🧭 THE ARCHIVES

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.

*Earth will be destroyed in 12 minutes to make way for a hyperspace bypass. Should you hitchhike into the next galaxy? Or stay and drink beer?*
Oct 1985

Micro Adventurer, #8

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Jun 1984

Zork trilogy gets a boost

THE ZORK bandwagon keeps on rolling.

Commodore is offering the trilogy on disk at £11.99 for each part, while Penguin is releasing three books based on the adventure.

Zork was written by the US software house Infocom, and UK prices have previously tended towards pocket-stretching levels.

In the first part of the adventure, the aim is to find the 20 treasures of Zork. Part two pits you against the Wizard of Frobozz. The third part culminates in an encounter with the Dungeon Master himself.

This article appeared in
Micro Adventurer
Jun 1984

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