clavell's Shōgun is an interactive fiction computer game written by Dave Lebling and released by Infocom in 1989.

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Knights and Knaves

Knights and Knaves is a type of logic puzzle where some characters can only answer questions truthfully, and others only falsely.

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LALR parser

In computer science, an LALR parser or Look-Ahead LR parser is a simplified version of a canonical LR parser, to parse (separate and analyze) a text according to a set of production rules specified by a formal grammar for a computer language.

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Legends of Zork

Legends of Zork was a browser-based online adventure game based on the Zork universe created by software company Infocom.

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Macintosh

The Macintosh (pronounced as; branded as Mac since 1998) is a family of personal computers designed, manufactured, and sold by Apple Inc. since January 1984.

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Major Arcana

The Major Arcana or trumps are a suit of twenty-two cards in the 78-card tarot deck.

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Minigame

A minigame (also spelled mini-game or mini game, sometimes called a subgame or microgame) is a short video game often contained within another video game, and sometimes in application software or on a display of any form of hardware.

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Mornington Crescent (game)

Mornington Crescent is a game featured in the BBC Radio 4 comedy panel show I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, a series which satirises panel games.

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MS-DOS

MS-DOS (acronym for Microsoft Disk Operating System) is an operating system for x86-based personal computers mostly developed by Microsoft.

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Nim

Nim is a mathematical game of strategy in which two players take turns removing objects from distinct heaps.

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Peg solitaire

Peg solitaire (or Solo Noble) is a board game for one player involving movement of pegs on a board with holes.

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Post-it Note

A Post-it Note (or sticky note) is a small piece of paper with a re-adherable strip of glue on its back, made for temporarily attaching notes to documents and other surfaces.

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River crossing puzzle

A river crossing puzzle is a type of transport puzzle in which the object is to carry items from one river bank to another, usually in the fewest number of trips.

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Scullery

A scullery is a room in a house, traditionally used for washing up dishes and laundering clothes, or as an overflow kitchen.

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Single-player video game

A single-player video game is a video game where input from only one player is expected throughout the course of the gaming session.

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Sorcerer (video game)

Sorcerer is an interactive fiction computer game written by Steve Meretzky and released by Infocom in 1984.

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Spellbreaker

Spellbreaker is an interactive fiction computer game written by Dave Lebling and released by Infocom in 1985, the third and final game in the "Enchanter Trilogy." It was released for the Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari 8-bit family, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Macintosh, and MS-DOS.

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Steve Meretzky

Steven Eric Meretzky (born May 1, 1957) Infocom.

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Tarot

The tarot (first known as trionfi and later as tarocchi, tarock, and others) is a pack of playing cards, used from the mid-15th century in various parts of Europe to play games such as Italian tarocchini and French tarot.

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (sometimes referred to as HG2G, HHGTTG or H2G2) is a comedy science fiction series created by Douglas Adams.

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (video game)

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is an interactive fiction video game based on the comedic science fiction series of the same name.

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The Lost Treasures of Infocom

The Lost Treasures of Infocom is a collection of 20 computer games from interactive fiction pioneer Infocom, released in 1991.

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Tower of Hanoi

The Tower of Hanoi (also called the Tower of Brahma or Lucas' Tower and sometimes pluralized) is a mathematical game or puzzle.

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Video game

A video game is an electronic game that involves interaction with a user interface to generate visual feedback on a video device such as a TV screen or computer monitor.

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Wishbringer

Wishbringer: The Magick Stone of Dreams is an interactive fiction computer game written by Brian Moriarty and published by Infocom in 1985.

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Z-machine

The Z-machine is a virtual machine that was developed by Joel Berez and Marc Blank in 1979 and used by Infocom for its text adventure games.

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Zork

Zork is one of the earliest interactive fiction computer games, with roots drawn from the original genre game Colossal Cave Adventure.

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Zork I

Zork: The Great Underground Empire - Part I, later known as Zork I, is an interactive fiction video game written by Marc Blank, Dave Lebling, Bruce Daniels and Tim Anderson and published by Infocom in 1980.

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Zork II

Zork II: The Wizard of Frobozz is an interactive fiction video game published by Infocom in 1981.

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Zork III

Zork III: The Dungeon Master is an interactive fiction video game written by Marc Blank, Dave Lebling, Bruce Daniels and Tim Anderson and published by Infocom in 1982.

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69,105

The number 69,105 was used as an in-joke at the computer game manufacturer Infocom.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zork_Zero

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