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Quote of the day

The ship rocks from the force of multiple explosions. The lights go out, and you feel a sudden drop in pressure accompanied by a loud hissing. Too bad you weren't in the escape pod...

-- Planetfall

Factoid of the day

In Zork III, an earthquake occurs after about 150 turns. If you haven't completed a certain part of the story before the earthquake, the game cannot be finished. Frustratingly, there is no obvious way to know when the game has been soft-locked in this manner.

*More praise than we can print. More adventure than you can ask for.*
Nov 1994

New Zork Times, The, v2(1)

~1 minute read

Sep-Dec 1982

Infocom announces two new games: Starcross and long-awaited Zork III

Zork III

A year in the making, Zork III: The Dungeon Master is the climax of the first Zork trilogy. If you enjoyed Zork I and Zork II, you'll love Zork III -— it's the most mind-boggling of them all.

. . . climax . . .

Visit the mystifying Land of Shadow. Try to obtain the crown jewels of the Great Underground Empire. Solve the royal puzzle. Delve into the secrets of the Technology Museum. Meet some very mysterious characters. The greatest challenge is figuring out what is going on and what you are there for. The conclusion of this game is quite satisfying.

Starcross

Finally Infocom has entered the realm of science fiction. The result is what you'd expect from the masters of the text adventure genre — stupendous!

. . . science fiction . . .

You are the skipper of the Starcross, a one man survey ship searching for quantum black holes. Suddenly your mass detector locates a large mass moving through your sector, but this is no black hole. You are about to become the first human to have contact with extra-terrestrial beings...

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