“I’ve been to Zork today. Tomorrow, I will take a friend. Together we will unwrap the cloaks of mystery surrounding this most excellent and memorable work of computerized fiction. And when we have extracted from this land every drop of adventuring that can be obtained, we will likely not be kept waiting. A sequel is nearing completion, even as this is being written. Somebody, please, let me know when it’s done.”
-Bob Liddil, Byte Magazine, Feb 1981
**** CREDITS ****
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Contributing Researcher, Co-Writer & Script Editor Matthew Tabor
Sound Design by Jay Pellizzi
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Special Thanks Austin Evans
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Special Thanks Retro System Rescue
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Select Music by Jake Chudnow
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Special Thanks Paula Lieber
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Special Thanks Hannah Canetti
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*** SOURCES ***
Twisty Little Passages: An Approach To Interactive Fiction by Nick Montfort
Play Zork I
https://classicreload.com/zork-i.html
Play Colossal Cave Adventure
https://grack.com/demos/adventure/
Equipment Load and Weight Breakdown Dark Souls 2 | WikiGameGuides
Nintendo NES Classic Sales
http://time.com/4759594/nes-classic-millions-sales/
Zork Maps
http://oldsite.ironrealms.com/sites/default/files/zork-1-map.jpg
http://oldsite.ironrealms.com/sites/default/files/zork-I-official-map-2.jpg
Zork on the PDP-10
The Enduring Legacy Of Zork
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/608670/the-enduring-legacy-of-zork/
Old Computers Zorba
http://oldcomputers.net/zorba.html
Zorba Equipment Preservation Society Website
http://www.zorba.z80.de/
Daves Old Computers Zorba
http://www.classiccmp.org/dunfield/zorba/index.htm
Infocom Zork
http://www.infocom-if.org/downloads/downloads.html
Zork & Infocom – Video Game Years
Get Lamp: The Text Adventure Documentary
Infocom: The Documentary
MC Frontalot – It Is Pitch Dark
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