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User:Eientei95/Zork I: The Great Underground Empire
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Also known as: Zork, Zork I
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>OPEN MAILBOX
Opening the mailbox reveals a leaflet.
>READ LEAFLET
WELCOME TO ZORK
ZORK is a game of adventure, danger, and low cunning. In it you will explore some of the most amazing territory ever seen by mortals.
No computer should be without one!
...and no pre-Windows home computer ever was.
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Release #25
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WELCOME TO ZORK
ZORK is a game of adventure, danger, and low cunning. In it you will explore some of the most amazing territory ever seen by mortals.
No computer should be without one!
The original ZORK was created by Tim Anderson, Marc Blank, Bruce Daniels, and Dave Lebling. It was inspired by the ADVENTURE game of Crowther and Woods. This version was created by Marc Blank, Dave Lebling, Joel Berez, and Scott Cutler.
(c) Copyright 1979 & 1980 Infocom, Inc. All rights reserved.
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WELCOME TO ZORK
ZORK is a game of adventure, danger, and low cunning. In it you will explore some of the most amazing territory ever seen by mortals.
No computer should be without one!
Copyright 1982 by Infocom, Inc.
All rights reserved.
ZORK is a trademark of Infocom, Inc.
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There is a suspicious-looking individual, holding a bag, leaning against one wall. He is armed with a vicious-looking stiletto. |
There is a suspicious-looking individual, holding a bag, leaning against one wall. He is armed with a deadly stiletto. |
The theif's stiletto was changed from "vicious-looking" to "deadly". Probably because it does kill the player.
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Congratulations! You are the privileged owner of a genuine ZORK Great Underground Empire (Part I), a self contained and self maintaining universe. If used and maintained in accordance with normal operating practices for small universes, ZORK will provide many months of trouble-free operation. Please check with your dealer for Part II and other alternate universes. |
Congratulations! You are the privileged owner of a genuine ZORK: The Great Underground Empire, a self-contained and self-maintaining universe. If used and maintained in accordance with normal operating practices for small universes, ZORK will provide many months of trouble-free operation. |
The reference to being "Part I" and a future "Part II" was removed. This was worked into its own title, Zork II.
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You are lifted up by the rising river! You try to swim, but the currents are too strong. You come closer, closer to the awesome structure of Flood Control Dam #3. The dam beckon to you. The roar of the water nearly deafens you, but you remain conscious as you tumble over the dam toward your certain doom among the rocks at its base. |
You are lifted up by the rising river! You try to swim, but the currents are too strong. You come closer, closer to the awesome structure of Flood Control Dam #3. The dam beckons to you. The roar of the water nearly deafens you, but you remain conscious as you tumble over the dam toward your certain doom among the rocks at its base. |
A spelling mistake ("The dam beckon to you") was fixed.
Not bloody likely.
This message appears in revision #15 when doing an impossible action, such as "TAKE HOUSE". It was removed in revision #25.
