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From: mcdonald@aries.scs.uiuc.edu (J. D. McDonald)
Subject: Re: The original zork
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In article <1993Jan12.103142.13406@athena.mit.edu> lin@athena.mit.edu (Albert Lin) writes:

>Does anyone know if the source for the original zork is available anywhere,
>and if so, where I can find it?  I'm thinking of the original UNIX version,
>the one that for a long time always appeared in /usr/games/zork.  I just
>recently had the urge to play that game (childhood memories, I suppose), but
>I can't find it anywhere.  Archie is no help, either -- it lists a few sites,
>but they only contain the Makefiles.

>Are the sources/executables publicly available anymore?  Any pointers or help
>would be appreciated..

>-albert




There is no such thing as "the original Unix version". 

The original version was written on a DEC-10 using a proprietary 
langauge. It was then ported to various mostly DEC machines using Fortran.

From there it split into two, one version becoming the Infocom Zork
for the PDP-11, Apple II, CPM, and original PC; the other becoming 
a less idiosyncratic Fortran version and finally C ( ... or was it
Adventure that finally went to C??). 


In any case I have the Fortran source and can send it to people or post
it.

Incidentally, it is called Dungeon.

Doug McDonald
